WE, the Delegates gathered together for the 4th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) with the theme “Islamic Countries: Partners in Global Development” in Kuwait City, the State of Kuwait, from 29th April to 1st May 2008,

APPRECIATING the support, encouragement and wise counsel of H.H. Sheikh Sabah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Amir of the State of Kuwait, H.H. Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah, the Crown Prince of the State of Kuwait and H.H. Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, the Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait;

RECORDING our appreciation to HM King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, H.E. Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal and Chairman of OIC, H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, H.E. Dr. Haris Silajdzic, President of Bosnia and Herzegovina Republic, H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, H.E. Dato’ Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia and Patron of the WIEF Foundation, H.E. Nader Dahabi, Prime Minister of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, H.E. Guillame Kigbafori Soro, Prime Minister of the Republic of Cote D’Ivoire, H.E. Irman Gusman, Vice Chairman of the House of Regional Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia, representing H.E. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, H.E. Souot Mynabayev, Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources of Kazakhstan, representing H.E. President Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev as well as former Prime Ministers Prof. Atif Obaid of Egypt, Mr Tony Blair of Britain and Mr Bob Hawke of Australia and H.E. Dr Ahmed Mohamed Ali, President of the Islamic Development Bank for their invaluable contributions;

ACKNOWLEDGING the gracious hospitality of the Government of the State of Kuwait in hosting and ensuring the success of the 4th WIEF; APPLAUDING the generous commitment of $100Million by H.H. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah and the Government and People of the State of Kuwait for the establishment of a food security fund to assist the poorest within the Muslim Ummah alleviate their hunger and build their capacity to achieve sustainable long term food security by investing in the production, storage and distribution of basic foodstuffs;

APPRECIATING the presence and contribution of all Forum participants as well as their harmony and cultural diversity; AFFIRMING our belief that the spirit and objectives of the World Islamic Economic Forum remain the effective promotion of sustainable economic development, growth and prosperity of the Muslim Ummah by fostering cross-border business linkages and public-private partnerships and alliances both within the Muslim business community and with the rest of the world;

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