H.E. Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary-General of the Academy, chaired the 106th meeting of departments’ directors, on Tuesday 27 Safar 1445, corresponding to 12 September 2023, at the headquarters of the Secretariat General in Jeddah. His Excellency began by welcoming the attendees, then spoke about the visit of the Ummah’s scholars to Afghanistan between August 31 to September 5, 2023, praising the facilities provided by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, and expressed his thanks to the Permanent Delegation of Afghanistan to the OIC, as well as the OIC’s office in Kabul. His Excellency also praised the support of the Permanent Delegations of a number of member countries of the OIC, which resulted in the participation of a significant number of scholars in this visit, which achieved – thanks to Allah – many good results.

The meeting discussed the decisions issued by the previous meeting, and several new decisions were issued, notably:

• Preparing a letter of thanks and appreciation to the Afghan ministers who received the Ummah’s delegation.
• Preparing a letter of thanks and appreciation to all the male and female scientists who participated in the visit.
• Preparing a detailed report on the Ummah delegation’s visit for the Secretary-General of the OIC, in preparation for submitting it to the meeting of the OIC’s Council of Foreign Ministers.