The Secretary General Inaugurates Ceremony Marking Kashmir Black Day

Date: 19/11/2018

The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr Yousef Al-Othaimeen, inaugurated a ceremony in remembrance of Kashmir’s Black Day at the General Secretariat in Jeddah, on 19 November 2018.

The ceremony and the symposium that followed, organized by the Consulate General of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Jeddah, took place in the presence of Pakistan’s Consul General Mr Shahryar Akbar Khan, along with the Member States’ permanent representatives to the OIC and diplomatic corps.

The Secretary General underlined that organizing Kashmir’s Black Day commemoration at the OIC General Secretariat’s headquarters is a true expression of the OIC’s firm stance and continued support to the Kashmiris to exercise their long overdue right to self-determination. He pledged that the OIC will continue to advocate the Kashmiri issue at every international forum.

The OIC is closely following the developments of the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Dr Al-Othaimeen added, stressing that the OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) is monitoring the gross violations of human rights in Indian-occupied Kashmir.

Moreover, he stressed that lasting peace in southeast Asia can only be achieved through a just and lasting settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute based on UN resolutions.

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