CULTURE
Baku to host 12th ISESCO General Conference and 36th session of Executive Council
Baku, November 21, AZERTAC
The 12th General Conference of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) and the 36th session of the Executive Council will be held in Baku from November 23 to 27.
The conference will discuss administrative and legal matters regarding amendments to organizational chart and the situation of regional offices.
The event participant will also review the activity report of the Executive Council for the period between the 11th and 12th General Conference sessions.
The General Conference will elect the Director General, confirm membership of the Executive Council, and determine the date and venue for its future meeting.
The General Conference, composed of member states’ ministers working in ISESCO’s fields of competence, meets at a regular session every three years, with the presence of representatives of regional and international organizations.
The General Conference will be preceded by the 36th session of the Executive Council on November 23-24. The session will discuss the draft action plan and budget for 2016-18, Director General’s activity report for 2014, Report of the Director General for the Years 2010-2012 and Progress Report for the Years 2013-2015 on the Evaluation of the Organization’s Action.
Also placed on the Council’s agenda are the Financial Report of the Director General and Closing Accounts, Report of the Audit Company and Report of the Financial Control Committee for 2014; Report of the Director General on the Member States’ Contributions to the Organization’s Budget for the Year 2014.
ISESCO counts 52 member states, in addition to three states with Observer Status.
Azerbaijan has been a member of ISESCO since 1991.