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hereby I will just call upon all relevant Member Countries to complete the
required steps at the earliest so that we can reap at last the fruits of the system.
Esteemed Delegates,
We should also deepen our cooperation in all possible areas such as finance,
agriculture, transportation, communication, tourism and poverty alleviation. As
the highest economic and commercial cooperation platform of the OIC,
COMCEC has been exerting efforts to further contribute to cooperation efforts
among the Member Countries with successful implementation of the COMCEC
Strategy.
Within four years, more than 50 Working Group Meetings have been held in
six cooperation areas and analytical reports based on in-depth research have
been produced in various technical themes. The Working Groups, hence,
provide a regular platform for having knowledge based discussions, sharing
experiences and learning the international practices and success stories in each
field. The Working Groups also provide an important opportunity to the
member country experts to receive the perspectives of international institutions,
private sector and NGOs in each theme.
I would like to underline that the implementation of the Working Group policy
recommendations is of particular importance for enhancing institutional and
human capacity of the Member Countries. In this respect, COMCEC national
and Working Group focal points have a critical role in mobilising the relevant
institutions in their respective countries for the implementation of the
COMCEC Ministerial Policy recommendations.
I would also like to emphasize the particular importance of the active
participation and contributions of the Member Countries in the activities,
projects and programs under the framework of the COMCEC. It is a pleasure
for me to hear that more than 45 member countries will benefit from the
projects that are being implemented this year under the COMCEC Project
Funding.
Esteemed Delegates,
During our Meeting, we have discussed various issues of importance for our
member countries in critical sectors such as trade, transport, agriculture,
poverty alleviation, tourism and financial cooperation. As we have already
spent sufficient time on all these matters, it would suffice at this point with