Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
Date: 17/03/2023
Addressing the Ministerial Meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir, held on 16 March 2023 on the sidelines of the 49th Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Nouakchott, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the OIC Secretary-General, Mr. Hissein Brahim Taha, affirmed the OIC's continued support to the people of Jammu and Kashmir in realizing their right to self-determination. The Secretary-General also stressed the need for the international community to redouble its efforts to settle the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, to complement the OIC’s efforts.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Mr. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, briefed the meeting on the situation on the ground since the last meeting of the Contact Group was held in New York in September 2022, on the sidelines of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, expressing his appreciation to the Secretary-General and members of the Contact Group for their continued support to the cause of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
In their speeches, the members of the Contact Group expressed their continued support for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, called for the peaceful settlement of the dispute in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions, and renewed their call on India to respect the fundamental human rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and to refrain from making any change in the demographic composition of the disputed region. They also expressed their appreciation of the tireless efforts of the OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) in monitoring human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir and reporting to international human rights bodies.
