Special Report
Secretary General Heads the OIC’s delegation to the 74th UN General Assembly Palestine, Rohingya, Yemen, and other important files take center stage in New York The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Dr. Yousef bin Ahmed Al-Othaimeen led the delegation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to New York City to participate in the work of the United Nations General Assembly during its 74th session, in September 2019. on 27 September 2019, the OIC General Secretariat held the annual coordination meeting of the foreign ministers of the member states of the organization, on the sidelines of the work of the UN General Assembly in New York. The opening session of the meeting witnessed speeches by both the President of the 14th Islamic Summit Conference delivered by the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Assaf, and the President of the 46th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers delivered by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in the United Arab Emirates,
Dr. Anwar Gargash, and Under-Secretary General of the United Nations for Political Affairs, Mrs. Rosemary DiCarlo, and Secretary General of the OIC. In his speech, the Secretary General said that the participation of the organization in the work of the United Nations General Assembly comes within the framework of cooperation and consultation on many issues that concern the Islamic world, which are also of concern to the international community. He appreciated Mrs. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary General of the United Nations for Political Affairs, for attending the annual coordination meeting of the foreign ministers of the OIC member states. Al-Othaimeen pointed out that the General Secretariat conducts a series of bilateral consultations with regional organizations and non-member countries that have an active role in the international community, with the aim of enhancing the contribution of
the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in dealing with issues of common concern and supporting its position in the regional and international arenas. Regarding measures to confront the scourges of terrorism and extremism that recently affected Saudi Arabia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka, the Secretary General said that these events confirmed that the phenomenon has no religion, nationality or ethnicity. Therefore it requires intensifying cooperation with the international group to combat it. Al-Othaimeen reiterated that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation always confronts false and prejudiced ideas about Islam through its initiatives to confront the phenomenon of Islamophobia as well as its endeavor to spread the values of tolerance and moderation and encourage dialogue between followers of cultures and religions through the Islamophobia Observatory and the Voice of Wisdom Centers of the organization.
A Call on the International Community to stop Confiscation of Palestinian funds by Israel The Organization of Islamic Cooperation called on the international community to stop the systematic confiscation by the Israeli occupying Power of the funds of the Palestinian people by withholding Palestinian tax revenues and the allocations for families of Palestinian martyrs and prisoners. The OIC stressed that, the Israeli illegal actions violate the international law and the agreements signed between the two parties, and thus contribute to the exacerbation of the financial and economic crisis faced by the Palestinian people.
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This came in the meeting of the Six-Party Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Palestine held on September 25, 2019, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, in New york. In a speech delivered on his behalf by the Assistant Secretary General for Palestine and Jerusalem Affairs, Ambassador Samir Bakr Diab, the OIC Secretary General Dr. Yousef Al-Othaimeen said that the meeting takes place at a time when the issue of Palestine and Al-Quds Al-Sharif are witnessing grave challenges and dangerous developments,
as Israel, the occupying Power, continues to expand its dangerous practices and settlement policies including building the wall of annexation and racial expansion and other violations in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Al-Quds Al-Sharif. The organization expressed its deep concern about the opening by some countries of diplomatic missions, commercial and cultural offices in the city of Jerusalem, in what constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and United Nations resolutions.
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