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OIC/COMCEC/36-20/REP

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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