The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was established in 1969 to promote cooperation among Muslim-majority countries. It has 57 member states and is headquartered in Saudi Arabia. The OIC aims to enhance solidarity and protect shared Muslim interests globally. However, it has been criticized for its inability to resolve major crises affecting the Muslim world or improve economic cooperation among its members. While the OIC has coordinated humanitarian aid and adopted resolutions supporting Palestinian rights, it has largely failed to establish lasting peace or security across the Muslim world.

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4. • IT IS FINANCED BY CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONATIONS OF ITS MEMBERS.
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5. • Observer states are: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Central African Republic, Russia
and Thailand.
• Observer Muslim organizations are: Moro National Liberation Front, Turkish
Cypriot State.
• Observer international organizations are: Economic Cooperation Organization,
African Union, League of Arab States, Non-Aligned Movement, and the United
Nations.

6. Organizational structure of the OIC
• In order to achieve its objectives, the Organization has main organs,
secondary organs, committees and specialized institutions.
• Main Organs:
 The Conference of Kings and Heads of State and Government .
 The Conference of Foreign Ministers.
 The General Secretariat.

7. • Beside the above main organs, there are several standing committees and
specialized institutions;
 Standing Committees;
 The Al-Quds Committee
 The Standing Committee for Information and Cultural Affairs.
 The Standing Committee for Economic and Trade Cooperation.
 The Standing Committee for Scientific and Technical Cooperation.
 The Islamic Peace Committee.

8. Specialized institutions
The number and types of secondary organs and institutions, working toward the
achievement of the OIC objectives, have been steadily increasing, and cover
various areas of cultural, scientific, economic, legal, financial, sports,
technological, educational, media, as well as vocational, social and humanitarian.
Depending on their degree of autonomy vis-à-vis the parent organization, they are
classified as subsidiary and specialized organs, or affiliated institutions. To-date,
four specialized institutions have been established and they are located in
different capitals and cities in the Islamic World;
 Islamic Development Bank
 Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
 Islamic States Broadcasting Organization

9. Enhance and consolidate the bonds of fraternity and solidarity among the
Member States.
Safeguard and protect the common interests and support the legitimate causes
of the Member States and coordinate and unify the efforts of the Member
States in view of the challenges faced by the Islamic world in particular and the
international community in general.
Respect the right of self-determination and non-interference in the domestic
affairs and to respect sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of
each Member State.
Ensure active participation of the Member States in the global political,
economic and social decision-making processes to secure their common
interests

10.  Reaffirm its support for the rights of peoples as stipulated in the UN Charter
and international law.
 Strengthen intra-Islamic economic and trade cooperation; in order to achieve
economic integration leading to the establishment of an Islamic Common
Market.
 Exert efforts to achieve sustainable and comprehensive human development
and economic well-being in Member States.
 Protect and defend the true image of Islam, to combat defamation of Islam
and encourage dialogue among civilizations and religions.
 Enhance and develop science and technology and encourage research and
cooperation among Member States in these fields

11.  Total equality between Member States.
 Respect of the right of self-determination, and non-interference in the
domestic affairs of Member States.
 Respect of the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of each
Member States.
 Settlement of any conflict that may arise by peaceful means such as
negotiation, mediation, reconciliation or arbitration.
 Abstention from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity,
national unity or political independence of any Member States.

12. A chronology of key events of OIC
1979 - Egypt suspended from OIC after signing peace agreement with
Israel.
 1981 - OIC summit calls for broad struggle "for the liberation of Jerusalem and
the occupied territories", including an economic boycott of Israel; general
agreement for economic, technical and commercial cooperation comes into
force. 1982 - OIC foreign ministers resolve to create Islamic offices for
boycotting Israel and for military cooperation with the Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO).
 1984 - Egypt readmitted.

13.  1987 - OIC summit resolves that Islamic Peace Committee should make efforts
to prevent the sale of military hardware to Iraq and Iran; requests holding of
UN summit to define international terrorism and to differentiate it from
legitimate struggle for freedom.
 1990 - OIC condemns Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and demands the withdrawal of
Iraqi troops.
 1993 - OIC calls on UN Security Council to remove arms embargo against
Bosnian Muslims in order to allow them to defend themselves against Bosnian
Serbs; OIC members pledge 80 million dollars in emergency assistance for
Muslims affected by the war in Bosnia; seven OIC states commit themselves to
providing up to 17,000 troops to the UN peacekeeping force in Bosnia
(UNPROFOR).

14.  1991 - OIC calls on UN Security Council to take all necessary steps against
Serbia and Montenegro, including military intervention, in order to protect
Bosnian Muslims.
 1994 - OIC summit proclaims UN arms embargo on Bosnia- Herzegovina null
and void as far as the Muslim authorities there were concerned.
 1995 - OIC foreign and defense ministers endorse the creation of an
"assistance mobilization group" to supply military, economic, and other
assistance to Bosnia-Hercegovina.
 1999 - OIC decides to send humanitarian aid to Kosovar Albanian refugees.

15. 2000 - OIC summit pledges solidarity with Palestinian people and accuses Israel
of large-scale systematic violations of Palestinian human rights.
2001 September - OIC condemns the September 11 terrorist attacks against the
US, describing them as "barbaric and criminal".
2001 October - OIC emergency session held in Qatar to discuss September 11
attacks and US strikes against Taliban in Afghanistan. Delegates urge
Washington not to target other countries in its campaign against terrorism.
2002 February - OIC rejects US President George W Bush's assertion that
member countries Iran and Iraq are part of an "axis of evil".

16.  In 1970 when a conflict broke out between Jordan and Palestine Liberation
Organization, the Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Naseer and Saudi Arabia’s
King Faisal jointly led the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the Arab
League initiative to resolve the clash.
 In 1974, the conflict between the newly formed Bangladesh and Pakistan was
successfully solved by the Organization.

17.  The organization of Islamic Cooperation leadership also gained confidence on
the issue of Ramadan War in 1973 against Israel. OIC leadership also
successfully solved the issue of oil restriction against the supporters of Israel in
1974.
 The Organization also adopted various resolutions declaring the Jihad in
numerous fields against the Israeli occupation of Palestine land and to force
Israel to follow the United Nation resolutions on the matter.

18. The OIC fails to establish a Peaceful Muslim world;
Failure of establishing a security and peaceful Muslim world: Considering of what
kind of goal, OIC established in 1967 for the Muslim world, it has become totally
failure to fulfill of those goal.
 The crisis of Palestine;
 It has been saying since the establishment of OIC that, to give Arabian right, to
establish Arabian rule in Jerusalem, to give the right for the Palestine peoples and
abdicate from Arabian land which was grabbed by Israel but OIC couldn’t do
anything for the Muslim world except passing a few regulations.

19.  Afghanistan crisis;
 OIC played a minimum role by giving support of ethical and materialism to
Afghanistan during the Soviet Aggression.
 Failure of advancement economic and build up relation;
 since the establishment OIC has taken few steps to build infrastructure of economic
and to increase economic cooperation between the member states of OIC.
 Except these crises OIC has more failure like Balkan crisis, Gulf crisis, Egypt
crisis and Libya crisis as well as Syria crisis OIC is playing minor role to
mitigate of these crises.

21. All the summit conferences clearly shows that the prime objective of O.I.C is to
promote greater harmony and co-operation amongst the Muslim world and to
protect their interest in international system. It is also aimed at the Islamic countries
and to create co-operation amongst them in these spheres. The O.I.C also stood for
the fraternal feelings which had existed for centuries amongst the Muslims of the
world.