The 6th Meeting of the SMIIC General Assembly (GA) was held in Islamabad, Islamic Republic of PAKISTAN on 03 June 2014.
The Sixth Meeting of the SMIIC General Assembly (GA) was held in Islamabad, Islamic Republic of PAKISTAN on 03 June 2014. The Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) hosted the Meeting. Following the recitation from the Holy Quran, Mr. Hulusi ŞENTÜRK, the Chairman of Board of Directors (BOD) of SMIIC welcomed the delegates to the Meeting.
The opening address was made by the Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, H.E. Zahid Hamid. It was followed by the speeches of the Chairman of BOD, Mr. Hulusi Şentürk and Mr. Fawzi H. Hakeem, Vice-Chairman of SMIIC, Vice-Governor of SASO for Standards & Quality.
This was then followed by the message of H.E. Mr. Iyad Ameen Madani, the Secretary General of OIC, which was delivered by Mr. Gholamhossein Darzi, Director in the Department of Economic Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
The GA was attended by the representatives of the following Member States who have membership in the SMIIC GA:
1. Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN
2. People’s Democratic Republic of ALGERIA
3. Republic of CAMEROON
4. Arab Republic of EGYPT
5. Republic of GABON (Proxy given to TSE, TURKEY)
6. Islamic Republic of IRAN
7. Hashemite Kingdom of JORDAN
8. LIBYA
9. Kingdom of MOROCCO (Proxy given to INNORPI, TUNISIA)
10. Islamic Republic of PAKISTAN
11. State of PALESTINE
12. Kingdom of SAUDI ARABIA
13. Republic of SURINAME
14. Republic of SENEGAL
15. Republic of SUDAN
16. Republic of TUNISIA
17. Republic of TURKEY (Represented by TSE and TÜBİTAK-UME)
18. United Arab EMIRATES
19. Turkish Republic of NORTHERN CYPRUS
GCC Standards Organization (GSO), SARSO (South Asian Regional Standards Organization), Republic of AZERBAIJAN, People’s Republic of BANGLADESH, JAMIAT ULAMA EL-ISLAM (HQ)-MYANMAR and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey were represented as observers in the General Assembly. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and COMCEC Coordination Office were represented in the Meeting also in observer status.
