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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is hosting a two-day workshop starting today, Saturday, 24 November 2012, on Islamic and European Perspectives on Freedom of Expression and Human Rights under the title ‘Bridging Cultures Forum’. The Forum is organized in collaboration with the German Consulate General in Jeddah and Al-Makkiyah Al-Madaniyah Institute. It is an initiative of the collaborating partners to further the intellectual exchange between Europe and the Middle East. Scholars from both regions are invited to identify common ties and to explore the richness and diversity of their intellectual history....
24/11/2012
The Secretary General of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, (OIC), Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu stated that the regime in Syria, by rejecting OIC’s good offices and ignoring International efforts, deliberately and intentionally followed a scorched-earth policy, and pushed the crisis there to the extreme. ...
24/11/2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu welcomed the truce agreement which ended the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, expressing hope that it will lead to lifting the blockade on Gaza and enabling its inhabitants to rebuild what has been destroyed by Israeli aggressions in past years. ...
22/11/2012
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Baroness Catherine Ashton attended and addressed the 39th Council of Foreign Minister of the OIC as a guest. In her statement to the 39 CFM, which is the first time an EU representative addresses a CFM, Baroness Ashton stressed on the EU’s eagerness to develop cooperation with the OIC and its member states in various fields....
21/11/2012
The foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states agreed to grant humanitarian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) consultative status in the OIC. At the 39th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM), held in Djibouti, 15-17 November 2012, the Rules for Granting OIC Consultative Status to Humanitarian NGOs headquartered in an OIC member state was approved....
21/11/2012
Prof. Ekmeddine Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), intends to address the Humanitarian Forum for the Benefit of Syria due to be held at the Islamic Research, History, Arts and Culture Centre (IRCICA) in Istanbul on 24 November, 2012....
21/11/2012
The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, called on member states to exert all efforts to move forward joint Islamic information action, and make available all necessary financial wherewithal for that end. In his address to the meeting of the Executive Council of Islamic Broadcasting Union (IBU) which commenced its proceedings at the OIC headquarters in Jeddah on 20 November 2012, the Secretary General called on them to take clear and appropriate decisions that would put into practice the visions of the Ten-Year Programme of Action adopted by the 2005 Makkah Al Mukarramah Summit....
20/11/2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has congratulated the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Ibn Abdulaziz Al Saud, monarch of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on the success of the surgical procedure he underwent....
19/11/2012
Upon an invitation from the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone, a delegation of Observers from the OIC General Secretariat took part in monitoring the Presidential, Parliamentary, and District Council elections held on Saturday 17th November 2012 in Sierra Leone....
17/11/2012
The Secretary general of the organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu held several high-level bilateral meetings during his participation in the 39th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers in Djibouti on November 15-17, 2012 mobilizing a unified stand on the escalation of Israeli aggression against Gaza, the continued violence in Myanmar against Rohingya Muslims and in Syria....
17/11/2012
The Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir met on 16 November 2012 at the Ministerial level on the sidelines of the 39th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers in Djibouti. The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Mrs. Hina Rabbani Khar, and high-level officials of Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Niger attended the meeting....
16/11/2012
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16/11/2012
The OIC Council of Foreign Ministers, currently holding its 39th session in Djibouti, strongly condemns the dangerous Israeli escalation against Gaza, which started yesterday morning and caused the death or wounding of tens of Palestinians in the Gaza strip, including women and children. The Council considers this barbaric aggression an continuation of the on-going savage and devastating war waged by the Zionist occupation against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip since 2008. ...
15/11/2012
The OIC Observatory on Islamophobia released its Fifth Annual Report covering the period from May 2011 to September 2012, at the commencement of the 39th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers in Djibouti today. In his foreword to the Report, the Secretary General, Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, reiterated that Islamophobia formed a contemporary manifestation of racism and discrimination. The Secretary General further underscored that if the current trends are ignored, the long term implications of intolerance and discrimination against the Muslim world be far more intense than those witnessed recently and were highlighted in the Report....
15/11/2012
The 39th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of OIC Member States (Session of Solidarity for Sustainable Development) opened today 15 November 2012 in Djibouti, capital city of the Republic of Djibouti. The Conference elected the Bureau, with Djibouti as Chairman, Afghanistan, Palestine and Gabon as Vice Chairmen and Kazakhstan as Rapporteur. ...
15/11/2012
