AlQa'dah 13, 1433, Sep 29, 2012, SPA -- The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) concluded their Annual Coordination Meeting (ACM) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 28 September 2012, under the Chairmanship of Yerzhan Kazykhanov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and in presence of a Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General. In the final communique, the Meeting reaffirmed the decisions taken during the 38th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the OIC Member States held in Astana 28-30 June 2011, and previous communiques issued by the ACM. The OIC meeting praised the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud for his initiative to convene the 4th Extraordinary Islamic Summit held in Makkah on 14-15 August 2012 to strengthen Islamic solidarity, reiterating its commitment on the full implementation of the decisions of the Summit. The meeting expressed appreciation to the Republic of Kazakhstan for its competent Chairmanship of the Council of Foreign Ministers and able steering of the OIC Groups, expressing gratitude to the Secretary General Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu for his commitment in promoting and defending the interests and causes of the Islamic World, and in raising the profile of the OIC as a significant player at the global level. The final communique urged all Member States to actively participate at the highest level, in the 12th Session of the Islamic Summit Conference to be held in Cairo, Egypt. The coordination meeting calls for the full participation in the 39th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers to be held on November 15-17, 2012 in Djibouti, reaffirming the centrality of the cause of Palestine and Al-Quds to the entire Islamic Ummah, and reiterated OIC's full support for the just cause of Palestine and the rights of the Palestinian people. It also reaffirmed strong backing for the efforts of the State of Palestine to mobilize international support for the achievement of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and their legitimate national aspirations, including their inalienable rights to self-determination and return, as well as to expand international recognition for the State of Palestine on the basis of the 4th of June 1967 borders at all levels, including the United Nations. The final communique commended the decision of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to admit Palestine's full membership in UNESCO, welcoming the important decision made recently by numerous States to recognize the State of Palestine on the basis of the 4th of June 1967 borders, with Eastern Al-Quds as its capital, and urged the States, that have not yet done so, to uphold their responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations and, to recognize the State of Palestine as soon as possible and support the efforts to ensure that Palestine obtains full membership of the United Nations and takes its rightful place among the community of nations. --More
