Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
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Bonn, 5 December 2011...
17/12/2011
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, stressed on creating an appropriate link between economic growth and social development which constitutes one of the major components of the OIC economic cooperation strategy to address the spate of poverty and hunger in a number of OIC countries. Addressing the First Ministerial Review Conference of the Turkey-Africa Partnership on 16 December 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey, Ihsanoglu underscored the need for the OIC Member States to increase their collaboration to promote food security and rural development....
16/12/2011
Your Excellencies,...
16/12/2011
It is with great pleasure that I send this message to the expert level meeting in Washington that forms part of the Istanbul process. This process is geared towards consensual implementation of HRC Resolution 16/18 on combating intolerance , incitement to violence and violence based on religion or belief. The importance of the consensual adoption of this Resolution cannot be over emphasized. Neither can it be discounted as a triumph of multilateralism....
15/12/2011
Professor Ekmelddin Ihsangulu, Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, concluded today Thursday 15th. December 2011, a visit to the Libyan capital, Tripoli, during which he expressed his backup for the new Libyan leadership in the stages ahead and his support for the steps undertaken by the Libyan National Transitional Council, particularly its engagement on the democratic pathway, all in addition to his congratulations extended to the Libyan people in general for the triumph of the 17th. Feb. revolution....
15/12/2011
A delegation from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) paid a visit to the headquarters of the OIC General Secretariat in Jeddah. The delegation was led by the Assistant Director of the UNHCR’s regional office in Riyadh for the Gulf States, Dr. Hamdi Bukhari, along with the official in charge of refugees’ affairs in Somalia and Kenya, Mr. Bruno Gido. Talks between the delegation and officials from the OIC General Secretariat’s Humanitarian Affairs Department centered on ways to consolidate the OIC-UNHCR Cooperation in the humanitarian sphere. Mr. Bruno briefed the OIC officials on the conditions of Somali refugees at the Dadas refugee camp in Kenya, and the conditions of refugees in general. He revealed that the UNHCR and the OIC had undertaken, for the first time, a joint interaction in which a census was taken of the displaced people driven off their homes by the effects of the prevailing famine and currently settled in (306) camps in Mogadishu, which has optimally facilitated their management and relief....
14/12/2011
Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, strongly condemned the occupation government decision to establish 40 housing units on the territory of the city of Bethlehem in the Palestinian territories....
14/12/2011
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the United Nations Mediation Support Unit (MSU) jointly organized a Workshop on Mediation on 12 December 2011 at the OIC Headquarters in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The participants to the Workshop included both representatives of the OIC Member States and members of the OIC General Secretariat. The Workshop was facilitated jointly by the members of the MSU of the United Nations Policy and Mediation Division and Initiative on Quiet Diplomacy (IQd)....
13/12/2011
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu is scheduled to travel to Libya on an official visit on Thursday, 15 December 2011. During his visit, he will meet with Libyan officials to discuss ways and means to enhance cooperation and strengthen relations between the OIC and Libya, after the victory of the revolution in this country which is a member in the Organization....
13/12/2011
Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) noted yesterday 12 December 2011, that this coming Saturday will mark the first anniversary of Mohamad Bouazizi’s self-immolation, by setting himself on fire, thus sparking off the Arab-world revolutions. Prof. Ekmeleddin was to add, at the lecture he was delivering at the Brookings Institute in Doha, under the title of “The OIC’s Stand Towards the Developments in the Arab Region” that the label attached to the revolutions witnessed in the region, as “the Arab Spring” fails to reflect the reality that has swept over the Middle East and North Africa, and that a more accurate metaphore, in his view, should be: “The Fall Season of the Despots”...
13/12/2011
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu stressed that he is devoted to bring the international community to reach common ground to ensure cultural diversity for development. The Secretary General stated in his speech at the Fourth Annual Forum of Alliance of Civilizations in Doha on Sunday, 11 December 2011, that OIC was able to make the first breakthrough by taking the initiative at the UN Human Rights Council earlier this year that resulted in the consensual adoption of HRC Resolution 16/18. ...
12/12/2011
Doha, State Of Qatar...
12/12/2011
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) took part in the 3rd Symposium on International Terrorism and Transnational Crime organized by the International Terrorism and Transnational Crime Research Center (UTSAM) over 9-11 December 2011 in Antalya, Republic of Turkey....
11/12/2011
Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation received in his office in Jeddah on Saturday, 10 December 2011, a delegation from the Republic of Gabon, comprised of Mr. Ali Radjoumba, Advisor at the Presidency, Amb. Jeannette Engandzas and Mr.Jean Robert El Mut Moutchinga Boulingui, both Advisors to the Minister of Communication. The Secretary General laid stress on his committed resolve to ensure optimal success for this conference due to be held for the first time at this level in Gabon and in Central Africa in general. The delegation offered a presentation before the Secretary General, on the arrangements already underway for the convening of the Ninth Session of the OIC Information Ministers Conference due to be held in Libreville from 17 to 20 April, 2012. the Delegation also conveyed to the Secretary General the greetings of H.E. President Ali Bongo Ondimba of the Republic of Gabon and those of the Gabonese Minister of Communications....
11/12/2011
At the invitation of H.E. Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation a first coordination meeting between the leaderships of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) took place on 6-7 December 2011 at the OIC headquarters in Jeddah. The meeting was chaired by Amb. Sayed Kassem El-Masry, Adviser to the Secretary General and his Special Envoy for Peace in Southern Philippines, and with the participation of Mr. Talal Daous, Director of the Department of Muslim Communities and Minorities at the OIC. ...
11/12/2011
