14 SEPTEMBER 2006 UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD, KING OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. THE FOLLOWING OIC MEMBER COUNTRIES TOOK PART IN THE CONFERENCE: AZERBAIJAN, JORDAN, AFGHANISTAN, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, INDONESIA, UZBEKISTAN, UGANDA, IRAN, PAKISTAN, BAHRAIN, BRUNEI, BANGLADESH, BENIN, BURKINA FASO, TURKEY, CHAD, TOGO, TUNISIA, ALGERIA, DJIBOUTI, SAUDI ARABIA, SENEGAL, SUDAN, SYRIA, SIERRA LEON, SOMALIA, IRAQ, OMAN, GAMBIA, GENEA, PALESTINE, COMORO UNION, QATAR, KAZAKHSTAN, IVORY COAST, CAMEROON, KUWAIT, LEBANON, LIBYA, MALI, MALAYSIA, EGYPT, MOROCCO, ,MAURITANIA, NIGER, NIGERIA, AND YEMEN. TURKISH CYPRUS TOOK PART AS OBSERVER. ALSO TAKING PART WERE THE AFFILIATES OF THE OIC AND ITS SPECIALIZED INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING ISLAMIC COUNTRIES BROADCASTING ORGANIZATION (ICBO) AND ISLAMIC NEWS AGENCY (INA), ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB), ISLAMIC EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (ISESCO) WHILE THE UNESCO TOOK PART AS AN INVITEE. FOLLOWING RECITATION OF VERSES FROM THE HOLY QURAN, THE SAUDI ARABIAN MINISTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION IYAD BIN AMEEN MADANI WAS UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE OF THE INFORMATION MINISTERS. MEMBERS OF THE BUREAU WERE PALESTINE, SENEGAL AND IRAN AS DEPUTIES OF THE CHAIRMAN AND EGYPT AS RAPPORTEUR. THEN THE MEETING APPROVED THE AGENDA AS SUGGESTED BY THE SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETINGS HELD IN JEDDAH EARLY THIS WEEK. --MORE
