In his speech containing some clues about the activities of UNIW in the next period, he stated that UNIW would be more efficient by reaching the geographical and demographical representation and they would be able to pass into period of action.

5TH COUNCIL MEETING ENDS

UNIW 5th Council meeting which was held in Kuwait on May 31-June 1, 2008 has ended. Many high rank authorities of Kuwait participated the opening session of the meeting which started with the recitation of Qur'an.

In the session, whose opening speech was made by Yusuf Casim el-Hacci Ebu Ya'kub, after the Secretary General Necmi Sadikoglu's delivered a speech, some presentations were made which give information about the host institution, International Islamic Relief Organization (Jamiyya Al-Khayriyya) and UNIW. After exchanging presents, the second session started. In addition to council members from 20 different countries, many representatives of non-governmental organizations and academicians especially from Turkey participated the meeting.

At the end of the meeting which lasted two days, action program of UNIW commissions were determined, and the foundation and function of the Committee for Combatting Against Discrimination was evaluated, which was decided to be formed at the and of the International Islamophobia Conference which was held in 8-9 December in Istanbul, the projects submitted to UNIW Council were evaluated and confirmed, assessments were made about 2008 activity program and 20 new members joined the union.

The last day, in the press conference which was held after closing speech, Secretary General Sadikoglu gave information to the Kuwait press about the 5th Council Meeting.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE MEETING

The resolutions adopted at the end of the UNIW 5th Council Meeting are as follows:

1. UNIW will be reached to the geographic, demographic and effective representation

2. Special campaigns will be organised for the introduction of UNIW

3. Studies for accreditation to International Institutions will be launched

4. Representatives will be sent to International conventions and formations

5. UNIW Councils' effectiveness and capacities for implementing projects will be advanced with periodic meetings

6. Committee for Combating Discrimination will be activated, which was founded to combat Islamophobia primarily

7. The papers and the outcomes of the Islamophobia Conference will be prepared to publish

8. Student exchange projects among member countries will be launched

9. International Non-Governmental Education project will be launched in 2009

10. Effective studies will carried out in the social and legal field regarding the problematic regions of the Islamic World, particularly Palestine, Iraq, Kashmir, Darfur, Somalia and Philippines

WHO ATTENDED?

1. Necmi SADIKOGLU, Secretary General of UNIW

2. Lawyer Ali KURT, Deputy Secretary General of UNIW, Representative of Turkey

3. Mubarak EL-MUTAWWA, Deputy Secretary General of UNIW Representative of Kuwait

4. Lawyer Necati CEYLAN, The President of the Foundation of Volunteer Organizations of Turkey (TGTV)

5. Ghulam Nabi FAI, UN Kashmiri Consul, UNIW’s Representative of USA

6. Ahmad Azam ABDURRAHMAN, UNIW’s Representative of Malaysia

7. Salah Abdel MUTAAL, UNIW’s Representative of Egypt

8. Dr. Ahmed BAKCAN, UNIW Committee for Combating Discrimination, France

9. Adnan ISMAILI, UNIW’s Representative of Macedonia

10. Dr. Abdulhamid El-MAZROOI, UNIW’s Representative of Saudi Arabia

11. Muhammed Ali EL-EMIN, UNIW’s Representative of Sudan

12. Yunus Naim AKBIK, UNIW’s Representative of Syria

13. S.M. RASHEDUZZAMAN, UNIW’s Representative of Bangladesh

14. Shuaib Abdullatif SHEIKH, UNIW’s Representative of Somalia

15. Hisham SATER, UNIW’s Representative of Bahrain

16. Ahmed Muhammed HAKKI, Denmark

17. Fazad RASHIDI, UNIW’s Representative of Iran

18. Saadeddin SADIKI, Iran

19. Nazeer M. AL-MASRI, Kuwait

20. Imad SAID, Lebanon

21. Soheil NAKHOODA, Islamica Magazine, Jordan

22. Ahmet SISMAN, Ensar Foundation, Turkey

23. Abdulkerim Nasır KAZRAGI, Iraq

24. Ahmet Cengiz TANGOREN, Adaleti Savunanlar Derneği (ASDER), Turkey

25. Fatih YAVAS, Safa Foundation, Turkey

26. Lawyer Hamza AKBULUT, İlim Yayma Cemiyeti, Turkey

27. Rahmi Deniz OZBAY, Caucasus Foundation, Turkey

28. Dr. Metin GURSAN, Istanbul Diş Hekimleri Dostluk ve Dayanışma Derneği, Turkey

29. Murat YASA, Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), Turkey

30. Ömer Faruk KORKMAZ, Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), Turkey

31. Assist. Prof. Dr. Fethi GUNGOR, Akabe Foundation, Turkey

32. Receb SONGUL, Okuma Alışkanlığını Kazandırma ve Dayanışma Derneği (OKUDER), Turkey

33. Sıdık Doğan DAL, Okuma Alışkanlığını Kazandırma ve Dayanışma Derneği (OKUDER), Turkey

34. Tahsin Mısırlı, Filistin Dayanışma Derneği (FİDDER), Turkey

35. Dr. Amer ALSHAWA, Filistin Dayanışma Derneği (FİDDER), Turkey

36. Hüseyin CEYHAN, Bogazici University Foundation (BURA), Turkey

37. Semsettin TURKAN, Kültürlerarası Araştırma ve Dostluk Vakfı (KARVAK), Turkey

38. Hüseyin ALTINALAN, Milli Gazete, Turkey

39. Mustafa OZKAYA, Advisor to the Secretary General, Turkey

40. Cihangir ISBILIR, General Coordinator, Turkey

41. Besim PEROLLI, Deputy General Coordinator, Turkey