H.E. Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano, Secretary General of the Academy, chaired the twenty-fifth joint weekly meeting of the departments and divisions on Monday, the 23rd of Shawwal 1446H, corresponding to April 21, 2025, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Jeddah.

At the beginning of the meeting, His Excellency welcomed the participants and expressed his condolences regarding the passing of the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who passed away on Monday, 14/4/2025, in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. His Excellency recalled the deceased’s merits and achievements, including hosting the eighteenth session in Putrajaya in 2007. His Excellency thanked the Academy’s delegation, led by Dr. Abdulfattah Abanauf, Acting Secretary General, for offering condolences at the Malaysian Consulate General in Jeddah.

His Excellency then discussed the final preparations for the 26th session of the Academy’s Council to be held in the State of Qatar in early May next year and spoke of the main tasks assigned to staff participating in the session would be determined and announced later.

The meeting reviewed previous decisions and issued new ones, namely:

• Including three documents to the agenda of the 26th session for adoption and approval by the Academy’s Council, and to be printed and distributed among participants, The Makkah Document, the Building Bridges Document, and the Women’s Document.
  Urgently fixing technical issues with the server and staff computers, including some being disconnected from server, printing, and file sharing services, with emphasis on completing necessary maintenance.
  • Assigning specific tasks to staff participating in the 26th session of the Academy’s Council.