Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
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The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, congratulated Dr Muhammad Saad Al Katatni on his election as Speaker of the People’s Assembly (Parliament) of the Arab Republic of Egypt in the first free and fair election in Egypt in 60 years....
28/01/2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has today, 28 January 2012, received at his office, H. E. Mr. Mansa Ountana, the new Ambassador of Burkina Faso to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia....
28/01/2012
AS A contribution towards resolving the water crisis in Somalia, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation held a conference in Djibouti on 26 January 2012, under the theme of “Water for Life”....
28/01/2012
The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received on Tuesday 24 January 2012 the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, in his Residence in the Jordanian Capital Amman. The meeting addressed the developments in the Palestinian cause and the efforts being made by the two parties to mobilize support for the recognition of the Palestinian State in the United Nations....
25/01/2012
The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, strongly condemned the detention by the Israeli occupation forces of the Palestinian Legislative Council Speaker, Dr. Aziz Dweik. He considered this act as a flagrant violation of the international law and human rights principles which came as part of continued Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people and its institutions....
25/01/2012
of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), today 24th of January 2012, at Basman Palace in the Jordanian Capital, Amman. As the meeting touched upon the developments of the Palestinian Cause, King Abdullah II asserted the need for an actual and urgent movement to find a way out of the current stalemate condition that hinders the Middle East Peace Process. King Abdullah indicated that Jordan sponsors exploratory meetings between the Palestinians and the Israelis with view to end this situation. Ihsanoglu noted the urgency to search for alternatives for the current situation to get out of this impasse that not only threatens the Peace Process but the entire region at large. ...
24/01/2012
Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), strongly condemned Israel's kidnapping of the two senior members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), the former Jerusalem Affairs Minister Khalid Abu Arafah and fellow lawmaker Mohammed Totah, from the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in occupied Al-Quds. Ihsanoglu considered such kidnapping to be a heinous crime and an infringement of the immunity of both lawmakers, in addition to being a violation of the sanctity of the International Red Cross. ...
24/01/2012
In response to a question on the position of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as to the decision adopted by the French Senate yesterday, Monday 23 January 2012, on a bill that incriminates the denial of the Armenian’s subjection to alleged genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Turks during the First World War, an internal source indicated that the OIC rejects this bill as one that flies in the face of historical truth and that shows double-standard dealing with major historical issues, a bill that is divorced from subjective and impartial reading of facts, that fails to refer to actual historical evidence, and that seeks to utilize such matters for the purpose of internal political and electoral interests....
24/01/2012
A Tripartite meeting of the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the Jordanian Foreign Minister, Nasser Judeh, and the Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riad Al-Malki, was held in the Jordanian capital, Amman, on the sideline of the visit paid by the OIC Secretary General to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, during which he is to meet the Jordanian King, Abdullah II....
23/01/2012
The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation has renewed its support for the Arab Initiative to Resolve the Syrian Crisis and has welcomed the implementation measures adopted by the Arab Foreign Ministers in their meeting held in Cairo on 22 January 2012....
23/01/2012
On a visit to Amman, capital of Jordan, H.E. Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), conducted today, Monday 23 January 2012, a series of meetings with Jordanian officials with whom he discussed the developments of the situation in the region and the efforts undertaken by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to facilitate the resumption of peace negotiations between the Palestinian and the Israelis....
23/01/2012
The Secretary General of the OIC Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has today, 22 January 2012 received in audience at the General Secretariat, H. E. Mr. Pasi Patokallio, Special Representative of the Foreign Minister of Finland....
22/01/2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, condemned in the strongest terms the string of bombings that rippled through the city of Kono, the largest city in Nigeria's mainly Muslim north. ...
22/01/2012
Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu paid tribute to the far-reaching amendments announced lately by His Majesty King Hamad Bin Issa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain, in his address to the Bahraini people, and the new provisions they carried in terms of streamlining relations between the executive and legislative powers, expanding the competencies of the Parliament and consolidating its role as a control body. The Secretary General also welcomed the King’s decision to set up an independent international legal committee to investigate the events witnessed in Bahrain....
21/01/2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu noted that the content, variety and size of OIC economic activities have increased dramatically since the elaboration of the OIC Ten Year Programme of Action in 2005. In addition to strengthening economic cooperation among the OIC member states, the OIC economic cooperation agenda has now given prominence to regional and international cooperation. Hence there is a need to adopt a comprehensive approach in addressing the devastating scourge of poverty and malnutrition in a greater number of OIC Member States, as well as attaining the set target of 20% of intra-OIC trade by 2015. The Secretary General said this in his speech at the opening of the Coordination Meeting among OIC Institutions working in the Economic domain, which was held at the OIC General Secretariat headquarters in Jeddah on 21 and 22 January 2012. The speech was delivered by the OIC Assistant Secretary General for Economic Affairs, Ambassador Hameed A. Opeloyeru....
21/01/2012
