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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

History, Objectives, Structure, Achievements and Failures

Mr. Atif Ali

Reg. No 97FSS/MSPS/S19

International Islamic University Islamabad.

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Abstract

This paper discusses the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which was
established in 1969. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is an International
organization of fifty-seven (57) Muslim States, which are united for the protection of the
interests of the Muslim World and for the collective voice of Muslim States from one
floor against the expansionism of Israel and imperialism of the Western states. This
paper also discussing the history of the OIC that why it was felt by the leaders of the
Muslims to have an Organization of the Muslims World. In this paper also the
organizational structure of the OIC and its achievements and failures are discussed.
But unfortunately the achievements of the OIC are nothing in front of failures of the
OIC. Although there are some sorts of achievements of the OIC but on many grounds
the OIC is failed due to the lack of unification among the Muslim States, rivalries
between the Muslim states and ideological differences. In the Muslim States, some states
are pro-American while some are pro-Russian. Therefore, the Muslim World is divided
and the collective voice of the Muslim States becomes divided and the OIC become
useless tool.
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The Organization of Islamic Cooperation

History, Objectives, Achievements and Failures

Introduction:

Organization of Islamic Cooperation also known as Organization of Islamic

Conferences (OIC) is an International organization of 57 Muslim States, which was created in

1969. The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the world second largest

organization after the United Nations Organization. The slogan of the OIC is the “collective

voice of the Muslim world”. The main aim of the OIC is to safeguards and protects the

interests of the Muslim world and the spirit of promoting international peace and prosperity

among various people of the world.

Origin and History of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation:

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) was created by the Muslim states

against Israeli expansionism and western imperialist designed states to protect the Middle

East territory and protect the interests of the Muslim World.

After the World War I (1914-1919), when the six million Jews were killed by the

Adolf Hitler during the Holocaust in Europe, than the Jews migrated from Europe to

Palestine with help of Great Britain because the Great Britain signed the treaty which is

known as “Balfour Declaration” in November 1917, in which she promised that after the

World War I, she will provide a place for the Jews for their own state in Palestine territory.

So the Jews starting to unite on Palestine territory to make their own homeland under

Zionism1.

1
Zionism: Jewish nationalist movement that has had as its goal the creation and support of a
Jewish national state in Palestine
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After the World War II the United Nation Organization (UNO) divided the territory of

Palestine between the Jews and Muslims in November 1947 (Resolution 181). This partition

was accepted by the Jews and they declared the 14th May, 1948 as their independence day but

on the other hand this partition not only criticized by the Palestinian people but also

condemned by the Arab World and other Muslim states.

Due to this conflict several wars were fought between the Arab States and Israel like

the war of 1948, war of 1967 and Ramadan war 1973. In the war of 1967, this is also known

as “6 days war” in which Israel not only captured the Palestine territory but also captured the

territory of Syria and Egypt.

On 21st August, 1969 an extremist Australian Christian, Dennis Michael Rohan,

attempted to set fire to Al-Aqsa Mosque[ CITATION MEM17 \l 1033 ]. This attempt unites the

leaders of the Muslim states because this Mosque is the holy place for the Muslims, so the

Muslim leaders feel to have an Organization which works to protect the holy places of the

Muslims.

The Organization was established upon the a decision of historical Summit which took

place in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco on 12th Rajab 1389 Hijra ( 25th September, 1969). The

first meeting of Islamic Conference of Foreign Minister (ICFM) was held in 1970 in Jeddah,

in which they decided to establish a permanent Secretariat and permanent Head Quarter at

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia [ CITATION Org \l 1033 ]. In the third meeting of the Islamic Conference

of Foreign Ministers (ICFM), adopted the Charter of the organization in Feb 1972, whose

purpose is to strengthen solidarity and cooperation among member states in political, cultural,

scientific and social fields. [CITATION DrW \l 1033 ]

So the Summit which took place at Rabat, Morocco lay down the foundation of the

Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

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Members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation:

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation is made up of fifty-seven (57) Muslim

States in which twenty-six from Asia, twenty-seven from Africa, two from Europe and two

from South America. These are Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain,

Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Brunei, Cameroon, Chad, Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire,

Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq,

Jordan, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Libya, Maldives, Malaysia, Mali,

Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi

Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Surinam, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Tunisia,

Togo, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Uzbekistan, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. These member

states also the member of the United Nations Organization except Palestine. Palestine has the

observer status in the United Nations Organization.

