Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
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The OIC spokesperson characterized the UNGA resolution as a reiteration of the OIC sponsored UN Human Rights Council Resolution 16/18 entitled, “ Combating intolerance , negative stereotyping and stigmatization of, and discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons based on religion and belief”, adopted by consensus in Geneva in March 2011....
22/12/2011
A delegation from “Médecins Sans Frontières” (MSF) visited the OIC Humanitarian Affairs Department in Jeddah to discuss ways and means of fostering further cooperation between the two organizations in the field of humanitarian activities in the Hajja Province where MSF runs a field hospital in Al-Mazraq refugees camp on behalf of the OIC and the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Yemen....
22/12/2011
OIC delegation led by Ambassador Atta El-Manan Bakhit, Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs had an audience on 20th December 2011 with H.E. Mr. Moses M. Wetang'ula, E.G.H., MP, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kenya at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Headquarters in Nairobi. ...
21/12/2011
The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu commended the United Nations General Assembly for adopting the resolution on “the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination,” with an overwhelming majority of 182 votes. This reiterates the justness of the Palestinian cause and the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination as guaranteed by international legislations....
21/12/2011
The Secretary-General of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, is following with deep concern the current developments in Iraq, particularly after the withdrawal of US forces. The Secretary-General expressed his confidence in the ability of Iraq to adhere to the unity of Iraq and its independence and security....
21/12/2011
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21/12/2011
Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, received on Wednesday 21 December 2011 H.E. Ambassador Naguib El Moneef, Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia to Riyadh and Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the OIC, who came to deposit Tunisia’ ratification instrument for the OIC Charter....
21/12/2011
The Fortieth Session of the Permanent Finance Committee (PFC) kicked off at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Jeddah today, Monday, 19 December 2011. The OIC Secretary General, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, in his opening speech at the meeting which lasts until Wednesday, 21 December 2011, noted that the OIC Member States have understood that the new continued achievements of the OIC are possible thanks to the fact that it undertakes its duties with a great deal of responsibility. The Member States have become regularly paying their contributions to finance the Organization’s activities, he added....
20/12/2011
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu addressed today 18th December 2011, the Opening Session of the 7th Islamic Conference of Culture Ministers in Algiers, Peoples’ Democratic Republic of Algeria ....
20/12/2011
The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, strongly condemned Israel’s decision ratifying the construction of more that 1000 new settlement units in occupied Jerusalem as flagrant violation of international law. He alerted that the quickened pace of settlement construction on Palestinian lands is part of the attempts by the Israeli occupation to create a new fait accompli on the ground thereby blocking the establishment of an independent Palestinian state....
19/12/2011
The secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has expressed deep regret and sadness at the burning of the Egyptian Scientific Academy and the Geographic Society. The Egyptian Scientific Academy is one of the oldest scientific institutions in the world housing unrivalled wealth of knowledge, thanks to its library which contained tens of thousands of rare books on various fields of human learning and irreplaceable documents of historical value....
18/12/2011
The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has strongly condemned an arson attack on a mosque in occupied Jerusalem and another one in Burqa Village, close to Ramallah in the West Bank. He also condemned the Islamaphobic comments written on the wall of the mosque, describing the continued terrorist and criminal acts by the extremist settlers against places of worship and desecration of sanctuaries as naked violation of international treaties and instruments....
18/12/2011
Algiers - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria ...
18/12/2011
The OIC Secretary General, Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu made a strong humanitarian appeal to the international community for the Philippines following the flash floods which devastated the Southern Region of Mindanao causing the death of over 450 people with hundreds missing and leaving a massive trail of destruction due to heavy rains. ...
18/12/2011
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – The OIC can bring its knowledge and expertise to bear on the international system and make it more inclusive, according to a high United Nations official....
17/12/2011
