Encouraging tourism to Al-Quds Al-Sharif (Jerusalem) would support the Holy City, empower its people, and convey their sufferings and demands to the Muslim World in particular and to the international community in general, said OIC Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani in a speech delivered on his behalf by Ambassador Hameed A. Opeloyeru, Assistant Secretary General for Economic Affairs, at a workshop entitled “Exploring Tourism Potential of Al-Quds Al-Sharif City” on 24-25 November 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey....
25/11/2015
The General Secretariat of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed its strong condemnation of the terrorist attack that occurred on 24 November in the Swiss Inn in Arish, North Sinai, Egypt, killing 4 people and injuring 12 others....
25/11/2015
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has expressed its firm condemnation of the criminal terrorist attack that has targeted the Tunisian presidential guards in the evening of November 24th, 2015 causing a number of deaths and many severe injuries among them....
25/11/2015
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation has noted the completion of voting in the general elections in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the landslide majority achieved by the National League for Democracy under the leadership of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. ...
25/11/2015
The Eigth Regular Session of the OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC), held at the OIC headquarters in Jeddah on Monday 23rd November, 2015, witnessed intense deliberations on its pivotal theme “Freedom of ex
23/11/2015
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the raid by militants on the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali, and the subsequent taking of the occupants as hostages. It also commended the authorities for their swift and professional response in bringing the situation to an end. ...
21/11/2015
The “5th Islamic Conference of Health Ministers” that was held between 17-19 November 2015 in Istanbul, Turkey, under the theme “Building Bridges for a Healthier Ummah’ concluded with speeches by President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Secretary General of the OIC Iyad Ameen Madani....
20/11/2015
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has strongly condemned the terrorist suicide bomb attacks on 17 and 18 November 2015 in the northern Nigerian cities of Yola and Kano respectively in which fifty persons were killed and one hundred and twenty three others injured. ...
19/11/2015
The 5th Islamic Conference of Health Ministers will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 17-19 November 2015 under the Chairmanship of Turkey. The Conference will be attended by a large number of high-level delegations, including Ministers and Deputy Ministers of Health of OIC Member States, observer states and international organizations. ...
16/11/2015
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Iyad Ameen Madani, condemned in the strictest terms the terrorist attacks perpetrated in the French Capital, Paris, on Friday night 13th November 2015, which claimed lives of and caused injuries to many innocent and peaceful people....
14/11/2015
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), has strongly condemned the two terrorist attacks that took place Thursday, 12 November 2015, in the area of Burj Al Barajna in the Lebanese Capital Beirut, leading to the death and injury of dozens of civilians. The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Iyad Ameen Madani described the bombing as a terrorist attack targeting the security and stability of Lebanon and terrorizing innocents....
13/11/2015
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Iyad Ameen Madani, commended the decision adopted by the European Union to label goods and products made in Israeli settlements that are built on the occupied Palestinian territory. He considered this an important step in line with international resolutions and positions affirming illegality of Israeli settlements....
11/11/2015
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Mr. Iyad Ameen Madani met today, November 11th, 2015, in Riyadh, with the President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Mr. David Arthur Granger. ...
11/11/2015
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani, issued an urgent appeal to Member States and civil society organizations working in the humanitarian field to provide humanitarian assistance to the victims and those affected by Hurricane Chapala in the Republic of Yemen....
09/11/2015
The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Iyad Ameen Madani, congratulated the government and people of the Republic of Turkey on the success of the General Parliamentary Elections held on Sunday, 1 November 2015, under the supervision of the High Elections Commission of Turkey and with the participation of international observers as well as international and regional organizations including the OIC....
04/11/2015