Qatar Chamber to Host Islamic Chamber's General Assembly Meeting on Saturday

Doha, December 13 (QNA) - The Qatar Chamber will host the 39th Meeting of the General Assembly of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Agriculture (ICCIA) on Saturday, with the participation of delegations representing member chambers in 57 countries.
    ICCIA Chairman Abdalla Saleh Kamel will preside over the meeting, in the attendance of HE QC Chairman, First Vice-President of the Islamic Chamber Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al-Thani.
    In a statement, Qatar Chamber board member Dr. Mohamed bin Jawhar Al Mohamed said that the meeting will discuss a range of issues that focus on the development of Islamic common efforts at economic and commercial levels, promoting intra-trade. The agenda will also address matters aimed at enhancing cooperation between member chambers in a manner that positively impacts the economies of Islamic nations.
    Dr. Al Mohamed praised the role of the Islamic Chamber and its activities, which primarily aim to enhance commercial and investment cooperation between member states. The Chamber also plays a crucial role in strengthening cooperation between the private sector, contributing significantly to the increase of intra-trade among Islamic countries.
        ICCIA is an affiliated institution of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and is the sole representative of the private sector of 57 Member Islamic Countries.
    It aims at strengthening closer collaboration in the fields of trade, commerce, information technology, insurance/reinsurance, shipping, banking, promotion of investment opportunities and joint ventures in the Member countries.
        ICCIA also aims to support cooperation among the business sector in the countries of the Organization through diversifying commercial products among themselves to achieve economic integration and economic and social development therein.
        The Chamber seeks to achieve the development of industrial and agricultural products in the countries of the Islamic world and promotion of the concept of quality and competitiveness through the issuance of certificates of quality relating to the methods of enterprise management and the quality and characteristics of products in accordance with the standards and criteria adopted by the Chamber in accordance with the provisions of this Statute.
        ICCIA also aims to promote the identification of nutritive products that conform to Islamic Shari'ah (halal) and approve them, including the preparation of standards for guidance, standards for issuing certificates of conformity of the nutritive product with the rulings of Islamic Shari'ah (halal) and the trademark distinguishing the certification of halal issued by the ICCIA, and accrediting the agencies that issue such certificates and licensing the use of the aforementioned trademark, and increasing the volume of inter-state trade of the products bearing the trademark distinguishing the halal certification. (QNA)