The fight against terrorism, representation of the Islamic world at the United Nations Security Council, intra-OIC cooperation in human rights, role of women, situation of youth, environment, and sustained development, would be the highlights of the discussion during the three-day 32nd session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers (ICFM) that opens in Sanaa, Yemen, today.| "Which we'll get to just as soon as we're done denouncing Israel." |
The secretary-general, who would be submitting a report on the OICâs reform program to energize the organization and make it more efficient so as to better promote joint Islamic action, and boost Islamic solidarity, explained that the ICFM was also significant as it would discuss a wide range of issues. He said the ICFM was a principal OIC organ, second only to the Islamic Summit, and convenes in an ordinary session on an annual basis to consider ways of implementing the organizationâs general policy, adopt resolutions on the mater in accordance with OICâs goals and objectives, and approve the annual budgets of the general secretariat and subsidiary organs.
He said the agenda includes more than 80 items addressing important issues such as Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict, with particular focus on Al-Quds Al-Sharif and the current status of the peace process
| With perhaps some small discussion of a democratic Iraq bristling with US Marines. |