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Date: 19/09/2022
The OIC Committee of Six on Palestine held a meeting on the margins of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 19 September 2022, chaired by the OIC Secretary-General HE Mr. Hissein Brahim Taha.
The Secretary-General opened the meeting with a speech in which he emphasized the OIC’s constant position on the just cause of Palestine and Al-Quds Al-Shareef. He called for all political and legal efforts to be mobilized to achieve long-term international consensus on a just and lasting solution to the question of Palestine, in accordance with international law and relevant United Nations resolutions. He also called for renewed of efforts to launch a multilateral internationally sponsored peace process, within a specific timeframe and on the basis of relevant United Nations resolutions and the Arab Peace Initiative. The Secretary-General underscored the need for continued pressure on the Security Council to take practical measures to implement its resolutions to stop all manifestations of illegal Israeli colonial settlement policies and occupation, to realize the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including the right to self-determination and an independent Palestinian state with Al-Quds Al-Shareef as its capital, and to find a lasting solution to the question of Palestinian refugees. He called on the Security Council to approve immediately the long-awaited full membership of the State of Palestine in the United Nations and to provide necessary international protection for the Palestinian people in line with international humanitarian law.
The Committee forwarded its recommendations to the Annual Coordination Meeting of the OIC Foreign Ministers.
Document Sources: Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Subject: Jerusalem, Peace conference, Peace process, Peace proposals and efforts, Statehood-related
Publication Date: 19/09/2022
URL source: https://www.oic-oci.org/topic/?t_id=37516&ref=25897&lan=en