5TH IOFS GENERAL ASSEMBLY KICKOFFS WITH PREPARATORY MEETING OF SENIOR OFFICIALS

5TH IOFS GENERAL ASSEMBLY KICKOFFS WITH PREPARATORY MEETING OF SENIOR OFFICIALS
10 October 2022
The two-day Fifth General Assembly of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) commenced in an online format in Tunis, Republic of Tunisia on 10 October 2022, the epicenter of the Assembly will be the Ministerial Session on the following day.

During the first day, after the recitation of verses from the Holy Quran, Chairman, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan H.E. Mr. Jenis Oserbay opened the meeting with welcoming remarks and chaired the first part of the Senior Official Meeting. After the adoption of the Agenda and Working Programme of the Meeting, the Chairman proposed the composition of the Bureau of the Meeting consisting of the Republic of Tunisia (Chairman of the General Assembly), Islamic Republic of Iran (Vice-Chairman), Republic of Cameroon (Vice-Chairman) and State of Palestine (Rapporteur). Furthermore, H.E. Mr. Jenis Oserbay transferred the chairmanship of Kazakhstan to Tunisia until the next session of the IOFS General Assembly.



The new Chairman of the Senior Officials Meeting, Director General of Studies and Agricultural Development, Republic of Tunisia, H.E. Mr. Abdelhalim Guesmi, in his opening remarks, expressed gratitude to the Republic of Kazakhstan for chairing the 4th General Assembly and vowed the willingness of Tunisia, as the Chairman, to fulfill the outlined tasks with commitment.

After an informative video about IOFS activities since the last Session of the General Assembly, the IOFS Director General, H.E. Mr. Yerlan A. Baidaulet, expressed gratitude to the Republic of Tunisia for the hosting the event and provided a report on the overall outcomes of Kazakhstan’s chairmanship of the IOFS and the current state of activities of the Secretariat. The program agenda included the following items:
  1. Report on the IOFS activities for the past year
    2. Membership of IOFS
    3. Finance and Governance
    4. IOFS Strategic Programmes and overview of the implementation
    5. Election of Members of the Executive Board
    6. A flow review of Afghanistan Food Security Program
    7. A flow review of Year of Africa
    8. Other institutional matters

The Senior Officials Meeting concluded its work by approving the Report of its Meeting as well as the Draft Resolutions, which are to be adopted by participating Ministers in-charge of food security and agricultural development from IOFS Member States on 11 October 2022, during the Ministerial Session of the 5th IOFS General Assembly.