In the face of increasingly complex and unprecedented challenges confronting the Islamic World, the New Vision has embarked upon on a long-term path to reform to correct the limitations of the current institutional structure of the OIC. This includes the reactivation of its institutions and specialized and affiliated organs and the strengthening of ties with civil society through reinforced coordination. A high-level advisory panel led by the OIC-SG has already reviewed and recommended revisions to the OIC Charter and steps are currently underway to establish an Executive Body to follow-up on resolutions. A fully-fledged feasibility study will be undertaken to strengthen the role of the Islamic Solidarity Fund and draft elements have already been determined through the deliberations of a committee of experts. Additionally, to allow for the effective coordination of Joint Islamic Action, Member States are being encouraged to pay their dues.

The aforementioned reforms will allow Member States to participate and coordinate more effectively in all regional and international forums. Additionally, they will allow for the delineation of the duties and obligations of countries towards their fellow Member States facing socio-economic-political-cultural challenges. The ratification and implementation of the OIC Charter and existing Resolutions and Conventions represent an essential step towards advancing Joint Islamic Action and an Executive Committee was established in 2006 to monitor their implementation. The results to date have been promising as several Member States have either signed or ratified major accords in the spheres of telecommunications, standards and metrology, civil aviation, trade preferential systems, counter-terrorism, the international crescent and economic, technical and commercial cooperation.

In the arena of Joint Islamic Action in conflict resolution, major resolutions and recommendations were adopted in 2006 pertaining to the conflicts in Azerbaijan, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Lebanon and Palestine, the establishment of mechanisms for dialogue with the European Union (EU) and effective OIC participation in the UN Human Rights Council. Fact-finding missions were dispatched to Cyprus, Iraq and Somalia and Special Representatives were appointed by the OIC Secretary General for Somalia, Jammu and Kashmir and the Muslim Communities in South Thailand and South Philippines. Steps were taken to provide humanitarian assistance to Lebanon and Palestine as well as to establish strategic storage reserve facilities to tackle the food shortage in Niger. The EU and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) undertook high-level visits to the OIC headquarters in 2006 and joint statements were issued by the OIC-UN-EU (European Union) and the UN & OIC Secretary Generals in response to the publication of the blasphemous caricatures in Europe.