We would like to join the esteemed delegates to this Preparatory Meeting of the 28th ICFM in Bamako, Mali, in welcoming and congratulating His Excellency Abdelouahed Belkeziz, the new OIC Secretary General, as well as the election of the distinguished head of the delegation of the Republic of Mali to chair this meeting of the OIC Senior Officials. So, too, the election of the respective heads of the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the State of Palestine as deputy Chairmen and Malaysia as the Rapporteur.