The extraordinary open-ended meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Executive Committee at the level of Foreign Ministers kicked off on Wednesday in Jeddah, with Morocco’s participation.
The Kingdom is represented at this meeting by Moroccan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Permanent Representative to the OIC Mustapha Mansouri, and Deputy Permanent Representative to this organisation Othman Rahho.
The meeting was called by the OIC to examine the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, particularly in Gaza, which caused the destruction of infrastructure, schools, hospitals, places of worship and historical sites, as well as the displacement of around 2 million Palestinians.
On this occasion, the Secretary General of the OIC Hissein Brahim Taha called on the UN Security Council to shoulder its responsibilities and take the necessary measures to make Israel comply with international law and cease its attacks, which threaten regional and international peace and security. He also called for an immediate and comprehensive halt to the aggression against the Gaza Strip and to avert the threat of a global regional war.
Speaking at the opening session of this meeting attended by Gambian Minister of Foreign Affairs and President of the 15th Islamic Summit Mamadou Tangara, Ministers of Foreign Affairs, heads of delegations of the Executive Committee and OIC Member States, Brahim Taha stressed the need to pool efforts to make Israel respect international legality’s resolutions, calling for the necessary steps to implement the latest advisory ruling of the International Court of Justice on the illegality of the Israeli occupation.
In the same vein, the OIC Secretary General denounced all illegal steps undertaken by Israel, including the adoption of resolutions opposing the creation of a Palestinian State, and the classification of UNRWA as a terrorist organisation, advocating for more political and financial support for this UN agency to help it fulfil its vital role in providing essential services to Palestinian refugees and alleviating the suffering of the Gazans.
He urged the international community to sponsor a political process aimed at ending the Israeli occupation and establishing peace on the basis of the two-state solution in accordance with the resolutions of international legitimacy, to broaden recognition of the Palestinian state and to support its membership of the United Nations.
In this respect, Brahim Taha praised the enormous efforts made by the Ministerial Committee, chaired by Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a result of the extraordinary joint Arab-Islamic Summit in Riyadh.
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