OIC Participates at UN Conference on Palestinian Issue

On behalf of the OIC Secretary-General, Amb. Samir Bakr, Assistant Secretary-General for Palestine and Al-Quds Affairs, participated, at the head of the OIC General Secretariat's delegation made up of Ambassador Hameed Opeloyeru, OIC Representative to the United Nations, Mr. Adel Salama from the OIC Department of Palestine and Al-Quds Affairs and Mr. Jean Iqbal from the OIC Mission to the United Nations, at the High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Palestinian Issue and the implementation of the two-state solution, launched at the UN Headquarters in New York, under the co-chairmanship of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and France.

The three-day Conference was opened with the speeches of His Royal Highness Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Saudi Foreign Minister, Mr. Jean-Noël Barrot, French Foreign Minister, Dr. Mohammad Mustafa, Palestinian Prime Minister, and UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in which they emphasized the importance of this meeting in mobilizing the international community's responsibility to protect the two-state solution, end the Israeli occupation and achieve a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.

The states will discuss, over eight sessions, the practical steps to materialize the sovereign Palestinian State, end the Israeli occupation, and achieve a fair and lasting peace in accordance with the Arab Peace Initiative and relevant UN resolutions.

A large number of senior ministers and officials from the UN member states, international and regional organizations, and the UN specialized bodies are participating in the conference taking place from 28 to 30 July.

The conference will issue a final document inclusive of the practical measures and steps to enforce the two-state solution based on the international legitimacy's resolutions.