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67- Takes note with appreciation the ICIEC’s role in supporting USD 5.4 billion of
Intra-OIC business insured involving 36 countries with a cumulative insurance approval
since inception which has reached USD 41.5 billion to end-2019 with business insured
exceeding USD 64 billion.
68- Takes note of the launching of new edition of the Annual Development
Effectiveness Report (ADER) which encompass the ICIEC performance throughout the
last 26 years and congratulates ICIEC in achieving six SDGs; namely SDG 2, SDG3,
SDG7, SDG 8, SDG9, SDG 17.
69- Takes note of the Report prepared by ICIEC on OIC Business Intelligence
Programme and requests the ICIEC and SESRIC to complete the technical preparations
for launching the Programme at the earliest.
70- Also requests ICIEC in cooperation with SESRIC to finalize the survey for
assessing the commercial data and credit information sharing systems of the Member
Countries in order to ensure the operationalization of the Programme in line with the
priorities and regulations of the Member Countries, and submit the outcomes to the 37th
meeting of the COMCEC Follow-up Committee and 37th COMCEC Ministerial
Session.
v) Trade Related Activities of SMIIC
71- Welcomes the activities of Standards and Metrology Institute for Islamic
Countries (SMIIC) in the area of standardization, metrology and accreditation and their
impact on trade facilitation and capacity building.
72- Welcomes People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the Republic of Chad, the Republic
of Indonesia, State of Kuwait, and Republic of Yemen as the new members as of
January 1st , 2021 and Russian Federation as the new observer member to SMIIC, which
has increased the number of SMIIC Member States to 42 along with 3 Observers and
invites the concerned Member States to become a member of SMIIC and actively
participate in its technical committees (TCs), Metrology and Accreditation Councils.
73- Expresses its appreciation to the SMIIC for organizing capacity building
activities in its field of competence and invites Member States to support to further
increase its visibility in international fora, particularly through its accession as an
observer to the WTO-Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
74- Invites the Member States to adopt and use the OIC/SMIIC Standards as their
national standards with a view to contributing to the harmonization of standards and
alleviating technical barriers to trade among the Member States and calls upon the
relevant Member States, which use OIC/SMIIC Standards, to officially adopt the
standards according to SMIIC adoption guidelines.
75- Takes note with appreciation the development of the SMIIC 2021-2030 Strategy
Plan and the OIC Global Halal Quality Infrastructure.