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....
21/01/2012
The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, welcomed the recognition by the Kingdom of Thailand, of the free independent State of Palestine within the 1967 borders. He noted that this step, which comes from an OIC observer state, constitutes an important qualitative development in terms of international support for inalienable Palestinian national rights....
19/01/2012
The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) took part, along with other Committee members, in the second meeting of the Committee on follow-up of the implementation of the Doha Agreement on Peace in Darfur, which was held in Al Fasher, capital city of Northern Darfur....
18/01/2012
Upon an invitation from the Central Election Commission (CEC) of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a delegation of observers from the OIC General Secretariat took part, along with a three-member election observer team from the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, in monitoring the early Parliamentary elections held on Sunday 15 January 2012....
17/01/2012
With deepest sorrow and pain the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) announces the passing away of the illustrious scholar, His Eminence Sheikh Dr. Mohamed Habib Belkhoja, former Secretary General of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, this Tuesday 17th January 2012, at an age of over ninety years. May Allah Almighty grant his soul bountiful blessings and eternal abode in paradise....
17/01/2012
The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, met on Monday 15 January 2012 Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz in his office in Riyadh. They discussed ways and means of cooperation between Al-Waleed bin Talal Foundation and the OIC on humanitarian programmes in OIC Member States....
17/01/2012
Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), deeply denounced the terroristic explosion that targeted in Basra on Saturday 14th of Saturday 2012 the visitors of Imam Al-Hussein's shrine and resulted in various causalities and injuries, mostly women and children. ...
15/01/2012
A spokesperson, on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), strongly condemned the armed attack on the life of Mr. Muslim Sema which took place on January 10, 2012, and described it as wanton terrorist act....
15/01/2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, received , Saturday 14/1/2012 , in Riyadh , The Foreign Minister of the Gambia, Mamadou Tangara,. He discussed with him the bilateral relations between the OIC and the Gambia. Ihsanoglu also discussed with the Gambian Minister various issues witnessed by the Islamic world, indicating the OIC positions vis a vis these issues....
15/01/2012
The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, met in Riyadh on Sunday 15 January 2012 the Prime Minister of the People’s Republic of China, Wen Jiabao. They discussed the ways and means to develop relations between the OIC and the People’s Republic of China and addressed the current issues and developments in the region and in parts of the Muslim world. The meeting also stressed the importance of implementing joint projects after the first visit of the Secretary General to China in June 2010....
15/01/2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Prof Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has today restated his concern for the continuing threat posed by the activities of the so called Boko Haram militants in Nigeria particularly the recent pronouncement by its spokesman on their intention to scale up their attacks on targets in the country....
14/01/2012
Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed his heartfelt congratulations and highest regard to Dr. Mohamed Moncef Al Marzouki, President of the Republic of Tunisia, along with his feelings of admiration and respect for the Tunisian people, on the occasion of the First Anniversary of the glorious 14th January Revolution....
14/01/2012
Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) reviewed today Saturday 14th January 2012, in Riyadh, with Prince Salman Ben Abdulaziz, Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the situation witnessed currently in the region, in addition to other various issues in the Islamic world, and the significant pioneering role played by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the regional and international levels....
14/01/2012
A meeting of the Senior Officials from OIC Member States to consider the draft OIC Water Vision document was held in Istanbul on 12-14 January 2012. It was hosted by the Ministry of Forestry and Water Affairs, Republic of Turkey and jointly organized in cooperation with the OIC General Secretariat. ...
14/01/2012
Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation H.E. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu extended his deepest condolences to the Government and people of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) for the passing away of H.E. Mr. Rauf Denktas, Founding President of TRNC....
13/01/2012