H.E. Mr. Brahim Boughali,

Speaker of the National People's Assembly

His Excellency Mr. Fouad Sebouta,

Deputy Speaker of the Council of the Nation;

Excellencies Heads of Delegation,

Excellencies Honorable Deputies;

Ladies and Gentlemen.

We are immensely happy to be here today in the beautiful city of Algiers, on the land of the country of one and a half million martyrs, the land of dignity, glory and gallantry. How happy we are to assemble, on this land, in the framework of the 47th Meeting of the PUIC Executive Committee.

We offer ample thanks to His Excellency Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, and through him, to the Parliament, government and people of Algeria for the attention they pay to the causes of the Islamic Ummah, foremost of them is the cause of Palestine which is the central cause of Muslims at the present time.

We also express our thanks and gratitude to the Algerian Parliament, with both houses: House of the Nation and the National People’s Assembly, and for the effective participation in the PUIC activities since its establishment.

We single out for our thanks His Excellency Mr. Brahim Boughali, Speaker of the National People’s Assembly, who is presiding this meeting, as well as to His Excellency Mr. Salih Goudjil, Speaker of the Council of the Nation who is represented by H.E. Mr. Fouad Sebouta, Deputy-Speaker of the Council of the Nation.

I am also obliged to offer our sincere thanks to the Grand National Assembly of Turkiye, at the head of which is His Excellency Professor Dr. Mustafa Ṣentop, for hosting the 16th PUIC Conference, which was held in Istanbul on 10th December, 2021. This Conference was successfully convened after two years of the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic which interrupted activities in our planet, and caused panic and fear everywhere, and which still casts its shadow on all walks of life, despite the determination of the human beings to coexist with it.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The 47th Meeting of the PUIC Executive Committee is taking place today in Algiers, where in 2009 this city witnessed the convening of the Twenty-first Meeting of the PUIC Executive Committee. Our current meeting will look into important issues, the most outstanding of which is defining the date and venue of our next Conference which has been delayed due to the circumstances created by the pandemic.

The Executive Committee, according to the stipulation of the PUIC Statute, holds at least two meetings per year, one of them accompanying the Conference. Thus it is one of the most important organs of the PUIC. The Meeting, therefore, will consider an important agenda because it will arrange for all meetings of the PUIC organs in the near future, God willing.

Also, the Algiers Declaration which will be issued by this Meeting contains the most significant stances of the PUIC vis-à-vis current international issues, specially the causes of the Islamic Ummah.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Our Meeting is convened amid highly complex international circumstances. The ongoing grave world events make it incumbent on the PUIC General Secretariat to wish that the Islamic States would enhance their mutual compassion and love in order to preserve the unity of their entity and solidarity, praying to Almighty Allah to keep the Ummah and to bestow His mercy on this world where we live. Allah says: ″ But My Mercy extendeth to all things″. Our Messenger and Prophet, Mohammed (PBUH) said, “be kind to those on earth, Allah in heaven will be kind to you”.

In conclusion, I thank you for attending this meeting. I reiterate my thanks to the Algerian authorities for the warm reception and generous hospitality.

I pray to Allah to guide our steps and grant us success for achieving the good of the Ummah.