Beside these permanent members, OIC also gave the status of observer to certain states and

organization.

The Observer states are Bosnia and Herzegovina, Central African Republic, Russia, and

Thailand.

Observer Muslim Organizations are Moro National Liberation Front, Turkish Cypriot State.

Observer International Organizations are Economic Cooperation Organization, African

Union, League of Arab States, Non-Aligned Movement and the United Nations. [ CITATION

Off \l 1033 ]
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Objectives of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC):-

These are the main objectives of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

1. To produce the feelings of unification among the Muslim countries.

2. To safeguard and protect the common interests of the members states in view of the

challenges faced by the Islamic world in particular and international community in general.

3. To respect the right of self-determination and non-interference in domestic affairs of the

member states and to respect sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of each and

every member state.

4. To promote cooperation in cultural, social and economic fields of the member states.

5. To help the member states to each other in the situation of natural disasters.

6. To protect and defend the true image of Islam.

7. To safeguard people of the member states and Muslims.

8. Strengthen Islamic solidarity.

9. Consolidate Cooperation among member states in social, cultural and scientific fields

10. Safeguard the Holy places.

11. Support the struggle of the Palestinian people.

12. Eliminate racial discrimination and all forms of colonialism.

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Organizational Structure of the OIC:

In order to achieve the objectives of the Organization, it has many main organs,

secondary organs, committees and specialized institutions. These are following important

bodies of the organization.

(A). Main Organs:

These are following main organs of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

1. The Islamic Summit: The Islamic Summit which is composed of the Kings, Heads of the

member states. This is the supreme authority of the organization and they meet once in three

years, in which they lay down the policy of the organization and discuss the problems which

are concerning to Muslim World. They also elect the chairman of the Organization who holds

the office till the next session of the organization.

2. The Conference of Foreign Ministers: The Conference of Foreign Ministers is

composed of the Foreign Ministers of the member states. It meets once in a year and to

examine the implementation of the policy which was created by the Islamic Summit. It also

responsible to set meeting of the Kings and Heads of the member states. It also has the

power to adopt a resolution for the common interests of the people.

3. The General Secretariat: It is the executive body of the organization which established in

the first Summit of Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in

February 1970. It is headed by the General Secretary, who is appointed by The Conference of

Foreign Ministers for the period of five (5) years. It supervise the implementation of the

resolution and recommendation of The Conference of Foreign Ministers, coordinate the

conferences of the meetings of the organization, assists the subsidiary organs and specialized

bodies in their tasks.

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(B). Standing Committee:

In order to coordinate and increase its action and obtain its results in different fields of

cooperation like in economic, cultural, political, social, spiritual and scientific among the

Member States, the Organization has created different committees, in which majority at

ministerial level and some chaired by the Heads of the States. Among these committees are:

1. The Al-Quds Committee.

2. The Standing Committee for Economic and Trade Cooperation.

3. The Standing Committee for Information and Cultural Affairs.

4. The Standing Committee for Scientific and Technical Cooperation.

5. The Islamic Peace Committee.

(C). Specialized Institutions:

In the Organization of Islamic Cooperation there are number of specialized Institutions,

which are created for different special objectives. These Specialized Institutions are working

to achieve the Organization aims in a good manner. These Specialized Institutions are

working in the fields of culture, education, sport, legal, financial, technological, media and as

well as vocational, social and humanitarian in the Member States. These Specialized

Institutions are created in different capitals of the Muslim States. These are following

Specialized Institutions of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

 Islamic Development Bank (IDB), in Jeddah (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).

 Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISECCO), in Rabat

(Kingdom of Morocco).
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 Islamic States of Broadcasting Organization (ISBO), in Jeddah (Kingdom of Saudi

Arabia). [ CITATION DrW1 \l 1033 ]

Official Languages of the OIC:

The Official languages of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation are English, Arabic

and French.

Achievements of Organization of Islamic Cooperation:

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation is playing its role in good way. These are the

following achievements of the organization.

i. Role of OIC in the Conflict between the Jordan and Palestine Liberation

Organization (PLO) 1970:

In 1970, a direct military conflict started between Jordan and Palestine Liberation

Organization (PLO). At that time the PLO was not a regular member of the OIC, but was an

emerging power against the Israel and representing the people of Palestine. That times the

Jordan having large number of Palestinian population and also claiming itself as a legitimate

representative of the Palestinian population. After the 6 days war between the Israel and

Arab, Israel occupied a large area of the Palestine and also of the Arab countries. While on

other hand Jordan had good relations with Israel and Jordan did not want to use its territory

against the Israel. The Palestinian people on the territory of Jordan have aggressive approach

against the Israel’s occupation of Palestine territory. Therefore the conflict started between

the two parties of the Muslim World in 1970. The Jordanian army crushed the PLO in Jordan

which followed by the battlefield. In this conflict the two fellow members of the OIC, Egypt

and Saudi Arabia played a great role. The PLO was expelled from Jordan but the agreements

were signed in Cairo and Amman according to which both the parties i.e Jordan and PLO
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given significant role in the politics of the Palestine. The individual role of King Faisal of

Saudi Arab and Abdul Nasir of Egypt played good role in the solution the conflict between

the Jordan and Palestine. [ CITATION alA04 \l 1033 ]

ii. Role of the OIC in the conflict between Pakistan and newly formed Bangladesh:

The next conflict which is solved by the OIC is the conflict of the Pakistan and Bangladesh.

From 1947 to 1971 both the countries lived as one independent country as a West Pakistan

and East Pakistan. After independence military and bureaucratic elite, who came mainly from

Western Pakistan, gained control over Pakistani politics, and deprived the common people of

their legitimate rights. Freedom loving East Pakistanis were the first to rise against the

military bureaucratic oligarchy of Pakistan. As early as 1948, it was reported in the

Constituent Assembly Debates that, "a feeling is growing among the Eastern Pakistanis that

the Eastern Pakistan is being neglected and treated merely as a 'colony' of Western Pakistan."

Soon, East Pakistani representatives in the Constituent Assembly identified two issues of

disagreement with West Pakistani representatives. From 1947, as low level conflicts were

arising between the two wings of the one country but in 1971 these conflicts reached to high

level and the civil war started between the Pakistani army and the people of West Pakistan.

During the civil war, the OIC Secretary General, Tengku Abdul Rahman, former Prime

Minister of Malaysia, visited both parts of Pakistan in an effort to find a political solution to

the conflict. The Secretary General was accompanied by representatives from Kuwait and

Iran. When the OIC delegation attempted to visit India, where most of the leaders of de facto

Bangladesh had taken political refuge, the Indian authorities prevented them from entering

the country on the ground that the OIC had earlier expelled the Indian representative from its

First Islamic Conference in 19692. As a result, the mission failed.

2
On the occasion of the First Islamic Summit Conference in Rabat, India had expressed its desire to join the OIC
which was granted. However, the membership was cancelled when a non-Muslim appeared to represent Muslims
of India at the conference venue.
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After the failure of the mediation and 16th December 1971 once again the Secretary

General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Tengku Abdul Rahman of

Malaysia established contact with the authorities of Pakistan and Bangladesh. But the process

was not very smooth. Later he was recalled for an interview.

I was then in Cairo… I immediately sent a letter [to

Bangladeshi authorities] through the Indian ambassador. The reply I

received was from the Indian Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi. It

said that since we [the OIC] had not cared during the earlier

suffering, Bangladesh authorities do not find themselves in a

position to receive us.[ CITATION Sha \l 1033 ]

After some times the Indian authority apologized on their behavior toward the Secretary

General of the OIC and offered the Peace talks between the authority of Pakistan and

Bangladesh, so the process of reconciliation began.

