COMCEC
the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organisation
of Islamic Cooperation was established at the Third Islamic Summit
Conference held in Mecca/Taif in 1981 and became operational at the Fourth
Islamic Summit in 1984 with the election of the President of the Republic of
Turkey to its chairmanship.
The mandate of the COMCEC is to draw up
programmes for joint action, coordinate and follow-up the activities pertaining
to economic cooperation within the framework of the Organization of Islamic
Cooperation (OIC).