His Excellency Professor Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), chaired the seventh joint weekly meeting of the departments and divisions of the Academy, on Thursday 26 Jumada II 1444H, corresponding 19 January 2023G, via visual communication technology from his residence in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott.

His Excellency opened the meeting by welcoming the attendees, and thanking all the committees of the Session for the work they are doing and the progress they have achieved in the preparations for the 25th Session of the Academy. His Excellency then spoke about his current participation in the Third African Forum for Promoting Peace, which was held in Mauritania under the generous patronage of His Excellency the President of the Republic and with the participation of many African Heads of State, Their Excellencies Ministers, experts, academics and media professionals from all over the world.

Then, as usual, the committees reviewed their weekly reports on their achievements during the past period, followed by in-depth discussions and deliberations to overcome all the problems and difficulties facing the committees, especially with regard to travel arrangements for the participants in the Session and printing ready research at an early date that allows it to be distributed to the Academy members within reasonable deadlines for viewing and commenting on it. As a precautionary measure to ensure business continuity, His Excellency the Secretary General declared the suspension of all types of leaves, except for sick leave, until the end of the Session.

Then the meeting discussed the items of the decisions issued by the previous meeting, and several new decisions were issued, the most important of which are:

• Final review of prepared and edited research before sending it to print.
• Adoption of a final list of participants in the Session who have been issued visas and tickets.
• Reminding all to raise any inquiries about the services provided to employees directly to the Department of Financial and Administrative Affairs through the regular administrative methods and frameworks.