DUSHANBE, November 16, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Deputy Foreign Minister, Nizomiddin Zohidov, is attending the 39th session of the Council of Foreign Minister (CFM) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) that opened in Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti on November 15.

A three-day session is reportedly discussing problems facing the OIC member nations currently and sound strategies to promote peace and development of the Islamic Ummah and strengthen solidarity and cooperation among the OIC member nations.

The 38th session of the CFM that took place in Astana, Kazakhstan on June 28-30, 2011 focused on the importance of accelerating the implementation by OIC Member States of the relevant provisions of the OIC Charter and the Ten-Year Program of Action.  The Ten-Year Program of Action includes efficacious steps to be taken in order to overcome problems in the fields of political reform, good governance, human rights, rule of law, democracy, inclusive political participation, education reform, women and youth empowerment as well as employment and job creation, eradication of poverty and economic reform.

The OIC Council of Foreign Ministers, which meets once a year, considers the means for the implementation of the general policy of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation by, inter alia, adopting decisions and resolutions on matters of common interest in the implementation of the objectives and the general policy of the OIC; and reviewing progress of the implementation of the decisions and resolutions adopted at the previous Summits and Councils of Foreign Ministers.  The decisions of the Council of Foreign Ministers are implemented by the General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.