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Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the second largest inter-governmental organization after the UN with 57 member states. It aims to protect Muslim interests, promote solidarity and increase cooperation across social, economic, cultural, and political spheres. Pakistan has played an important leadership role in the OIC since its founding, hosting several meetings and heading the OIC's scientific committee. The OIC addresses challenges facing member states across priority areas like peace, poverty, and human rights.

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Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the second largest inter-governmental organization after the UN with 57 member states. It aims to protect Muslim interests, promote solidarity and increase cooperation across social, economic, cultural, and political spheres. Pakistan has played an important leadership role in the OIC since its founding, hosting several meetings and heading the OIC's scientific committee. The OIC addresses challenges facing member states across priority areas like peace, poverty, and human rights.

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Organisation of Islamic

Cooperation
• The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is
the second largest inter-governmental
organization after the United Nations with a
membership of 57 states spread over four
continents.
• The Organization is the collective voice of the
Muslim world.
• It endeavors to safeguard and protect the
interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of
promoting international peace and harmony
among various people of the world.
• The Organization was established upon a
decision of the historical summit which took
place in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco on 25
September 1969 following the criminal arson
of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.
• In 1970 the first ever meeting of Islamic
Conference of Foreign Minister (ICFM) was
held in Jeddah which decided to establish a
permanent secretariat in Jeddah headed by
the organization’s secretary general.
• Dr. Yousef Ahmed Al-Othaimeen is the 11th
Secretary General who assumed the office in
November 2016.
• The first OIC Charter was adopted by the
3rd ICFM Session held in 1972. The
Charter laid down the objectives and
principles of the organization and
fundamental purposes to strengthen the
solidarity and cooperation among the
Member States.
• Over the last 48 years, the membership
has grown from its founding members of
30 to 57 states.
• According to its charter,
• The OIC aims to preserve Islamic social and
economic values;
• Promote solidarity amongst member states;
• Increase cooperation in social, economic,
cultural, scientific, and political areas;
• Uphold international peace and security;
• And advance education, particularly in the
fields of science and technology
• The emblem of the OIC contains three main
elements that reflect its vision and mission as
incorporated in its new Charter.
• These elements are: the Kaaba, the Globe,
and the Crescent.
• On 5 August 1990, 45 foreign ministers of the
OIC adopted the Cairo Declaration on Human
Rights in Islam to serve as a guidance for the
member states in the matters of human rights
in as much as they are compatible with
the Sharia, or Quranic Law.
• In June 2008, the OIC conducted a formal
revision of its charter.
• The revised charter set out to promote human
rights, and good governance in all member
states.
• The revisions also removed any mention of
the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in
Islam.
• Within the revised charter, the OIC has
chosen to support the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights and international law
• The Member States of the OIC face many
challenges in the 21st century .
• To address those challenges, the Third
Extraordinary Session of the Islamic Summit
held in Makkah in December 2005,
• It laid down the blue print called the Ten-Year
Programme of Action.
• It successfully concluded with the close of
2015.
• A successor programme for the next decade
(2016-2025) has since then been adopted.
• The new programme OIC-2025 is anchored in
the provisions of the OIC Charter and focuses
on 18 priority areas with 107 goals.
• The priority areas include issues of Peace and
Security, Palestine and Al-Quds, Poverty
Alleviation, Counter-terrorism, Investment
and Finance, Food Security, Science and
Technology, Climate Change & Sustainability,
Moderation, Culture & Interfaith Harmony,
Empowerment of Women, Joint Islamic
Humanitarian Action, Human Rights and Good
Governance, among others.
• Key bodies of the OIC:
• the Islamic Summit,
• The Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM),
• The General Secretariat, in addition to the Al-Quds
Committee and three permanent committees
concerned with science and technology, economy and
trade, and information & culture.
• There are also specialized organs under the banner of
the OIC including the Islamic Development Bank and
the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization,
• As well as subsidiary and affiliate organs that play a
vital role in boosting cooperation in various fields
among the OIC member states.
Pakistan's Role In the OIC

• Pakistan with its legacy rooted in the Islamic


faith and its consistent support for Muslim
causes, as well as in response to the
overwhelming public support for the cause of
liberation of Al-Quds Al-Sharif, was a founding
member of the OIC in 1969.
• Relations with the Islamic world are the
corner stone of foreign policy of Pakistan.
• Pakistan has played an important role in
strengthening cooperation among Muslim
States by its active participation in the
programmes and activities of the OIC.
• The efforts by Pakistan have received due
acknowledgment in the OIC signified by its
membership of all key OIC's Specialized
Committees and Contact Groups on critical
issues of the Islamic world - Palestine,
Afghanistan, Jammu & Kashmir, Bosnia,
Kosovo and Sahel.
• Pakistan is the Chairman of the OIC
Standing Committee on Scientific and
Technological Cooperation (COMSTECH)
which has its Headquarters in Islamabad.
• Pakistan also host the Secretariat of the
Islamic Chamber of Commerce and
Industry( ICCI).
• The Office of the OIC's Secretary
General's Special Representative on
Afghanistan is based in Islamabad.
• Pakistan hosted the second Islamic Summit Conference
in Lahore on 22nd to 24th February 1974.
• Pakistan also hosted the Second Conference of the OIC
Foreign Ministers (ICFM) held in Karachi from 26th to
28 December 1970
• Eleventh ICFM in Islamabad from 17th to 22nd May
1980 and the Twenty-first ICFM held in Karachi on 25th
to 29th April 1993.
• The Special Sessions of the OIC Foreign Ministers
Conference in 1980 and in 1994 were also held in
Pakistan.
• To commemorate Fifty years of the Independence of
Pakistan an Extra-ordinary Session of the Islamic
Summit was held in Islamabad on 23rd March 1997

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