The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) has honoured Qatar for its remarkable efforts and outstanding contributions to the development of educational, scientific and cultural movement as well as its support for the activities of the organisation and the efforts and co-operation carried out by the Qatari National Committee for Education, Culture and
Science.
Qatar has been honoured during the first plenary meeting of the second session of the General Conference of ISESCO, which is scheduled to conclude today in the city of Baku,
Azerbaijan.
The session witnessed the honouring of HE the Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Mohamed Abdul Wahed Ali al-Hammadi, who is also the secretary general of the Supreme Education Council, and president of the Qatar National Commission for Education, Culture and Science, by ISESCO director general Dr Abdulaziz Altwaijri, by presenting him with the Golden Decoration of first
degree.
Qatar is participating in the conference with a delegation headed by the Minister of Education and membership of a number of officials from the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage, the Supreme Education Council (SEC), University of Qatar, and Qatar National Commission for Education, Culture and Science.
Dr al-Hammadi, in his speech, stressed international commitment through contributions to the political, educational and cultural initiatives, and support to the ISESCO efforts in spreading the Arabic language and Islamic culture in Islamic non-Arabic-speaking countries, as well as humanitarian and development assistance, which Qatar is
continuously keen to provide.
The conference discussed among other issues, activities and programmes organised for the period from 2010-2015, the  financial report and the report of the contributions of States and a report evaluating the work of the organisation, as well as the Tripartite Action Plan for the period from 2016 to 2018.
The first plenary session saw the re-election of Dr Altwaijri as director general of the organisation for another new two terms.
Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev attended the opening session.

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