In the Second Summit of OIC in Lahore the Pakistani authority recognized Bangladesh as a

sovereign and independent State and invited the Bengali Leaders to the Summit of OIC in

Lahore in 1974. Bangladesh responded positively and attended the Summit of OIC in Lahore

and since both Pakistan and Bangladesh are the active members of the OIC.

iii. Rail Way Project for The Unification Of The Muslim World:

Physically, the OIC has initiated very important rail-link projects which once materialized

would bring member states in close proximity through easy communication resulting into

more regional cohesion. They are Dushanbe-Mazar-i- Sharif- Herat Railway Project,

Turkmenistan- Iran-Kazakhstan Joint Railway project and Dakar-Port Sudan railway project.
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In short, these relations building between and among international actors and entities

enhanced the image of the OIC to an extent that the Organization succeeded in having its

rightful place in the international community. [ CITATION OIC05 \l 1033 ]

iv. OIC on Kashmir Issue:

OIC always criticized the Indian aggression on the Kashmir’s territory and against the

Kashmiri people. After the independence of Indian sub-continent form the British rules in

1947, when the Indian sub-continent divided into two portion i.e Pakistan who came into

being on 14th of August, 1947 and India who came into being on 15 th of August, 1947.

Unfortunately, the partition of Indian sub-continent by the last viceroy of India, Lord Mount

Batten, was disputed between Pakistan and India because there were some areas in which

Muslims had the majority but these areas given to India, Kashmir is one in that disputed

areas. Kashmir is the Muslim majority area while this area was ruling by the Sikh ruler that

time. So India and Sikh ruler signed a treaty, in which the area of Muslim majority, Kashmir

given to the India. So the people of Kashmir started protests against this agreement than the

India sent their troops to Kashmir for the occupation of this territory. In 1948, India occupied

the Kashmir and till now India is using force against the Kashmiri people.

Form beginning Pakistan using the platform of the OIC against the use of aggressions

of India in Kashmir and OIC also passed the resolutions against the India to stop the use of

force against Kashmiri people. [ CITATION Han14 \l 1033 ]

On 2nd March 2019, in 46th Session of Council of Ministers in which Pakistan

boycotted the Session because on the invitation of India in the Session of OIC by the United

Arab Emirate (UAE) and the Foreign Minister of India Sushma Swaraj participated in this

session, in which the Muslim countries passed the resolution and reminded the International

Community to ensure implementation of UN Security Council resolutions on Jammu and

Kashmir disputes.[ CITATION Nas19 \l 1033 ]

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v. OIC and Rohingya Crisis:

Since late August 2017, more than 671,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Burma’s

Rakhine State to escape the military’s large-scale campaign of ethnic cleansing. The

atrocities committed by Burmese security forces, including mass killings, sexual violence,

and widespread arson, amount to crimes against humanity. Military and civilian officials have

repeatedly denied that security forces committed abuses during the operations, claims which

are contradicted by extensive evidence and witness accounts.

The Rohingya have faced decades of discrimination and repression under successive

Burmese governments. Effectively denied citizenship under the 1982 Citizenship Law, they

are one of the largest stateless populations in the world. Restrictions on movement and lack

of access to basic health care have led to dire humanitarian conditions for those displaced by

earlier waves of violence in 2012 and 2016. [ CITATION Hum \l 1033 ]

In the 45th Session of the Foreign Minister of OIC in Dhaka, strongly criticized the

Burmese use of force against the Rohingya Muslims in which millions of Muslims were

killed and millions of people become the refugees in other states like Bangladesh.

