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New York OIC Group holds Emergency Meeting to Discuss Latest Situation of the Rohingya Muslim Minority in Myanmar

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Observer Mission to the United Nations convened an emergency expanded meeting of the OIC Group to discuss the situation of the Rohingya Muslim Minority on 12 December 2016 in New York. The meeting was chaired by Ambassador Muzaffarbek Madrahimov, Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan in his capacity as Chair of the OIC Group.

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16/12/2016


OIC SECRETARY GENERAL RECEIVES MAURITANIA’S AMBASSADOR TO SAUDI ARABIA

The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) H.E. Dr Yousuf A. Al-Othaimeen received a the General Secretariat on Thursday 15 December 2016 H.E Mr Muhammad Mahmoud Al-Ameen, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to Riyadh, who conveyed to the Secretary General the compliments of The Honorable Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mauritania on his election as the Secretary General of the OIC.

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15/12/2016


OIC holds an emergency meeting of the Executive Committee at the level of foreign ministers to discuss the developments of the tragic situation in Aleppo at the request of Kuwait on 22 December 2016

At the request of  Kuwait the  Executive Committee will hold an emergency meeting at the level of foreign ministers on Thursday, December 22sd , 2016, to discuss the situation in Syria in the  light the developments of the tragic situation in the city of Aleppo .

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15/12/2016


OIC Hosts High Level Meeting to Tackle the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will host a meeting to address the Humanitarian Situation in Yemen on Sunday 18 December 2016 at OIC Headquarters in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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15/12/2016


OIC Secretary General calls for a peaceful transition process in Gambia

The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen appealed and urged all the stakeholders in Gambia, to fully respect the outcome of the recent Presidential election. He confirmed that the OIC shares the position of other international and regional organizations which endorsed the results of the elections. He maintained that rejection of the election results will bring about instability in Gambia and will undermine the national unity. 

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14/12/2016


OIC is Considering Establishing Cybersecurity Unit to Combat Cyber Terrorism

The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen said the Organisation is considering establishing a Cyber Security Unit within its General Secretariat in 2017 to prevent and combat Cyber Terrorism.

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14/12/2016


OIC Secretary General expresses his condolence on gloomy weekend witnessed by Turkey, Egypt, Somalia and Nigeria

The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen expressed his condolences to the government and peoples of the Republic of Turkey, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Somali Democratic Republic, in particular to the bereaved families of the victims of the different terrorist incidents that occurred in these important OIC Member States claiming scores of innocent lives and injuring hundreds of others. Dr. Othaimeen conveyed his best wishes of quick recovery to the injured and prayed for the salvation of the departed souls.

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14/12/2016


OIC Calls for Emergency Meetings in New York, Brussels and Geneva to Address the Rohingya Crisis

The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, has instructed the OIC Permanent Missions in New York, Geneva and Brussels to convene emergency meetings of the Permanent Representatives of OIC Member States to address the crisis situation facing the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar.

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13/12/2016


OIC condemns the blast at a Mogadishu port in Somalia

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) denounced in the strongest terms the Car bomber attack near a port in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on 11/12/2016, which claimed the lives of scores of innocent people and injured dozens of others.

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12/12/2016


OIC condemns the suicide attacks in Maiduguri and Madagali in Nigeria

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned the two terrorist attacks in Maiduguri on 11 December 2016 and Madagali on 9 December 2016 in Adamawa State in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, killing at least 44 civilians and injuring over 33 others.

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12/12/2016


OIC-CERT Strategises for Cyber Resilient Member States

The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is hosting the OIC – Computer Emergency Response Team’s (OIC-CERT) Annual General Meeting and Conference 2016 with the theme “Towards Cyber Resilient Ummah" from 11-14 December 2016.

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12/12/2016


OIC Condemns the Terrorist Attack on St Peter's church in Cairo

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the heinous terrorist attack, which targeted St Peter's Church in Abbassia in Cairo on Sunday morning, 11 December 2016, claiming the lives of a large number of innocent citizensand wounding many others.

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11/12/2016


OIC Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Istanbul

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC condemned in the strongest terms the bomb attacks outside a football stadium in Istanbul on Saturday, 10 December 2016, which resulted in the killing of several innocent people and injuringscores of others. 

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11/12/2016


OIC Participates in Global Forum for Migration and Development

An OIC delegation is participating in the three-day 9th Summit of the Global Forum for Migration and Development under the theme ‘Migration for Sustainable Development’, which wasinaugurated today, Saturday, December 10, 2016 by the Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, H.E. Sheikh Hasina, at the Bangbandhu International Conference Centre in Dhaka.

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10/12/2016


OIC Celebrates International Human Rights Day: Remembering the Rights of Refugees, Migrants, Palestinians and Muslim Minorities

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation issued a statement on the occasion of Human Rights Day celebrated on 10 December:

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10/12/2016



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