OIC Host 2nd Intergovernmental Meeting of Legal Experts to Revisit the Convention on Combating International Terrorism

Date: 14/02/2017 - The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) hosted a meeting of OIC Member States at the level of legal experts on Monday, 13 February 2017 to revisit the OIC Convention on Combating International Terrorism of 1999 and considered pre-draft “Additional Protocol” to the OIC Convention, and exchanged general views on various legal aspects therein. The views submitted by the Member States were thoroughly discussed as well.

Amb. Askar Musinov, Director of the Peace, Security and Conflict Resolution Unit in the Political Affairs Department, delivered a statement on behalf of the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, in which he emphasized the pressing need for strengthening cooperation among Member States at various levels. He emphasized that combating international terrorism and preventing violent extremism was an area where “we would succeed only through enhancing cooperation among all the stakeholders.”

The Member States reiterated their commitment and resolve to cooperate in the fight against terrorism and agreed on the urgent need to adopt the Additional Protocol to the OIC Convention on Combating International Terrorism of 1999.

The second meeting of the legal experts on additional pre-draft protocol to the OIC convention on combatting International Terrorism, is in pursuance of resolutions on combatting terrorism and extremism as adopted by the 42nd Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers held in Kuwait in 2015.

Source: http://www.oic-oci.org/topic/?t_id=13154&t_ref=5762&lan=en