Diplomatic Correspondent :
We must stop infighting amongst the Muslim Ummah, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, emphasising on the need for peace and stability.
He said this at a two-day brainstorming session on “OIC Reform” that began at a city hotel on Wednesday. Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and OIC leaders were present.
The Foreign Minister said, ideas and concepts should come suggesting innovative ways and means for faster development of the Muslim world using the strategic resources it possesses.
Momen appreciated the Gambia and the whole brotherhood of the OIC for its innovative approach towards resolving the Rohingya crisis through international legal mechanism at the International Court of Justice.
He said, they need to identify ways and means to engage non-state actors like the private sector and civil society that are emerging to make a difference in new partnership models.
“We must harness the energy of the youth and the women to encourage various professional associations and networks such as the STI community in furthering OIC objectives and advancing its collective agenda.”
The Foreign Minister urged the delegates from all OIC member states, OIC General Secretariat, and Organs of OIC to offer views and visions to identify areas, issues and possible solutions towards a comprehensive reform of the OIC.
As co-chair from the host country Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen conducted the inaugural session.
The two-day session, jointly co-chaired by Bangladesh, Turkey and Saudi Arabia for reengineering legal, political and administrative architecture of the OIC is expected to come up with stronger policy recommendations, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The recommendations will be discussed at the next council of Foreign Ministers to be held in April 2020 in Niamey, Niger.
We must stop infighting amongst the Muslim Ummah, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, emphasising on the need for peace and stability.
He said this at a two-day brainstorming session on “OIC Reform” that began at a city hotel on Wednesday. Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and OIC leaders were present.
The Foreign Minister said, ideas and concepts should come suggesting innovative ways and means for faster development of the Muslim world using the strategic resources it possesses.
Momen appreciated the Gambia and the whole brotherhood of the OIC for its innovative approach towards resolving the Rohingya crisis through international legal mechanism at the International Court of Justice.
He said, they need to identify ways and means to engage non-state actors like the private sector and civil society that are emerging to make a difference in new partnership models.
“We must harness the energy of the youth and the women to encourage various professional associations and networks such as the STI community in furthering OIC objectives and advancing its collective agenda.”
The Foreign Minister urged the delegates from all OIC member states, OIC General Secretariat, and Organs of OIC to offer views and visions to identify areas, issues and possible solutions towards a comprehensive reform of the OIC.
As co-chair from the host country Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen conducted the inaugural session.
The two-day session, jointly co-chaired by Bangladesh, Turkey and Saudi Arabia for reengineering legal, political and administrative architecture of the OIC is expected to come up with stronger policy recommendations, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The recommendations will be discussed at the next council of Foreign Ministers to be held in April 2020 in Niamey, Niger.
