The Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM ; ; ; DBK), formerly known as Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, is the main decision-making body of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation consisting one representative from each member states of the OIC. It is the largest decision-oriented intergovernmental organization that holds conferences every year called Islamic Summit pertaining to the issues concerning Muslim nations and the OIC's agenda. The 48th summit is scheduled to be held in Islamabad, Pakistan on 22 March 2022.
It hold meetings objectively focused on the implementation of decisions and recommendations within the scope of OIC principles and guidelines. One of its main activities are to approve budget of the General Secretariat and its other departments. It also elect chief executive officer for the post of secretary general. The Republic of Turkey has hosted three Islamic Summits between 1976, which was its first meeting (7th DBK) and the second in 1991 (12th DBK), while the third and the last summit hosted in Turkey was held in 2004 during the 31st DBK.
Beside being a part of council of foreign affairs ministers, it also hosts public conferences called Extraordinary Foreign Ministers Meeting designed to address the human rights violations in the Muslim nations, including in Afghanistan.
Powers and duties The Council of Foreign Ministers is mandated with the sole authority to take critical decisions regarding the activities and purpose of the OIC. It is also responsible for changing the status of the OIC and its associated members within the scope of the organisational principles. The foreign ministers of the member states, including the host country, Turkey plays a vital role in the OIC. They are entitled to propose any critical change within the guidelines and scope, while are itself implemented by the Council of Foreign Ministers. It also establish trust funds for humanitarian aid in the state of emergencies.
It implements general policies, in addition to adopting decisions and resolutions pertaining to the common interest of the OIC. Once a decision is taken, it reviews progress for its final approval and implementation of decisions and resolutions. The council submits its final result to the General Secretariat for its final approval which is traditionally headed by OIC's general secretary. Affiliated organs specialized in common interest of the general policies also participates in parliamentary procedure which is officially known by the OIC as session or Islamic summit.
List of sessions The first session was hosted on 3 September 1969 by the Kingdom of Morocco in Rabat, while the last summit was hosted between 22 and 23 March 2022 by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Islamabad.
Sessions Date Country Place 1st 3 September 1969 Rabat 2nd 20 December 1970 Karachi 3rd 23 March 1972 Jeddah 4th 24 March 1973 Benghazi 5th 24 July 1974 Kuala Lumpur 6th 12 July 1975 Jeddah 7th 14 May 1976 Istanbul 8th 16 May 1977 Tripoli 9th 4 April 1978 Dakar 10th 8 May 1979 - 11th 3 September 1980 Islamabad 12th 3 September 1981 Baghdad 13th 2226 August 1982 Niamey 14th 5 December 1983 Dhaka 15th 3 September 1984 Sana'a 16th 3 September 1986 - 17th 3 September 1988 Amman 18th 7 December 1989 Riyadh 19th 20 November 1990 Riyadh 20th 5 December 1991 Istanbul 21st 2529 April 1993 Karachi 22nd 1012 December 1994 Casablanca 23rd 912 December 1995 Conakry 24th 913 December 1996 Jakarta 25th 1517 March 1998 Doha 26th 28 June1 July 1999 Ouagadougou 27th 27 June 2000 Kuala Lumpur 28th 2529 June 2001 Bamako 29th 2527 June 2002 Khartoum 30th 2830 May 2003 Tehran 31st 1416 June 2004 Istanbul 32nd 2830 June 2005 Sana'a 33rd 1921 June 2006 Baku 34th 1517 May 2007 Islamabad 35th 1820 June 2008 Kampala 36th 2325 May 2009 Damascus 37th 1820 May 2010 Dushanbe 38th 2830 June 2011 Astana 39th 1517 November 2012 Djibouti 40th 911 December 2013 Conakry 41st 1819 June 2014 Jeddah 42nd 2728 May 2015 Kuwait 43rd 1819 October 2016 Tashkent 44th 1011 June 2017 Abidjan 45th 56 May 2018 Dhaka 46th 12 March 2019 Abu Dhabi 47th 2728 November 2020 Niamey 48th 2223 March 2022 Islamabad 49th 16-17 March 2023Nouakchott50th29-30 August 2024Yaoundé51st21-22 June 2025Istanbul52nd11-12 April 2026Baghdad
As of 2025, Bangladesh, Guinea, Libya, Malaysia, Niger and Yemen have hosted the summit twice. Morocco and Turkey 4 times, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia 5 times.
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