Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned in the strongest terms the decision of the Israeli occupation authorities to approve the construction of 450 new settlement units on the Palestinian occupied territories....
03/02/2015
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani, condemned the continuation of heinous acts by the terrorist group that calls itself the Islamic State (IS), the latest one being the cold-blooded murder of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto....
02/02/2015
The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the attack perpetrated against a mosque in the town of Shikarpur in Pakistan, Friday 30th January 2015, resulting in a toll of 40 dead and another 50 wounded people....
01/02/2015
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the management and implementation of a joint programme to fight Ebola hemorrhagic fever disease in West Africa....
01/02/2015
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Mr Iyad Ameen Madani, expressed his strong condemnation of the terrorist attack perpetrated in the Sinai Peninsula on January 29th , 2015, resulting in many casualties among the Egyptian security and army officers, and many other injuries....
31/01/2015
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held a roundtable, the first of its kind, on 27 January 2015 to discuss how to boost cooperation on and coordination of humanitarian action with various humanitarian agencies constituting the communities of international relief work. The meeting brought together representatives of United Nations Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Action (OCHA), the European Union (ECHO), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and participants from Germany and Sweden....
29/01/2015
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the new Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan agreed to work together for the implementation of the initiatives of the National Unity Government in all political and economic fields. The agreement was reached during the meetings held by OIC Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani with His Excellency President Ashraf Ghani and the Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, in the capital Kabul on Wednesday 28 January 2015. ...
28/01/2015
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani, will start on Tuesday, 27/1/0215, a three-day official visit to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan....
26/01/2015
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani, expressed deep sorrow and sincere condolences to the Royal Family and to the leadership, government and people of Saudi Arabia upon the demise of the late Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him....
23/01/2015
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani, received Thursday 22 January 2015 in his office, H.E. Lotfi Kaïd, Ambassador of the Republic of Tunisia to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Permanent Representative to the OIC, who presented his letter of credence to the Secretary General....
22/01/2015
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani, strongly condemned the continuing terrorist operations and infringement of the constitutional legitimacy in the Republic of Yemen. He denounced Houthis’ storming of the presidential palace, kidnapping and attempted murder of Yemeni political figures, use of violence against state institutions and seizing security and defense weapons and equipment. He considered this a coup against legitimacy that would only undermine the political process in Yemen. Madani asserted that such actions would render futile the output of national dialogue, peace agreement and national partnership, and disrupt the peaceful transition process sponsored by the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf and supported by the OIC, the United Nations and the international community. In this context, Madani welcomed the statement issued by the Forty-First Session of the GCC held in Riyadh on 21 January 2015 on the situation in Yemen. ...
22/01/2015
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Mr. Iyad Ameen Madani welcomed the first round of the Libyan political dialogue held in Geneva on 14-15 January 2015 under the auspices of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL). He reiterated the support of the OIC to the efforts of Mr. Bernadino Leon, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Libya aimed at finding a peaceful solution to the Libyan crisis. Mr. Madani emphasized the importance of national reconciliation and reaching a political solution in Libya to end the violence and instability and urged all the Libyan parties to demonstrate genuine political commitment to restore peace and stability and ensure territorial integrity of the country. The Secretary General reiterated the OIC’s commitment to contribute in all possible ways to the efforts of the Libyans and the wider international community in finding, through an all inclusive dialogue, a lasting solution to the Libyan crisis in order to allow the Libyan people to live in peace and security.
...The OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) is appalled by the recent repeated publication of sacrilegious caricature of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) by the French magazine Charlie Hebdo and squarely condemns this act as an intolerant, disrespectful and manifest ex
18/01/2015
The Iraqi leadership was united in the confident it exhibited about the role of the OIC in finding a way out of the country’s current crisis, and welcomed its efforts to build on the 2006 Makkah Document and the possibility of working towards a second meeting that would produce Makkah – 2 to support the reconciliation process among the Iraqis being championed by the Iraqi government. Various Iraqi leaders underscored the importance of the visit by the OIC Secretary General, Iyad Ameen Madani, who outlined his vision of the OIC proposal when he was received by the Iraqi President Fouad Masum at the Al-Salam Palace in Baghdad on 15 January 2015....
16/01/2015
The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani, on Wednesday 14 January 2015, met with His Eminence Ayatollah Ali Sistani at Najaf. The Secretary General listened to His Eminence on the situation in Iraq as he underscored the importance of mutual understanding, coexistence and non-division, given that Muslims are a single nation and should therefore unite. He stressed that efforts must be made in this direction and that the OIC had a role to play in bringing about convergence of views among the various constituents of Iraq....
15/01/2015
