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The oval piece sits in the centre of the artwork above the Phoenix and displays an image of calmness and serenity as a man, woman, and child sit kneeling. This panel reflects the Security Council's main purpose - "to maintain the world in a state of peace". [2]
On September 17, 2001—six days after al-Qaeda's September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon—George W. Bush, then president of the United States, delivered remarks at the Islamic Center of Washington (also called the speech at the Islamic Center of Washington or "Islam Is Peace"), a speech that affirmed that the vast majority of Muslims were unassociated with, and ...
The OIC Council of Foreign Ministers is the second-highest decision-making body while the Islamic Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is the highest decision-making authority. Both are administered by the Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation who is responsible for the implementation of decisions and ...
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Head-office Building, Jeddah. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC; Arabic: منظمة التعاون الإسلامي, romanized: Munaẓẓamat at-Taʿāwun al-ʾIslāmī; French: Organisation de la coopération islamique), formerly the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, is an intergovernmental organization founded in 1969. [1]
India has been elected to the council eight times in total, with the most recent successful bid being in 2020. In 2013, the P5 and G4 members of the UN Security Council accounted for eight of the world's ten largest defence budgets, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
The Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO, formerly ISESCO) is a specialized organization that operates under the aegis of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and is concerned with fields of education, science, culture and communication in Islamic countries in order to support and strengthen relations among Member States.
On 31 July 2007 UN Security Council Resolution 1769 (UNSC 2007) established the AU/ UN Hybrid Operation in Darfur, also referred to as UNAMID. Regional Cooperation Initiative for the Elimination of the Lord's Resistance Army (RCI-LRA) – 2011 to 2017 Authorised by the AU Peace and Security Council in November 2011.
The United Nations Security Council stated in its resolution 91 dated 30 March 1951 that it would not consider elections held only in Indian-administered Kashmir to be a substitute for a free and impartial plebiscite including the people of the entire state of Jammu and Kashmir.[7] However, the 1951 elections were said to be rigged.