Welcome Message Dear Visitor, Welcome to the official website of Developing 8 Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8). Founded in 1997, the D-8 aims to increase economic cooperation among our Member States to boost economic growth, sustain development and promote the well-being of our citizens. In doing so we have focused our attention in six priority areas namely Agriculture, Trade, Transportation, Industry, Energy and Tourism. Through the 20 years of its existence D-8 has been successful in building bridges in these six priorities. Moving towards the second phase of the lifecycle of our Organization, and with a strong conviction that we represent a strong economic power house with a great history and a bright future, we are putting an ever more focus on implementing the shared vision set forward by our leaders to achieve the D-8 goals for the benefit of our people. D-8 countries in total account for almost 5.2 trillion dollars of GDP, 1.1 trillion dollars of total D-8 export to the world and 75.8 billion dollars of D-8 total intra-export. But the real novelty of D-8 is that it is home to 1.28 billion people, meaning one in every seven people in the world is living in D-8. This comes with remarkable cultural diversity, economic strengths, natural resources, creativity and innovation, and big opportunities for the future generations. I warmly welcome you again to our website, where you will find abundance of information about the main activities as well as almost all official documents which constitute the framework of D-8 activities and areas of cooperation. We, at the Secretariat, are keen to provide the latest information to public on different aspects of D-8 activities and will be at your disposal for any comments, proposal or even critics which might improve our services to other website visitors. Sincerely, Ambassador Sohail Mahmood SG Latest News All SG News D-8 SECRETARY-GENERAL PARTICIPATES IN 10TH TRT WORLD FORUM AND MEETS MALAYSIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER IN ISTANBULAt the invitation of TRT World, the Secretary-General of the Developing-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8), H.E. Ambassador Sohail Mahmood, participated in the 10th edition of the TRT World Forum, held in Istanbul, Türkiye, on 6-7 November 2026, under the… Read More Read more D-8 SECRETARY-GENERAL ADVANCES TRADE AND INVESTMENT COOPERATION AT 42ND COMCEC MINISTERIAL SESSION AND BUSINESS LEADERS’ SUMMIT IN ISTANBULThe Secretary-General of the Developing-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8), H.E. Ambassador Sohail Mahmood, participated in the 42nd Ministerial Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) and the related B57+… Read More Read more D-8 SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR STRONGER HEALTH COOPERATION AND RESILIENT HEALTH SYSTEMS AT 12th TURKISH MEDICAL WORLD CONGRESSAt the invitation of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Türkiye, H.E. Prof. Dr. Kemal Memişoğlu, the Secretary-General of the Developing-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8), H.E. Ambassador Sohail Mahmood, participated in the 12th Turkish Medical World Congress and delivered… Read More Read more D-8 SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT AND STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS AT 9TH UNCTAD WORLD INVESTMENT FORUM IN DOHAThe Secretary-General of the Developing-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation (D-8), H.E. Ambassador Sohail Mahmood, participated in the 9th World Investment Forum (WIF) 2026 in Doha, hosted by the State of Qatar in partnership with the United Nations Trade and Development… Read More Read more SG Speeches All SG Speeches SG Photos All SG Photos SG Videos All SG Videos