economic development as the main remedy in facing the challenges of the 21st Century. "Moreover, there has been an absolute consensus and common understanding on the necessity of paying special attention to the issues of Africa. The economic partnership that our Ten Year Program envisages is articulated in clusters such as increasing intra-OIC trade, eradicating poverty, eliminating pandemic disease and increasing economic assistance to the Least Developed Countries, particularly to African member states and naturally requires collaborative efforts of the OIC institutions, governments, international and regional organizations, private sector and civil society," he added. --MORE