Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is holding over 8-9 December 2019 the High-level Public and Private Investment Conference in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey. ...
09/12/2019
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has stressed that it is diversifying its presence and role in the Member States, by tackling issues that get it closer to the Muslim individual and the citizen. This is achieved through attentive and diligent efforts exerted by the Organization in tackling the issues of social protection, social equality and welfare for all OIC citizens and peoples, particularly children, the elderly and the handicapped, empowering the marriage and family institution and preserving its values in the Islamic World....
07/12/2019
Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen, in his office on 4 December 2019, received Maldivian Ambassador Mohamed Khalil who presented his credentials as the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the OIC....
04/12/2019
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in coordination with the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services of the Republic of Turkey will hold the 1st session of the ministerial conference on Social Development, under the theme: “Ensuring Social Equality and Welfare for All in the Member States: Opportunities and Challenges”, in Istanbul, Turkey, 7-9 December 2019. ...
04/12/2019
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned strongly the decision of the Israeli occupation authorities to build a new colonial settlement in the heart of the city of Hebron in the south of the West Bank....
03/12/2019
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack on 1st December 2019 against the protestant church in Hantoukoura, eastern Burkina Faso, killing 14 people including children and wounding others....
02/12/2019
Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen, received on 2 December 2019, Mr. Mohammed Mahdi Gulaid, Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia along with his accompanying delegation....
02/12/2019
OIC Secretary General, Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, received today, 2nd December 2019, in his office in Jeddah, Ambassador Rizwan Saeed Sheikh who presented to him his accreditation papers as the permanent representative of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the OIC....
02/12/2019
Since 1992, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) has been annually observed on 3 December around the world. The aim is to support persons with disabilities and special needs, bring people to better understand their situation, preserve their rights, promote disability inclusion interventions, and deliver special education and training opportunities....
02/12/2019
OIC Secretary General, Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, expressed his deep sympathy and condolences to Albania for the victims of the earthquake that struck yesterday around the Albanian capital, Tirana....
27/11/2019
OIC Secretary General, Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, affirmed that the social and economic cooperative avenues among the Member States have registered an increase at the level of all benchmarks, noting that intra-Islamic trade, compared to total foreign trade, had witnessed a 7% growth between 2017 and 2018, reaching 381.4 billion US Dollars against the earlier figure of 322.2 billion....
27/11/2019
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) inaugurated the 3rd edition of its Festival in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday 26th November, 2019, by staging a grand symposium under the theme of “Prospects of Joint Islamic Action”. The symposium was moderated by Amb. Saoud Katib, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Public Diplomacy in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who introduced the political, economic, cultural and minority affairs event chapters. The participating speakers were: Dr. Walid Alsudairi, Associate Professor in the Political Sciences Department at the Faculty of Economics and Management, King Abdulaziz University; Abm./Dr. Nour Aldine Sati, Conflict Resolution Expert, Dr. Hassan Abidin from the OIC Department of Muslim Minorities, and Dr. Walid Abdelwahab, IsDB Group’s Director General for Country Relations and Services, Mr. Mustapha Younes Maihaja, Director General and Executive Chairman of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Nigeria and Dr. Nejib Al Ghiati, Director of the Cultural Affairs Division at the Islamic Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO)....
27/11/2019
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) participated in the observation of the presidential election in Guinea-Bissau on 24 November 2019....
27/11/2019
"Climate change has emerged as a serious threat to the lives of millions of people worldwide during the last few decades," stated Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, the Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). This was part of his speech at the opening of the 16th Regular Session of the OIC Independent Permanent Commission for Human Rights (IPHRC) held at the IPHRC headquarters in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday 26 November 2019. The theme of this Session, which is going on until 28 November 2019, is "Climate Change and Environmental Protection: a Human Rights Perspective"....
26/11/2019
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) participated in the deliberations of United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East UNRWA’s advisory committee meeting which was held in the region of the Dead Sea, in Jordan, on 25-26 November 2019....
26/11/2019
