According to the draft document, the organisation welcomed the establishment of the transitional government in Iraq but wanted the United Nations to play a more central role.

The 11-point draft was a compromise reached in an intense meeting between representatives of Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Syria.

"These countries were considered to have national, strategic interests in Iraq and are its closest neighbours," said a delegate.

The draft would be submitted for consideration to the summit, which begins this Thursday.

Among others, the draft condemned both the recent bombings of the Jordanian Embassy and the UN headquarters in Iraq, and the mass killings of Iraqis, Kuwaitis and Iranians by members of the previous regime.

It contained references to the "former Iraqi regime's policies contributing to the instability in the

region over the past three decades, in particular its war in 1980 against its Muslims neighbour Iran, its aggression and occupation of the state of Kuwait in 1990 and its barbaric repression of the Iraqi people, and the consequences of those policies on the Islamic ummah."

Also included in the draft were:

For Iraq to "elect an internationally recognised representative government and to speedily restore its sovereignty;

For antiquities taken from Iraq during the US-led invasion to be returned;

For any resolution tabled at the UN security council to allay misgivings and reassure the Iraqi people of their future;

For all states to not provide any safe haven for members of the former Iraqi regime;

For the reaffirmation of the sovereignty and the territorial integrity of Iraq and full control over its own natural resources; and

That OIC members and other international organisations provide all kinds of support and assistance to meet the Iraqis' needs and encourage contributions and efforts aimed in reconstructing the country.

At a press conference at the end of the OIC Ministerial Preparatory Meeting yesterday, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said the summit would include a plan of action to ensure ideas and proposals were followed through and implemented.

He said a communique would also be issued to ensure "nobody will feel left out."

On a related matter, he said the OIC did not propose to send any peacekeeping troops to Iraq.

He said the OIC, unlike the United Nations (UN), did not have the "blue beret."

However, Syed Hamid said OIC member countries could offer to send troops to Iraq in their own capacity.