KARACHI: The fourth plenary session of the International Islamic Economic Confere­nce meeting … on Sunday [Dec 4] unanimo­u­­sly adopted the reports of its Committees on Trade, Technical and Scientific Educa­ti­­on, Labour and Geological Survey. The IIEC also adopted the strong recommendation of the Labour Committee of the Confer­ence that concrete steps be taken through legislation to provide … relief to workers and lab­ourers in the Muslim countries. The session also passed the resolution of the Geological Survey Committee that a central technical institution be established for training geologists, mining engineers and metallurgists in the Muslim world, that an International Islamic Mineral Resources Development Board be set up and that Governments of the Islamic countries be requested to allocate … funds for the advancement of scientific and technical education. — Staff correspondent

[Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies in Lake Success,] United Nations Special Political Committee today [Dec 3] welcomed the Hague Agreement providing for establishment of a sovereign United States of Indonesia at the end of the year.

Published in Dawn, December 5th, 2024