Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
The President of Burkina Faso, H.E. Blaise Compaoré received on 29 November 2012, a high-level OIC delegation in his office in Ouagadougou....
01/12/2012
The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu left Vienna on 29 November 2012 upon the completion of his four days visit where he addressed the Symposium on Tolerance co-organized by the Turkish Grand National Assembly and the European Parliament under the Parliamentary Exchange and Dialogue Program, attended the inauguration ceremony of the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) which is preceded by a bilateral meeting with Dr. Michael Spindelegger, Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Austria on 26 November 2012. ...
01/12/2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, considered the resolution to admit Palestine as a non-member observer state of the United Nations a historic achievement towards ending the Israeli occupation and the restoration of the legitimate rights of the Palestinians. He also praised the position of the international community to enhance the prospects for lasting peace in the region on the basis of the principle of a two-state solution....
30/11/2012
The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, will pay a two-day visit to the Sultanate of Brunei, beginning on Friday 30 November 2012, with the aim of promoting Brunei’s role in scaling up the OIC’s political, humanitarian and economic programmes....
29/11/2012
Honorable Prof. Tekelioglu Chairman of the EU Harmonisation Commission,...
29/11/2012
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29/11/2012
Conflict prevention and conflict resolution require a multi dimensional approach and not only the use of military means to guarantee sustainable peace, asserted Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. He also announced that the OIC will establish a specialized unit within the OIC General Secretariat in Jeddah dedicated to maintenance of security and conflict resolution....
29/11/2012
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation took part in a conference co-organized, over 24-26 November 2012 in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, by Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (NAUSS) and the Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs. The Conference pooled together over 200 counter-terrorism experts, practitioners, and law-enforcement officials from a dozen Arab countries and eight European and American countries. ...
27/11/2012
The Interim President of the Republic of Mali, H.E. Dr. DioncoundaTraoré has, on 26 November 2012, received a high-level OIC delegation in his office in Bamako....
27/11/2012
In a letter addressed to the Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh, the OIC Secretary General has conveyed his sincere condolences to the Government and people of Bangladesh as well as to the bereaved family members who lost their beloved ones in a devastating fire accident in a multi-storied garment factory at the outskirts of the capital city Dhaka on 24 November 2012....
26/11/2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, addressed the Symposium on Tolerance in Vienna, Austria, today, Monday, 26 November 2012, where he stressed on the need for tolerance as an imperative at the center of the global agenda. The two-day Symposium is organized jointly by the Turkish Parliament and the European Union....
26/11/2012
The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has welcomed the efforts of the Bahraini government to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the independent fact-finding committee, following the release of the progress report on the implementation of the Committee’s recommendations. He commended the Government’s determination to strengthen the reform process and consolidate human rights in Bahrain....
25/11/2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, left for Vienna, capital of Austria, today 25 November to participate in the inauguration of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) due to take place tomorrow Monday 26 November 2012. ...
25/11/2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has congratulated the President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma on the occasion of his re-election....
24/11/2012
In his message to the 6th Islamic Conference of Ministers of Higher Education and Scientific Research which concluded on 21st November 2012 in Khartoum, the Secretary General of OIC, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu stated that the ability of any system to foster an environment of knowledge creation and research is directly related to the opportunities it offers for the commercialization of research outcomes. He called upon the Member States to examine among other things, ways and means to foster university- industry linkages across the OIC countries and encouraging private sector partnership with the universities. He added that the Muslim world is facing enormous challenges of under-development, poverty, illiteracy, malnourishment, gender inequality and limited access to quality education. He stressed that excellence in knowledge, research and innovation is imperative for the Muslim world to reclaim its rightful place in the international arena. The Secretary General expressed satisfaction on the steady progress registered since 2005 in the OIC in the areas of higher education, science, technology and innovation. The progress owes itself to actions at the national level as well as the concerted efforts by the OIC and its relevant institutions. The Secretary General’s message to the Conference was read out by Assistant Secretary General OIC, Ambassador Abdul Moiz Bokhari....
24/11/2012
