The Seventh Meeting of the SMIIC General Assembly (GA) was held in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey on 20 November 2014. SMIIC General Secretariat hosted the meeting.
The opening address was made by Chairman of BOD, Mr. Hulusi Şentürk. It was followed by the message of H.E. Mr. Iyad Ameen Madani, the Secretary General of OIC, which was delivered by Mr. Jakhongir Khasanov, from Department of Economic Affairs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
It was followed by the speeches of Mr. Mehmet Akif ALANBAY, the representative of COMCEC and Mr. Ahmet KARABAY, Deputy General Director of DG Product Safety and Inspection, Ministry of Economy, Republic of Turkey.
The GA was attended by the representatives of the following Member States who have membership in the SMIIC GA:
- Islamic Republic of AFGHANISTAN
- People’s Democratic Republic of ALGERIA
- Republic of BENIN
- BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
- Burkina FASO
- Republic of CAMEROON
- Arab Republic of EGYPT
- Republic of GABON
- Republic of GAMBIA
- Republic of GUINEA
- Islamic Republic of IRAN
- Hashemite Kingdom of JORDAN
- LEBANON
- LIBYA
- MALAYSIA
- Republic of MALI
- Kingdom of MOROCCO
- Islamic Republic of MAURITANIA
- Republic of NIGER
- Islamic Republic of PAKISTAN
- State of PALESTINE
- Kingdom of SAUDI ARABIA(Represented by SASO and SFDA)
- Republic of SURINAME
- Republic of SENEGAL
- Republic of SUDAN
- Republic of TUNISIA
- Republic of TURKEY (Represented by TSE and TÜBİTAK-UME)
- United Arab EMIRATES
- Turkish Republic of NORTHERN CYPRUS
Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Cote D’Ivore, SMIIC Accreditation Committee (AC), Arab Industrial Development and Mining Organization (AIDMO) and Ministry of Economy, 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.
Mr. İhsan ÖVÜT from Republic of Turkey was appointed as the Secretary General for a term of three years by consensus.
