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49-
Expresses
its thanks and appreciation to the IDB Group and ICDT for organizing
WTO- related training courses and seminars for the benefit of the Member States and
underlines the need for more effectively disseminating information on training courses
among all Member States.
50-
Calls on
IDB and ICDT to continue providing technical assistance to the Member
States on WTO-related issues and to enhance their efforts in sensitizing the Member
States to the impact of WTO trade negotiations on their economies and
requests
IDB
and ICDT to continue to synergize and coordinate their efforts to strengthen the human
and institutional capacities of the OIC Member States, so as to facilitate their full
integration into the multilateral trading system on an equitable and fair basis.
51-
Calls upon
the WTO members of the OIC to assist non-WTO Members of the
OIC in their accession process to WTO.
52-
Also calls upon
the Member Countries and the relevant OIC institutions to extend
support to the Member Countries who need technical assistance on trade facilitation
practices towards the implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.
53-
Further calls upon
IDB Group and ICDT to monitor matters relating to WTO
activities and report them to the annual sessions of the COMCEC and other concerned
fora.
54-
Expresses its appreciation
to the Kingdom of Morocco for hosting and ICDT
and the IsDB Country Strategy and Cooperation Department and ICDT for organizing
a training workshop on trade in services negotiations techniques in the OIC Countries
on 12-13 February 2020, in Casablanca.
55-
Commends
ICDT for organizing the webinar on the impact of COVID19 on
Regional Integration of Intra-OIC Trade and Investment on 23rd July 2020 in
collaboration with the Country-Strategy and Cooperation Department of the Islamic
Development Bank (IsDB), the Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS), the League of Arab States (LAS) and the United Nations Economic and
Social Commission for Western Asia (UNESCWA).
56-
Expresses
its appreciation to ICDT and IsDB for organizing virtual training
workshop on WTO agricultural negotiation and their impact on trade in agricultural
products among OIC Member States on October 26
th
-28
th
, 2020.
iv) Trade Financing Activities
57-
Appreciates
the trade finance, promotion and development activities of ITFC and
the mobilization of funds from the international market and development partners for
funding the trade operations in the Member States, contributing towards the
achievement of intra-OIC trade target of 25 percent.
58-
Takes note with appreciation
that ITFC’s cumulative approvals and
disbursement in trade finance reached, since its inception until now, USD 53 billion and