15th Islamic Summit: Gambia Signs MoU With IBU, Union Of OIC News Agencies

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 (Bernama) -- In conjunction with the 15th Islamic Summit, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed to provide media coverage for the summit to be hosted by The Gambia this year. According to an OIC statement made available on its website, the MoU was between The Gambia’s Ministry of Information and Communication Infrastructure and the Union of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) News Agencies (UNA), and the Islamic Broadcasting Union (IBU). The OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha participated in the signing ceremony at the world body’s General Secretariat in Jeddah on Tuesday. Hissein commended the support provided by Saudi Arabia, the OIC host country, to both UNA and IBU through hosting their headquarters and providing them with all facilities to support joint Islamic action. He also applauded the efforts of The Gambia to provide favourable conditions for the success of the summit, including providing comprehensive coverage of the summit events by collaborating with OIC media institutions. The MoU was signed by The Gambia’s Minister of Information and Communication Infrastructure Ebrima Sillah, IBU Director-General Dr Amr El-Leithy, Acting Director-General of UNA Mohammad Abd Rabbo Al-Yami, and head of the secretariat supervising the Islamic Summit conference in the Gambia, Yankuba Diba. The triennial Islamic Summit takes policy decisions and provides guidance on all issues pertaining to the realisation of its objectives as provided for by the OIC Charter and considers other issues of concern to the Member States and the Ummah. -- BERNAMA