The final communiqué of the 8th Islamic Information Ministers Conference issued here today at the conclusion of the conference decided the completion of the restructuring of the Islamic News Agency ( INA) and the Islamic Broadcasting Union (ISBU) to play a key role in the field of media and production of audio-visual programs, training and exchange among Organization of the Islamic Conference OIC's member states, calling on the conference to fund these two media projects by the approval of the proposed financial budget for 2009. It also called on OIC's member states which have not joined the Digital Solidarity Fund to do that as soon as possible and pump their contributions to this Fund. Moreover, the Final Communiqué recommended the activation of the 7th session's decision calling for setting up a ministerial committee to be convened as soon as possible to prepare an integrated plan on the ways of addressing the outside world to correct the image of Islam and clarify its noble values. For this purpose, the Conference decided to establish a fund to which the member states, institutions and individuals contribute voluntarily. --More
