Preparatory meeting for 50th Session of Council of Foreign Ministers Kicks off at Headquarters of OIC General Secretariat in Jeddah

JEDDAH: The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held today, at its headquarters in Jeddah, the preparatory meeting for the 50th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM), which will be held in Yaoundé, Republic of Cameroon, on August 29-30, 2024. The OIC Secretary-General, Hissein Brahim Taha, said the three-day meeting of senior officials is being held at a time when the cause of Palestine and Jerusalem is facing serious challenges and serious developments due to the unprecedented Israeli military aggression on the Gaza Strip and all parts of the Palestinian territories, including the occupied city of Jerusalem, in flagrant violation of international law and relevant UN resolutions. He stressed the need to consolidate the efforts of the OIC member states at the international level to exercise further pressure to implement the UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions calling for an immediate cessation of the Israeli military aggression, to ensure adeq uate and sustainable access to humanitarian aid throughout the Gaza Strip, lift the inhumane Israeli blockade, and support the UN relief agency, UNRWA. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA