Organisation of the Islamic Conference
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منظمة المؤتمر الإسلامي
Organisation de la Conférence Islamique Organisation of the Islamic Conference |
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| Administrative center | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia | |||
| Official languages | Arabic, English, French | |||
| Membership | 57 member states | |||
| Leaders | ||||
| - | Secretary-General | Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu | ||
| Establishment | ||||
| - | OIC Charter signed | September 25, 1969 | ||
| Population | ||||
| - | estimate | 1.6 billion (2011) | ||
| GDP (nominal) | estimate | |||
| - | Total | 4.8135$ billion (2010) | ||
| Website http://www.oic-oci.org/ |
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The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is an international organisation with a permanent delegation to the United Nations. It groups 57 member states, from the Greater Middle East regions, Africa, Central Asia, Caucasus, Balkans, Southeast Asia, and South America. The official languages of the organisation are Arabic, English and French. It was founded in 1969 and had 25 members originally.
The OIC is the second largest international organisation after the United Nations.[1]
[change] References
- ↑ Organisation of the Islamic Conference, Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations. "About OIC". http://www.oicun.org/2/23/. Retrieved 2011-05-30.
