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 SESION 14

ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC

CONFERENCE
(OIC)

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 INTRODUCITON

• 1967 Arab-Israeli War.

• Rabat
• establish the OIC on
September 25, 1969.

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 Mission

To represent Muslim people and to

strengthen cooperation among Member
States in;
• political,
• economic
• cultural and
• social fields.
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 Slogan

"the collective voice of the Muslim world”

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 Goals

• To safeguard people of the member states and

Muslims.
• Strengthen Islamic solidarity.
• Consolidate Cooperation among members
• states in social, cultural and scientific fields
• Safeguard the Holy places.
• Support the struggle of the Palestinian people.
• Eliminate racial discrimination and all forms of
colonialism.
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 Size

• (OIC) is the second largest

international body after the
UN

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 Members;

• fifty seven nations spread

over four continents

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 MAP;

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 Commonality

The unifying force is Islam

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 VIEWS REGARDING OIC

• Some experts say the

organization has been ineffectual,
• For others a tremendous
potential for addressing the
issues facing Muslims

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 Potential

• 2011 estimate

• Population 1.6 billion

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 Cont;

• GDP Estimated
• 18.6 Trillion

• Per Capita 10,825 $

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 Cont:

• Muslims forms one third of the

worlds population
• UN member countries,
• controlling vast natural resources
and strategic waterways

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 Cont:

•Thus, potential for the

OIC to emerge as an
influential grouping is
indeed tempting.
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 Others:

• The Organization of Islamic

Conference (OIC) has come
a long way and to nowhere

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 Cont;

• Al Aqsa Mosque (Jerusalem)

• but overshadowed by other

interests

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 Cont:

• After 38 years of existence,

• OIC remains on the margin of
world affairs,
• even when they concern
Muslims and Muslim states
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 Reasons for OIC failures

• One of the most visible failures

of OIC is the non-resolution of
the Palestinian problem

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 •It remains an issue of
contention and
dissatisfaction for the
Muslim world
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 Cont:

• The recent Israel-Lebanon

conflict
• The marginalization of OIC
in international affairs

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 Cont:

•The geopolitical
diversity
•and political differences
of its members
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 Cont:

• Richer and more influential

members lack the political
will to be in the driver’s
seat to guide the direction
of the OIC
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 Cont:

•serious disunity among

OIC countries,
•especially in West Asia

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 Cont:

•Saudi Arabia and the

Gulf states oil and
capital, (investment in
EU, USA)
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 Cont:

• This high degree of economic and

financial dependency of these
countries make them vulnerable
to European and American
domestic and foreign policies

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 Cont:

• reducing their utility in

empowering the OIC and
elevating it to a respected
intergovernmental
organization

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 cont;

Common currency for OIC

countries

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 Military

• Iran , Pakistan , Egypt ,

Turkey and Indonesia have
large armies , with Iran and
Pakistan having nuclear
ambition
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 Challenges;

• Difficulties in coordination.

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 Cont:

Geographically dispersed
• (Africa,
• Asia,
• Middle East,
• Southeast Asia).

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 Cont:

Politically diverse;
• Islamic Republics,
• Monarchies,
• Democracy,
• Military Dictatorships
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 Cont:

National Income differences;

•Richest like Saudi

Arabia and poorest
Afghanistan
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 Crisis:

• Palestinian-Israeli crisis,
• Arab-Israeli crisis,
• Kashmir,
• Iraq
• Afghanistan crisis.
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 SPECIALIZED AGENEIS

• Islamic Development Bank,

150 billion capital,
• Islamic Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization
(ISESCO)
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 CONCLUSION;

• With all those constraints and more, the OIC thus

remains very much an observer in international
relations

• OIC must enhance and consolidate its collective

political, economic, strategic and cultural values

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 Thank you

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