{"id":34764,"date":"2019-12-18T11:13:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T10:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icesco.preprod.io\/2019\/12\/18\/iccm-closed-with-release-of-tunis-declaration\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T12:10:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:10:07","slug":"iccm-closed-with-release-of-tunis-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/2019\/12\/18\/iccm-closed-with-release-of-tunis-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"ICCM closed with release of Tunis Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

** Extraordinary session in Cairo next year to mark the city\u2019s celebration as Islamic Culture Capital.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 11th<\/sup>\nIslamic Conference of Culture Ministers closed its proceedings today by\nadopting, after examination, its final report and resolutions, composing its\nBureau and releasing Tunis Declaration for the Reform of Present Cultural\nPolicies in the Islamic World.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Conference\nparticipants accepted the offer made by the Arab Republic of Egypt to host an\nextraordinary session in Cairo next year to mark the city\u2019s celebration as the\nArab region\u2019s Islamic Culture Capital for 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nConference welcomed the project of the creation of the OIC Platform for the\nProtection of Cultural Heritage in the Muslim World as a coordination mechanism\nto showcase ISESCO\u2019s efforts as a specialized organization through its\nobservatory and committee for heritage in the Islamic world; and highlight the\nrelevant efforts of the Research Centre for Islamic History Art and Culture\n(IRCICA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The\nConference also welcomed Kazakhstan\u2019s initiative to commemorate the 1150th<\/sup>\nbirthday of the renowned philosopher Al–<\/strong>Farabi and the 2200th<\/sup>\nanniversary of the city of Shymkent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover,\nthe Conference approved the Final Report of the 17th<\/sup> Meeting of the\nConsultative Council for Cultural Development in the Islamic World; ISESCO\u2019s\nReport on its Achievements in Cultural Fields between 10th<\/sup> and 11th<\/sup>\nsessions of the Conference; the Report of the Islamic World Heritage Committee;\nthe Guidance Document on Digital Culture: Prospects and Challenges; and the\nPractical Proposals on Parallel Funding Sources for Cultural Projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Likewise,\nthe Conference formed its Bureau with Tunisia as a Chair; Burkina Faso, Egypt\nand Kazakhstan Vice-Chairs; and the Sudan as Rapporteur. The participants also\nelected the members of the Consultative Council for Cultural Development in the\nIslamic World for a two-year term as follows: United Arab Emirates, Qatar and\nLibya for the Arab region; Brunei Darussalam, Uzbekistan and Afghanistan for\nthe Asian region; and Cameroon, Uganda and Gabon for the African region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the\nclosing session, the Tunisian Minister of Cultural Affairs, Dr. Mohamed Zine El Abidine, delivered an\naddress wherein he thanked ISESCO for its efforts to ensure the success of the\nConference and to the participating delegations for their endeavors to issue such\nimportant resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then, Dr.\nSalim M. AlMalik, ISESCO Director General, read out the participants\u2019 message\nof thanks and gratitude to His Excellency Mr. Ka\u00efs Sa\u00efed, President of the\nRepublic of Tunisia, for his patronage to the Conference and support to ISESCO\nto fully discharge its missions in its areas of competence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the same\ntoken, Dr. AlMalik made an address congratulating the participating delegations\non the success of the Conference and achievement of its objectives thanks to\nthe concerted efforts made by them and the General Directorate to advance joint\nIslamic cultural action, embodied in the resolutions issued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur common\nwill to upgrade working mechanisms to attain these objectives was clearly\nmanifested in this session. We have moved from the usual traditional methods to\na new phase of concrete field cultural action to meet the real needs of our\nMember States\u201d, he added.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

** Extraordinary session in Cairo next year to mark the city\u2019s celebration as Islamic Culture Capital. The 11th Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers closed its proceedings today by adopting, after examination, its final report and resolutions, composing its Bureau and releasing Tunis Declaration for the Reform of Present Cultural Policies in the Islamic World. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":34765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[216,217,505,214],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-communication","category-front-page","category-ministers-conference","category-news-update"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icesco.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}