1.   Ministers agreed to phase out the old voting system within two years.

2.   Ministers agreed to send humanitarian aid, including food and medical supplies.

3.   The health ministers agreed to meet a delegation of heart patients.

4.   Ministers agreed that this decision was fully justified by economic conditions.

5.   Ministers also agreed to open negotiations to find an acceptable formula to bring the three Chinas into the group.

6.   A communiqu cited by ARER said that ministers had agreed to make Cairo the temporary headquarters of the organization.

7.   Ministers also agreed on minimum excise duty rates for cigarettes, beer, and wine, but not spirits.

8.   Ministers agreed, however, that individual countries could seek military help from their allies when necessary.

9.   The ministers agreed to take co-ordinated action to combat the menace of terrorism which they said threatened to destabilize the South Asian region.

10.   The ministers also agreed to an Indian proposal that each member state should give the other most-favoured-nation treatment in trade, manufacturing services and tourism.