The Organization of the Islamic Conference: An Organization Striving to Promote Cooperation and Understanding among Its 57 Member States as well as with the International Community

The cardinal objective of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)'s Charter of promoting cooperation and understanding among member states and with the international community, places the OIC at a unique position in multilateral efforts to seek common grounds to collectively confront the unprecedented contemporary global challenges. In a relatively short span of time since its establishment in Rabat in September 1969, the OIC has come to be internationally recognized and respected. The OIC was established and its Charter was based on the noble principles of peace, harmony, tolerance, brotherhood and equality of all human beings, as preached by Islam. The OIC's ongoing comprehensive reform programme aimed at enhancing the organization's role as an effective partner at the global level has led to an increased interest on the part of the international community, including a number of regional and international organizations, to establish relations of cooperation with the OIC.