Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack on Mar Mina Church in the southern Cairo neighborhood of Helwan. The assault on Friday 29 December 2017 left several people dead and injured.
...The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the blast occurred last night at a supermarket in St. Petersburg, the Russian Federation that injured at least 10 people.
...Secretary General Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen strongly condemned the suicide bomb attacks carried out today at a News Agency and a Cultural Center in Kabul that killed at least forty people and wounded dozens. These cowardly attacks targeting innocent worshippers and civilians go against the teachings and values of Islam.
...The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the suicide bombing attack that rocked the Afghan capital Kabul, near main political offices, on Monday 25 December 2017, killing and wounding several civilians.
...The OIC welcomes the decision by the UN General Assembly to call upon UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to appoint a Special Envoy to Myanmar. T
...The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomes the historic resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on occupied Jerusalem on Thursday 21 December 2017. It described the resolution as a reflection of international consensus to support and affirm the national rights of the Palestinian people to the city and a rejection of any illegal attempt that could undermine the historical, legal and political status of Jerusalem as part of the occupied Palestinian territory.
...The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, received on Tuesday, 19 December 2017, Atty. Adnan V. Alonto, Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in his office.
...The Conference on Interreligious Dialogue in South and Southeast Asia organized by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) in Bangkok, Thailand, from 18 to 20 December 2017 issued the Bangkok Joint Statement that calls for boosting local, national and regional collaboration on interfaith coexistence. The Statement encouraged interfaith and faith-based organizations as well as religious and traditional leaders to promote greater inter and intra-religious dialogue for peaceful co-existence, harmony, and development in South and Southeast Asia. It also called for the development of inclusive training programs designed for the youth and women to promote skill building in inter and intra-faith dialogue, conflict resolution, and human rights and policy advocacy.
...The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed its strong condemnation of the Houthi militia’s launch of a ballistic missile towards a residential area in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The OIC Secretary General, Dr. Yousef A. Al Othaimeen, stated that the continued launch of ballistic missiles against the Kingdom gives proof of the Houthi militia’s persistence in their aggressive and criminal designs aimed at destabilizing security and stability in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the region as a whole in implementation of a conspiracy targeting the Kingdom, its citizens and residents on its territories.
...The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) stressed that the UN Security Council’s failure to adopt a resolution on the occupied city of Al Quds/Jerusalem at its last session held on 18 December, 2017, would undermine the peace process and encourage the Israeli occupation power to press on with its defiant violation and its colonialist and Apartheid-like policies. The OIC voiced the view that the failure to issue a resolution was counter to the international consensus and the past resolutions of international legality as to the imperativeness of preserving the historical, legal and political status of the occupied city of Al Quds/Jerusalem.
...The Women Advisory Council of the Ministerial Conference on the Role of Women in the Development of OIC Member States held its second meeting on 18 December 2017 at the General Secretariat of the OIC in Jeddah under the chairmanship of its chairperson, Dr Isra Al-Bayrak. The meeting also had in attendance H.E. Fatima Betul Sayan Kaya, Minister of Family and Social Policy of the Republic of Turkey, chair of the 6th session of the Ministerial Conference on Women.
...The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), H.E. Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, said that the OIC is committed to promoting interfaith dialogue, peace building and conflict resolution, which are priority issues of the OIC Program of Action 2025 and integral components for fostering better understanding between peoples and cultures in promoting sustainable development and encouraging positive relationships between nations.
...In order to promote better understanding, cooperation and partnership between faith communities across South and South-East Asia, a meeting of religious and civil society leaders, academics, policy makers and intellectuals from Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Singapore, and Malaysia will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, 18-20 December 2017 to discuss how religious and cultural coexistence can be fostered.
...The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the terrorist attacks on a Methodist church in the city of Quetta, Pakistan, on 17 December 2017 that killed at least 9 people and injured many others.
...H.E. Dr. Yousef A. Al Othaimeen, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) received in his office H.E. Mrs. Fatma Betool, Minister of Family and Social Policy of the Republic of Turkey and the current chair of the Women’s Ministerial Conference, and H.E. Mrs. Esra Albairak, chair of the Women Advisory Committee, on the occasion of the workshop being held at OIC on Capacity Building of National Institutions Concerned with Women’s Promotion and Empowerment for the OIC Member States, on December 17-18, 2017, and the meeting of the Women Advisory Committee.
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17/12/2017
