190. The Conference welcomed the initiative of his Royal Highness Prince Al-Hussein Ibn Abdullah II Crown Prince of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan on youth, peace and security launched at the Security Council during His Highness’ presidency of the Session in April 2015. It also commended His Highness’ patronage of the Global Forum for Youth, Peace and Security held in Amman in August 2015, and the historic resolution of the Security Council no, 2250 on youth, peace and security adopted on 9 December 2015. 191. The Conference condemned the biased Western media campaign against the State of Qatar doubting its entitlement to organize the 2022 World Cup tournament and the insistence of some western media to spread and disseminate erroneous and biased information aimed at belittling its right to organize the tournament despite the success of Qatar’s bid in an absolutely fair and transparent completion. The Conference reiterated that the hosting of the 2022 World Cup by Qatar - a Member State of the OIC - is an achievement and gain for OIC States and a right for peoples of the Muslim world. The Conference called on joint Islamic action institutions and the media in the Member States to support the State of Qatar in refuting the media’s falsehood methods and incitements by some western media in this regard. 192. The Conference commended the role of non-governmental organizations active in the field of family, women, children, youth, the protection of the elderly and people with special needs in the Member States. The Conference also called on the OIC General Secretariat to take all necessary measures to promote coordination and joint action with these organizations to serve the OIC objectives. 193. The Conference commended the role of the OIC Secretary-General for his tireless efforts aimed at promoting the advancement and empowerment of women and the welfare of the family in the OIC Member States, strengthening the status of children and safeguarding their rights, and enhancing the role of youth in promoting citizenship and the well-being and social security of the elderly and people with special needs and maintaining security. 194. The Conference called upon Member States, which have not yet done so, to expedite the process of the ratification of the Statute of the Organization of Women's Development in OIC Member States, so that the statute may enter into force, and the Organization may become operational. It called on Member States to expedite the signing and ratification of the Covenant of the Rights of the Child in Islam. 195. The Conference welcomed and commended the Government of the Islamic Republic of the Gambia's recent decision to ban the practice of female genital mutilation and called upon other OIC Member States which have not done so to take a similar action. 196. The Conference welcomed the convening of the 6thIslamic Ministerial Conference on Women’s Role in the Development of OIC Member States, in Turkey in 2016 and called upon the General Secretariat and the host country to hold at the Conference a special session of Women’s Forum to address the contemporary challenges facing Muslim women and make recommendations for their solution. --More 21:06 LOCAL TIME 18:06 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w