Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation منظمة التعاون الإسلامي (Arabic) Organisation de la Coopération Islamique  (French)
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Member states   Observer states   Blocked states   Suspended states
Administrative center	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Official languages	Arabic English French Turkish
Type	Religious
Membership	53 member states*
Leaders
• Secretary-General	Yousef Al-Othaimeen
Establishment
• Charter signed	25 September 1969
Population
• 2019 estimate	2.1 billion
Website http://www.oic-oci.org/

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is an international group. It has over 55` member states. The organisation tries to be the voice of the Muslim world. They try to safeguard the interests and the progress and well-being of Muslims.

The OIC has a permanent delegation to the United Nations. It is the largest international organisation outside of the United Nations.^[1] The official languages of the OIC are Arabic, English, French, Persian, and Turkish.!!

It was founded in 1969 and had 25* members originally. It changed its name on 28 June 2011 from the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to its current name.^[2]

1. ↑ US Department of State. "Special Envoy to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)". Retrieved 16 February 2012.
2. ↑ OIC changes name, emblem Archived 2014-10-23 at the Wayback Machine Pakistan Observer