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Women's Empowerment Workshop Starts in OIC

The OIC workshop on enhancing the capacity of national institutions concerned with promoting women status and empowerment in OIC Member States kicked off at the OIC General Secretariat headquarters in Jeddah. It is held on 17 and 18 December 2017.

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17/12/2017


OIC Organizes a Conference on Interreligious Dialogue to Foster Religious and Cultural Coexistence between Buddhism and Islam in Asia

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in partnership with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) and support from the Religions for Peace/Interreligious Council of Thailand, Mahidol University and Fatoni University, will organize a Conference on Interreligious Dialogue in South and Southeast Asia from 18 to 20 December 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. 

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16/12/2017


OIC Signs MOU with the International Centre of Excellence in Countering Violent Extremism

H.E. Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), signed on Saturday, 16 December 2017, in Abu Dhabi, a memorandum of understanding with the International Centre of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism (GCTF, or Hedayah) represented by its Administrative Council’s Chairman, Dr. Ali Neimi.

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16/12/2017


OIC Advisory Committee for Women Holds its Second Meeting at the Headquarters of the General Secretariat in Jeddah

The Advisory Committee for Women within the Framework of the Ministerial Conference on the Role of Women in the Development of OIC Member States will hold its second meeting on 18 December 2017 at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Jeddah, at the invitation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and in coordination with the Ministry of Family and Social Policy of the Republic of Turkey, the chair of the current session of the Ministerial Conference on Women.

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16/12/2017


OIC Holds a Workshop to Strengthen the Capacities of National Institutions for the Advancement of Women

The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation will hold in coordination with the Islamic Development Bank and the Statistical Economic and social Research and Training Centre Of Islamic Countries (SESRIC), a workshop to build the capacity of national institutions for the advancement and empowerment of women on 17-18 December 2017 at the headquarters of the General Secretariat in Jeddah. 

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15/12/2017


EU and OIC Hold Senior Officials’ Meeting

The European Union (EU) and the OIC General Secretariat held their second Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) at the OIC Headquarters on 14 December 2017. A High-Level EU delegation led by H. E. Mr. Colin Scicluna, Acting Managing Director for Middle East and North Africa of the European External Action Service, led the EU delegation in the meeting. Ambassador Tarig Bakheet, Director General for Political Affairs, led the OIC delegation. 

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14/12/2017


Extraordinary Islamic Summit on Al-Quds calls for internationalizing struggle for peace and imposing political and economic restrictions in response to US decision

The Extraordinary Islamic Summit, on 13 December 2017 in Istanbul, called on the United States of America to revoke its decision to recognize Al-Quds as capital of Israel, affirming its condemnation and rejection of this decision and the US President’s announcement to relocate the American embassy in the city.

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13/12/2017


Central African religious and traditional leaders adopt an Action Plan for the Promotion of Peace and National Reconciliation in the Central African Republic

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), in partnership with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID) and the International Network of Religious Peacekeepers (NETW) organized, from 09 of 11 December 2017, in Dakar, Republic of Senegal, a Round Table of Inter-religious Talks on the Conflict in the Central African Republic.
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13/12/2017


The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation condemns strongly the attack in northwestern Mali

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned strongly the attack by terrorists on December 10, 2017 in the Timbuktu region, which caused the death of six people.

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13/12/2017


OIC and Iraqi Government to hold “Elite Conference” for national reconciliation 

Iraq is taking its first practical steps toward national reconciliation, holding on 11-12 December 2017 a conference of Iraqi elites in preparation for a nationwide conference aimed at national reconciliation for all Iraqis.

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11/12/2017


OIC Draws attention to the importance of enhancing the Human Rights Education

On the occasion of Human Rights Day, H.E the Secretary-General of the OIC,
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11/12/2017


Al-Othaimeen Commences Visit to Iraq and Meets Foreign Minister Al-Jaafari

The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, on 10 December 2017 commended an official visit to the Republic of Iraq, where he met Foreign Minister Dr. Ibrahim Al-Jaafari. The two parties discussed prospects for greater bilateral cooperation.

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11/12/2017


The OIC holds an extraordinary Summit and Ministerial meetings on Wednesday on Al-Quds

The Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will hold an extraordinary Summit in Istanbul, Turkey on Wednesday, 13/12/ 2017, to discuss the repercussions of the recognition by the United States of Al-Quds as a capital of Israel.

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10/12/2017


Iraq reconciliation conference preparatory meeting begins on Monday

“Iraq Elite Conference” is to start Monday, 11/12/ 2017, in Baghdad. The conference will be  co-organized by the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation, the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs and  Reconciliation Commission.  It will prepare for the Iraqi National Reconciliation Conference to be held at a date to be determined later line with an OIC initiative aimed at enhancing efforts by the Iraqi government to promote stability and consolidate Iraqi unity and to pursue national reconciliation.

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09/12/2017


OIC Commemorates International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

The General Secretariat of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at its headquarters in Jeddah, commemorated on Thursday, 7 December 2017, the "International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People", which falls on the 29th of November each year.

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07/12/2017



International Ulama Conference on Afghanistan