Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
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Celebration of Human Rights Day on 10 December each year provides the opportunity to remind ourselves of the importance of Human Rights and human dignity evolving over the march of civilization....
10/12/2011
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, called for providing the International Islamic News Agency (IINA) with all resources to enable it to embark without hindrance on the development of its work and to establish effective cooperation between news agencies in the Muslim world, and share news, files and data that serve the development of joint Islamic media action....
10/12/2011
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu expressed great concern over reports on to the deteriorating security condition in the city of Homs, Syria....
10/12/2011
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, in his speech at the opening session of the orientation and preparatory meeting of the OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) in Jeddah on Wednesday, 7 December 2011, called on the members of the Commission to prove its credibility in the shortest time possible....
07/12/2011
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has strongly condemned Israel’s decision to expel Palestinian Legislative Council member Ahmad Attoun from Jerusalem. He described the move as a flagrant violation of international law, and the Fourth Geneva Convention, excessive disregard of international will and infringement of the rights of the Palestinian people....
07/12/2011
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has strongly condemned the heinous terrorist attacks in Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif, which provoked the death and injury of dozens of Afghan civilians who had gathered to mourn on the occasion of the Tenth of Muharram....
07/12/2011
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed its support for the position taken by the African Union (AU), the League of Arab States (LAS), and the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD), which emphasizes the need to fully respect the immunity of Sudanese President Omer Hasan Ahmed Al-Bashir and all other heads of state. ...
07/12/2011
A high level delegation from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Action "OCHA" headed by Mr. Rashid Khalikov, Director of the OCHA office in Geneva, visited the OIC General Secretariat and was received by senior officials in the OIC. During the visit, the delegation discussed with the OIC Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Ambassador Atta El Mannane Bakhit, who heads the Department of Humanitarian Affairs, ways of activating the Framework Agreement which had been signed by the OIC Secretary General, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, and the United Nations Under-Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs, Valerie Amos during her visit to the headquarters of the OIC General Secretariat on 14 November 2011....
07/12/2011
The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, H.E. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu paid an official visit to Berlin on 6 December 2011 immediately after attending the International Afghanistan Conference held in Bonn on 5 December....
07/12/2011
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), H.E. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, attended the International Afghanistan Conference in Bonn on 5 December 2011 and made a statement on the OIC's position concerning Afghanistan....
05/12/2011
Several proposals have been made on modalities for increasing economic productivity in OIC Member States through support for private innovation, entrepreneurship and increased role of the Private Sector. These proposals were proffered during the OIC Forum on Public Private Partnership and Development of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in OIC Member States, held on 3 December 2011, on the sidelines of the Second Global Summit on Entrepreneurship, which is taking place in Istanbul from 3 to 6 December 2011. The Forum was organized by the General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in collaboration with the Governments of the Republic of Turkey and the United States of America....
04/12/2011
At the emergency meeting of the OIC Executive Committee at the level of foreign ministers on the situation in Syria, opposite views were expressed on approaching the issue. While Iran favored giving the Syrian Government more time to resolve the crisis, Turkey and many of the other participants urged for immediate end to the violence and the implementation of reforms....
03/12/2011
The OIC Assistant Secretary General for Science and Technology, Amb. Abdul Moiz Bokhari, attended the Presidential inauguration ceremony in the Republic of Kyrgyz and transmitted a written message of the OIC Secretary General, Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. ...
03/12/2011
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has strongly condemned the approval of the Israeli occupation government for the construction of 650 new settlement units and a road linking them to occupied Jerusalem. He asserted that the Israeli settlement policies seek to isolate the City of Jerusalem from its Palestinian environs and alter its demographic characteristics, which is a blatant violation of international law and resolutions of the United Nations....
03/12/2011
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01/12/2011
