Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
Date: 29/05/2019
The Permanent Mission of the United Arab Emirates and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) organized a meeting on Tuesday entitled " Life continues with Cooperation and Action " to celebrate voluntary work in the Islamic world. The event highlighted the UAE efforts to promote the values of tolerance at the international level.
Sheikh Shakhbout bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, UAE Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Permanent Representative to the OIC, reviewed his country's efforts to promote tolerance, especially as it celebrates the Year of Tolerance this year. He also commended the OIC role in this revered field.
In his statement, the OIC Secretary-General, Dr. Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen, said that the meeting came within the framework of the implementation of resolution 2/46 of the 46th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers, held in Abu Dhabi in 2019, which invited Member States to celebrate volunteerism.
"The resolution urged OIC Member States and voluntary organizations to organize activities to review their achievements in the field of volunteerism, and to strengthen the concept of volunteering, especially among the youth, and in this context I commend the UAE initiative in taking this important decision, and its invitation for this meeting, which reviewed the UAE efforts in the field of tolerance", he added.
Furthermore, he said that "we in the OIC have spared no effort to call for volunteerism to be a key element in promoting development and stability in Member States and an important factor in the fight of the OIC and its Member States against poverty, ignorance and extremism.”