The OIC also formed a ministerial committee to handle and monitor the Rohingya issue on an

international scale. The committee also will gather the evidence of crimes against those

persons who violate the human rights of the Rohingya Muslims. [ CITATION ALJ18 \l 1033 ]. In

the 45th Session of the Foreign Ministers of the OIC in Dhaka also ordered for the urgent aid

for the Rohingya Muslims.

vi. Image Building Among The International Community:

One of the significant achievements of the OIC is the image building among the

International Community since 2005. The OIC opened his doors for the International

Community and established good relations with the non-member states of the world. These
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relations benefits for the Muslim World and also for the OIC. Through this mechanism OIC

easily communicate with the non-member states. For this purpose OIC granted the observer

status to the non-Muslim states, to take active part in the activity of OIC. OIC granted the

observer status to the Russian Federation, establishing special relations with United States

through the US President’s Special Envoy to the OIC. The Organization of Islamic

Cooperation (OIC) also working for developing relations with China, United Kingdom (UK),

France through official bilateral visits. Through all these activities of the OIC, the relation

with big powers of the world is very important and fruit full. For this purpose OIC has given

observer status to many non-Muslims states. The list include the states like Australia, Brazil,

South Africa, Sri Lanka, Serbia, Nepal, Belorussia, Kenya, Mauritius, Congo, Montenegro,

the Philippines etc.

The process of image building of the Organization did not limit itself within the

boundary of political, economic, social, cultural or organic domains. It is a comprehensive

approach which touches base in all these spheres. [ CITATION MAJ12 \l 1033 ].

vii. OIC Dakar Port-Sudan Railway Project:

In 2008, OIC was initiated a railway line project in its member states i.e from

Dushanbe-Mazar-i- Sharif- Herat Railway Project, Turkmenistan-Iran-Kazakhstan Joint

Railway project and Dakar-Port Sudan railway project. Presently the feasibility report of the

project have reached to final stage and this project is being executed in alliance with African

Union/NEPAD, including funding from Islamic Development Bank (IBD) within the

framework of Presidential Initiative on Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIIDA). If this

project once materialized would bring member states very close and in the result easy

communication will establish in the region through this project.[ CITATION MAJ122 \l 1033 ]

Failures of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC):

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However, OIC have many achievements but the failures of OIC more than its

achievements because the OIC failed in its main objectives which were made in its Charter.

So here are the some failures of the OIC, which are discussed below.

i. To Establish Peaceful Muslim World:

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is totally failed in this objective to

establish a peaceful Muslim World because everywhere in the Muslim World there is tension

and chaos among the Muslims and the OIC nothing to do with this since form its creation.

Failure of establishing a security and peaceful Muslim world; Considering of what kind of

aim, OIC established in 1969 for the Muslim world, it has become totally failure to fulfill of

those aims.

The breakup of Pakistan through armed intervention by India in 1971, the invasion of

Lebanon by Israel in 1982, the Iran-Iraq war, Soviet intervention in Afghanistan and the US

occupation of Iraq, have dealt a mortal blow to the unity, dignity and sovereignty of the

Muslim world.

The OIC has failed to respond meaningfully to any of these crises or demonstrate any unity of

thought and action apart from issuing high-sounding declaration at the end of each summit.

Nothing was done to contain the crises or avert the tragedies. The OIC remained merely a

silent spectator. [ CITATION Pak09 \l 1033 ]

ii. The Crisis of Palestine:

The crisis of Palestine continued from a decade, and one of the main causes of the

establishing of the OIC is the crisis of Palestine. In the Charter of the OIC it is the main

objective of the OIC to solve the issue of Palestine. So the OIC established in 1969, but till

now the OIC did not do anything on this issue. Recently, the United State of America
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recognized the Holy city Jerusalem as a capital of Israel and also the Golan Heights which are

the territory of Syria and occupied by the Israel in the six days war, USA also recognized

these Heights as the part of Israel and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation nothing take

action against these recognition.[CITATION Rec18 \l 1033 ] The OIC member states just come

to the meetings of the OIC and passed a resolution against the Israel and did not practically

implement its resolution. [ CITATION MAy16 \l 1033 ]

iii. The Issue of Kashmir:

The Kashmir issue started in 1948 between Pakistan and India. After the partition of

