Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
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) is organizing from 8 to 11 December 2017 in Dakar, Republic of Senegal, a round table on interreligious dialogue on the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR).
...The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed deep regret over the US President Donald Trump’s announcement of the United States’ recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and his orders to move his country’s embassy to the city, which constitutes a provocation of Muslims’ sentiments. The OIC rejected the decision as a violation of the political, legal and historical status of the city of Jerusalem, a clear defiance of international laws and resolutions, a departure from the international consensus on the status of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, and the requirements of peace in general, thus undermining the US’s role as a sponsor of the peace process.
...The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr Yousef Al-Othaimeen, today in his office received Ambassador Mohamed Yahya Najm, who presented his credentials as permanent representative of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Organization.
...The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held an extraordinary meeting at the level of Permanent Representatives of its member states on Monday, 4 December 2017, in Jeddah on the attempts to change the legal and historical status of Al-Quds Al-Sharif and to examine the recent developments that could result from an eventual decision reported by the media indicating that the USA could acknowledge Al-Quds as the capital of Israel and therefore transfer its embassy to it.
...The OIC Secretary General, Dr. Yousef A. Othaimeen received in audience, the Secretary General of the Standards and Metrology Institute for the Islamic Countries (SMIIC), His Excellency, Mr. Ihsan Ovut at the Headquarters of the OIC General Secretariat in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 5 December 2017.
...The extraordinary meeting at the level of permanent representatives of the OIC Member States, held at the request of the State of Palestine at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on Monday, 16 Rabi Awwal 1439 AH - 4 December 2017, to consider the US Administration’s leaning towards changing the legal and historical status of the city of Al-Quds Al-Sharif.;
...The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), His Excellency Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen, stressed that existing coordination between affiliate institutions gives the momentum needed to progress towards the objectives of the OIC-2025 Programme of Action, adopted at the 13th Islamic Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2016.
...The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Youssef Al Othaimeen has strongly condemned the suicide attacks carried out on a crowded market in Biu town, northeastern Nigeria when two female suicide bombers detonated their explosives on Saturday 2nd December 2017 that led to the death of up to sixteen people and injuring dozens of others.
...The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) will hold the 6th Session of the Islamic Conference of Health Ministers in the Member States, which will be hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Jeddah on 5-7 December 2017 under the theme "Health in All Policies".
...The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, met with the ambassadors of the OIC Member States in Rome on the occasion of his participation in the Mediterranean Dialogues Conference. Al-Othaimeen stressed that his participation as a speaker in this year's edition of the Mediterranean Dialogues was an opportunity to highlight the contemporary trans-border challenges facing the international community, including issues of national security, terrorism, violent extremism, radicalization, poverty alleviation, disease control, environmental degradation, water and food security, and the like.
...The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, met with the UN Special Envoy to Libya Ghassan Salameh on the sidelines of the Mediterranean Dialogues Conference in Rome.
...The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen and H.E. Mr. Venosnos Amendola, Deputy Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, has signed a ‘Declaration of Intent’ for cooperation on the sidelines of the MED conference on Friday December 1, 2017 in Rome.
...The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has strongly condemned the horrendous terrorist attack at the student hostel of the Directorate of Agriculture Extension in the city of Peshawar, the capital of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, which resulted in the death of nine people, including students, and injuring dozens other.
...The Seventh Ministerial Conference of the “Heart of Asia” – Istanbul Process was held in Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan on 1 December 2017 under the theme “Security and Economic Connectivity towards a Strengthened Heart of Asia.
...During his participation in the Plenary Session (Beyond the Crisis: Towards a New Regional Balance) of the 3rd Edition of the Mediterranean Dialogues Conference (Rome 2017) held in Rome on 30 November 2017, the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen stressed that the Palestinian cause remains the biggest challenge and that without its settlement, it would be impossible to talk of regional balance and of a new regional system bringing about peace, security and stability.
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