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CSIS Interview with Ambassador Ufuk Gokcen Ambassador Ufuk Gokcen, Organization of Islamic Cooperation's Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York shares his views on the situation of the Rohingya in Myanmar. read more
Co-partners Advance Track 1.5 Diplomacy for Peace and Prosperity The Organization of Islamic Coorperation (OIC), the United States government, the Institute of Global Engagement and Religions for Peace International co-convened 120 senior governmental representatives, religious and other civil society leaders for a high-level side event during the United Nations General Assembly. The event focused on advancing strategic partnerships between governments and faith-based civil society organizations for peace and prosperity. By consensus, the group expressed its desire to collaborate to build a working plateform to facilitate collaboration among states, intergovernmental bodies and faith-based civil society organizations for peace. read more
OIC and UK sign Memorandum of Cooperation at the Annual OIC Reception during the UN General Assembly The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the Government of the United Kingdom signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) on issues of promoting dialogue, peace and humanitarian assistance at the annual OIC reception. read more
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OIC Secretary General traveling today to Geneva for meeting on combating religious intolerance ‏18 ‏June, ‏2013 - The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has left today, 18 June 2013 to Geneva, Switzerland to participate tomorrow, 19 June, in the third meeting of international experts on the implementation of UN Human Rights Council Resolution 16/18 on combating intolerance and in... read more
OIC Secretary General welcomes hand over of Afghanistan’s security responsibilities to the Afghan authorities ‏18 ‏June, ‏2013 - The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has welcomed today, handing over security responsibilities of the whole Afghanistan from NATO Forces to the Afghan security and military forces which marks the final stage of the long process of takin... read more
Afghanistan deposits Instrument of Ratification for OIC Charter ‏17 ‏June, ‏2013 - Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, received on Sunday 16th June 2013 Mr. Abdul Rahm Sayedjan - Afghanistan Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OIC, who deposited the Instrument of Ratification of his country for the OIC Charter. D... read more
OIC calls for the respect and protection of Mausoleums, religious sites, mosques and houses of worship in Syria ‏17 ‏June, ‏2013 - The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation, Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu expressed deep concern over the acts of destruction and vandalization against religious sites and houses of worship in Syria including the recent attack and destruction of the mausoleum of Hujr Ibn A... read more
Experts Group Finalizes the Draft Statute of a Specialized Institution of the OIC on Food Security ‏17 ‏June, ‏2013 - OIC has put in place a new mechanism to harmonize its policies on food security issues, including providing expertise and technical know-how to its member states on the various aspects of agriculture and rural development. To this end, more than 60 experts from OIC member states and institutions, as... read more
OIC Secretary General congratulates people of Iran and their President-elect ‏16 ‏June, ‏2013 - The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has warmly congratulated the Iranian people for their massive turn-out and their orderly conduct during the successful Presidential election held on 14 June 2013. While also congratulating the newl... read more
Somali Prime Minister Launches Saudi National Campaign projects in Somalia ‏11 ‏June, ‏2013 - The Prime Minister of Somalia, Mr. Abdi Fareh Shirdon, launched on Sunday 30 Rajab 1434 AH (9 June 2013), in the Somali capital Mogadishu, the first batch of the reconstruction and development program, funded by the Saudi National Campaign for Relief of Somali People. The implementation of the progr... read more
Ihsanoglu Receives Palestine’s Instruments of Ratification of the OIC Charter, Trade Preferential and Civil Aviation Systems ‏11 ‏June, ‏2013 - The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, received from the Palestinian Foreign Minister, Dr. Riyad al-Malki, in the Azeri capital Baku on Tuesday, 11 July 2013, the instruments of ratification of the OIC Charter, Protocol on the Preferential Tarif... read more
At the First Donors Conference Convened by the OIC Ihsanoglu Calls for Mobilisation of Financial Resources for Implementation of the Strategic Plan for the Development of Al Quds ‏11 ‏June, ‏2013 - The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, called on the OIC Member States, the donor funds and financial institutions in the Muslim world to mobilise the financial resources required for the implementation of the Strategic Plan for the Development ... read more
At the Conference on the Establishment of an Islamic Financial Safety Net in the Azeri Capital. Ihsanoglu: Israeli occupation policies hinder economic growth and provision of public services in Palestine ‏11 ‏June, ‏2013 - The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, affirmed that the Israeli occupation policies remain the main challenge that makes economic growth in Palestine an elusive goal, and threatens to undermine all the achievements made in the field of institut... read more
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Receives OIC Secretary General and Commends OIC Efforts ‏11 ‏June, ‏2013 - The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received on Tuesday, 11 June 2013, in the Azeri capital, Baku, the Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu. The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan welcomed the OIC Secretary General and ... read more
Ihsanoglu meets with Assistant Foreign Minister of Qatar and Chief Negotiator of the Palestine Liberation Organisation ‏10 ‏June, ‏2013 - Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, met on Sunday 9 June 2013 with H.E. Mr. Ali Bin Fahd Al-Hajri, Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, on the sidelines of the 10th Session of the U.S.–Islamic World Forum hosted... read more
OIC holds a workshop on challenges of humanitarian action in Islamic jurisprudence and international humanitarian law ‏10 ‏June, ‏2013 - The headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in Jeddah hosts, on 10–11 June 2013, a workshop entitled: "Humanitarian Action in Today’s World: reality and challenges in the context of Islamic jurisprudence and international humanitarian law." The OIC’s Depar... read more
Time for Obama to exercise determined leadership for better relations with Muslim world. OIC Secretary General addresses 10th US-Islamic World Forum in Doha ‏09 ‏June, ‏2013 - The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu stressed that the United States remains a vital partner for the OIC and must continue to play an active role as the leading power in the world. He called on President Barack Obama to exercise ‘determined lead... read more
SG Speech ‏09 ‏June, ‏2013 - Your Excellencies President Hamid Karzai Mr Ahmad Bin Abdullah Bin Zaid Al-Mahmoud, (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for the Council of Ministers)  Mr Nassirou Arifari Bako, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Benin The Honourable Tara Sonenshine, US Under Secretary of State ... read more