India and Pakistan, India occupied Kashmir by force and India violate the human rights in

Kashmir. But the OIC form 1969 to till now seeing this show against the Muslims. In the 46 th

Session of the Foreign Minister of OIC passed a resolution against India violation in Kashmir

but on other hand the Foreign Minister of India Sushma Swaraj rejected this resolution. So

this is the biggest failure of the OIC.

iv. Division of the Muslim World:

The whole Muslim World divided into different blocks, which is the main cause of

failure of the OIC. The Organization of the Muslims World came into being on the name of

unification but now the whole Muslim World joined different and opposite blocs in the World

Politics, like Saudi Arab, Turkey, Kuwait, Afghanistan and other Muslim States joined the

bloc of United State of America and on other hand some Muslim States like Iran joined the

bloc of Russia. Due to this division of the OIC become useless tool.

v. Sectarian Division of the Muslim World:

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The Sectarian Division of the Muslim Word also a weakness and failure of the OIC.

Muslims are believed on one Allah, on one Quran and on one Prophet Muhammad Hazrat

Muhammad (SAW) but all the Muslims divided on many sects mainly between Shia Muslims

and Sunni Muslims. The Member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation some are

the Shia Muslims and some are Sunni Muslims. Due to this Sectarian division the Muslim

world is divided which causes the main failure of the OIC.

vi. Differences between Saudi Arab and Iran:

The differences between Saudi Arab and Iran also cause of the failure of the OIC. Iran

is a Shia Muslim country and Saudi Arab is a Sunni Muslim country. The Iran is supporting

Shia people and Saudi Arab is supporting the Sunni people in the region. In crisis of Yemen

Saudi Arab is supporting the Sunni government of the Yemen while Iran is supporting the

Houthi Rebels in Yemen. In Syria Iran is supporting the Bashar Al-Asad regime through Shia

group Hezbollah while the Saudi Arab is supporting the Syrian Rebels. So this difference also

causes the failure of the OIC.

vii. Differences among the Member States:

Each and every objective and aim can be achieved through unification but

unfortunately, this tool is missing in the Muslim World because the member states of the OIC

have differences among each other’s like differences between Pakistan and Afghanistan,

Pakistan and Iran, Iran and Saudi Arab, Saudi Arab and Qatar, due to which the Organization

become ineffective and useless.

viii. War between Iran and Iraq and the Role of OIC:
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In early 1980s tensions raised between Iran and Iraq. The OIC acts quickly to mediate

between them but the war broke out in September 1980. It is also the failure of OIC that in

the present of OIC, two member states starts a war against each other and OIC was not able

to solve the problems before the starting of war through peaceful mean. A Foreign Ministers

meeting were called in New York, it was the emergency meeting of the Foreign Ministers of

the member states. This meeting was called during the Session of General Assembly. A

“good well Mission” was formed headed by the Pakistani President Zia ul Haq. The President

of Pakistan immediately visited to Tehran and Baghdad to persuade the leaders of both

member states to settle their disputes through peaceful meaning but it was failed. The OIC

continued its mediation role between the two member states and formed another commission

to solve this problem but the OIC failed in its goal that to establish a peaceful Muslim World.

[ CITATION alA041 \l 1033 ]

ix. The Major Power using the OIC for their own Interest:

The Major Powers of the Muslim World are using the OIC for their own interests.

They want to protect their own interests through the use of OIC. Like Saudi Arabia using the

OIC for their own interests in the Yemen war. This is the main cause the failure of OIC.

Conclusion:

So from the above discussion one can conclude that the OIC is just a place for the

speech of the Muslim Leaders and is a machine of resolution passing but there is no proper

implementation process through they implement the resolution of OIC in practical way and

one of the most important failure of the OIC is the lack of unification among the Muslim

World. If the Muslim World unites as a one nation than all the problems can be solved

through the OIC. If the Muslim World boycott from those states who are involved in the
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instability in the Muslim World than all the problems easily can be solved because all the

Major Powers of the world depended on the Muslim World and on their resources.

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