The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) commemorates the OIC Day on 25 September 2022 every year. It coincides which the day the OIC was established at the Rabat Summit on 25 September 1969 after the heinous arson attack on Al Aqsa Mosque on 21 August 1969. The constitutive regulation of the OIC as an intergovernmental organization representing countries of the Muslim world was established at the first meeting of the foreign ministers in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1970.
To mark the occasion, a symposium was held which featured H.E. Ambassador Dya-Eddine Bamakhrama, Ambassador of the Republic of Djibouti and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and senior officials from the OIC General Secretariat.
The symposium made a historical overview of the founding and importance of the OIC and the roles entrusted to it and its subsidiary, specialized and affiliated institutions on issues of interest to the Muslim world. Those issues are the question of Palestine, Muslim minorities, Islamophobia, and promotion of the notions of moderation and tolerance.
The symposium also explored the efforts deployed to promote solidarity and cooperation among member states in various fields in a bid to give momentum to joint Islamic action and contribute to cultural and social action to achieve common objectives and aspirations. The symposium focused initiatives taken by the OIC to urge its member states to build bilateral and multilateral relationships based on human respect and dignity, one that deepens values of cultural diversity and social justice and is keen on improving the working mechanisms to keep pace with contemporary changes.
Source: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation