Egypt to host 12th Session of Islamic Summit Conference
Baku, December 14 (AZERTAC). The 12th Session of the Islamic Summit Conference will be held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on March 13-14 with the participation of the Kings and Heads of States of the Islamic Conference Organization`s Member Countries.
The Islamic Summit, composed of Kings and Heads of States and Governments of Member States, is the supreme policy and decision making authority of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
It convenes once every three years to deliberate, take policy decisions and provide guidance on all issues pertaining to the realization of objectives and consider other issues of concern to the Member States and the Islamic Ummah.
The decisions of the Islamic Summit are implemented by the General Secretariat of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
Since its inception in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco on September 22-25, 1969, the Islamic Summit Conference has convened eleven times with the last in Dakar, Senegal.
SESRIC regularly participates in the Islamic Summit Conference along with other subsidiary, specialised and affiliated organs and committees of the OIC.
The 11th Session of the Islamic Summit Conference was held in Dakar, Senegal on March 13-14, 2008.