Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomed the statement of the US Secretary of State John Kerry in which he outlined his vision for the achievement of peace.
...The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC),
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29/12/2016
A delegation of representatives from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation headed by Ambassador Yahya Lawal, Acting Director General for Political Affairs and Director for African Affairs met on 21-22 December 2016 with counterparts from across the US Department of State in the inaugural OIC-US bilateral consultations. Ambassador Thomas Shannon Jr., Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs of the United States welcomed the consultations and stressed the importance of maintaining close ties between the two organizations. The two day meeting was chaired by Mr. Arsalan Suleman, Acting Special Envoy of the United States of America to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.
...The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomed the adoption by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) of a resolution that condemned Israeli settlements in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, including East Al-Quds, and stressed the illegality and illegitimacy of colonial settlement under international law and relevant UN resolutions.
...In line with the OIC General Secretariat’s continued serious concerns regarding the situation of the Rohingya Muslim Minority; the OIC Groups in Geneva and Brussels held Emergency Meetings during the past several days to discussthe on-going crisis facing the Rohingya Muslim minority in Myanmar. The meetings sought to identify possible actions that may be taken in the lead up to the forthcoming Extraordinary Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers to be convened on 19 January 2017 in Kuala Lumpur on the Rohingya issue.
...The eleventh session of the Islamic Conference of Information Ministers in the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation started its works under the theme (New media to counter terrorismand Islamophobia), today, 21 December 2016, at the Conference Palace in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
...The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen has strongly condemned the deadly terrorist attack that targeted a market in Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, on Monday, 19thDecember 2016, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens of others.
...The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned in the strongest terms the heinous assassination of Ambassador Andrey Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey on Monday, 19 December 2016.
...The OIC concluded the final “Build a Better Response” (BBR) workshop for 2016 in Abidjan in cooperation with the USAID and the International Medical Corps (IMC).
...The preparatory meetings of the 11th Islamic Conference of Information Ministers in OIC Member States hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 19-22 December 2016 began in Jeddah on 19 December 2016.
...The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned the terrorist attack that targeted the Jordanian historic Karak Castle duringwhich terrorists killed a number of Jordanian security personnel and a foreign tourist and wounded many others.
...The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned the terrorist suicide attack that hit at Sawlaban military camp east of Adenprovince in Yemen, claiming the lives of dozens of soldiers and injuring many others.
...The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef Othaimeen, has condemned, in the strongest terms, the terrorist attack that targeted a bus carrying off-duty military personnel in the central Turkish city of Kayseri, Saturday, 17th December 2016 leading tothe death of at least thirteen military officers and injury of dozens more others.
...The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) , HE Dr. Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen, called for the adoption, , in cooperation with the international community organizations, of quality humanitarian intervention initiatives commensurate with the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Yemen to support the Yemeni people.
...The King of Saudi Arabia will host in Jeddah from 19 – 22 December 2016 the 11th session of the Islamic Conference of Information Ministers of OIC Member States with the theme:The Role of New Media in Confronting Terrorism and Islamophobia.
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