The 48th Session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Council of Foreign Ministers begins tomorrow in Islamabad (Tuesday).
‘Partnering for Unity, Justice, and Development is the theme of the two-day Ministerial Conference.
As Guests of Honour, Foreign Ministers and high-level dignitaries from OIC Member and Observer States will be present at the Pakistan Day Parade on March 23.
Wang Yi, China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister, will be a Special Guest at the event. Non-OIC officials, as well as top representatives from the United Nations, regional and international organizations such as the Arab League and the Gulf Cooperation Council, will attend.
At the Inaugural Session, Prime Minister Imran Khan will deliver the keynote address (Tuesday).
The Council of Foreign Ministers will be chaired by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
Given the potential and difficulties that the Muslim world faces in the political, security, social, and economic domains, the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers conference takes on added significance.
Apart from assessing global and regional landscapes, the conference will reaffirm its members’ long-standing solidarity and support for the people of Palestine and Jammu & Kashmir.
It will reaffirm its commitment to combating rising Islamophobia, as well as debate ways for combating the consequences of climate change, vaccination inequities, and loss of progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Conference will examine and evaluate the dire human rights and humanitarian situation in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. On the fringes of the conference, the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir will hold a ministerial meeting.
The Ministerial meeting will review the decisions made during the OIC-Extraordinary CFM’s Session in Islamabad last December to address the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.
