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The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, mourned with great sadness and sorrow the death of the great African Leader and Former South African president, Nelson Mandela. The Secretary General said the world lost on Thursday one of the most courageous people, a man of credibility and purity, asserting that history will remember Mandela as a hero for human dignity, freedom, peace, reconciliation and coexistence....
06/12/2013
The Fortieth Session of the OIC Member States’ Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) kicks off in the city of Conakry, capital of the Republic of Guinea, on 9 – 11 December 2013 under the theme: Dialogue of Civilizations: Factor of Peace and Sustainable Development....
05/12/2013
H.E. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the OIC received Ambassador Yunus Demirer, Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 1 December 2013. Ambassador Demirer presented his credentials to the Secretary General as his country’s Permanent Representative to the OIC....
01/12/2013
Tourism has emerged as one of the most important tools for achieving the objectives of poverty eradication and job creation in OIC countries. Deliberations on the contemporary challenges of OIC Member States and modalities for consolidating intra-OIC tourism cooperation would engage the attention of the 8th Islamic Conference of Tourism Ministers (ICTM) holding in Banjul, the Republic of The Gambia, from 4-6 December 2013. ...
27/11/2013
The spokesman of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation today in a statement expressed shock and dismay over media reports of the Angolan Government’s decision to ban Islam in Angola and to demolish mosques in the country. He said that the reported Angolan Government’s decision is outrageous and calls for condemnation in the strongest terms. ...
26/11/2013
Ambassador Samir Bakr, OIC Assistant Secretary General for Palestine and Al-Quds Affairs, received in his office at the OIC General Secretariat in Jeddah the European Union Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process, Ambassador Andreas Reinicke, and his accompanying delegation. Ambassador Bakr reviewed with the visiting envoy the political stances of the OIC on the Palestinian question and stressed the role of the European Union in the efforts being made to drive the peace process, pressure and compel Israel to accept international references, and stop settlement building on all Palestinian territories, particularly the occupied Jerusalem....
25/11/2013
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation took part in the dialogue with Religious Leaders and Institutions in support of their role in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in countering extremism in Central Asia held on 20-23 November 2013. The event was organized by the UN Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia and UN Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force towards a comprehensive implementation of the joint plan of action for Central Asia under the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. ...
25/11/2013
I am pleased to commemorate with the rest of international community the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This day is particularly significant as it provides the governments, international organizations and relevant civil society institutions to take stock of the progress made in efforts to eliminate violence against women and to decide on what is needed in moving forward to address this issue with greater commitment and determination. ...
25/11/2013
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has welcomed today, Monday 25 November 2013, the interim agreement reached in Geneva between the world’s six major powers (P-5 Plus One) and the Islamic Republic of Iran on Iran’s nuclear issue. ...
25/11/2013
Together with H.E. Fatima Shaheen, Turkish Minister of Women and Social Policies, OIC Secretary General, Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu inaugurated the OIC-sponsored Centre for treatment of Psychological and Social Shocks, in the district of Kayleis, Southern Turkey, today Sunday 24 December 2013, in response to the social service needs of the Syrian refugees on the Syrian border. ...
25/11/2013
The team of observers composed of officials from the OIC General Secretariat and led by Amb. Habib Kaabachi, monitored on Saturday 23 November 2013, the Legislative and Municipal elections in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. ...
24/11/2013
Within the framework of its political, diplomatic and humanitarian assistance to the people of Kashmir, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has recently dispatched a delegation headed by the Secretary General’s special representative on Jammu and Kashmir, H.E. Amb. Abdullah Abdurrahman Alim, OIC Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs, on an official visit to Islamabad and the State of Jammu and Kashmir, from 19 to 23 November, 2013. The delegation was accompanied by representatives from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), the Islamic Solidarity Fund (ISF) and the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)....
24/11/2013
OIC Secretary General Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoğlu met with Maître Nicolas Tiangaye, Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, and the accompanying ministerial delegation on Thursday, 21 November 2013 in Istanbul, on the sidelines of the 29th Session of the COMCEC. ...
23/11/2013
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, (OIC), Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu paid an official visit to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on 22 November 2013 and met H.E. Dervis Eroglu, President, H.E. Mr. ÖzkanYorgancıoğlu, Prime Minister, H.E. Serdar Denktas Deputy Prime Minister and H.E. Özdil Nami, Foreign Minister. He also inaugurated the International Conference on Water and Food Security in the OIC Member States....
22/11/2013
In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, ...
21/11/2013
