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"If you want to know what position member states can take in the eyes of their own public, statements by the OIC are reflective of that. India refused to accord permission to the special envoy to visit IOJ&K. "But much like the GA, OIC resolutions aren't binding. "Hamdi agrees: "The OIC has a broad spectrum of different cultures. "Typically, in the past, the OIC has been effective in promoting cultural and educational projects across the Muslim world," Sami Hamdi, a Middle East expert, told Al Jazeera.
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"Most importantly, the OIC doesn't have a unified voice because most of its member countries are not democracies. "The OIC is very different in the sense that member states cannot get a consensus across," said Alabbasi"But in other organisations such as the GCC, and to a lesser extent the Arab League, there tends to be an agreement on issues in broad terms, as opinions are similar, even if there is some disagreement," added Alabbasi. The OIC holds an Islamic Summit once every three years.
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This means that on the political front, even if there is a united stance, it means very little, practically.
Resolutions of several OIC Ministerial and Summit meetings, like 46th Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of 2019 and the 14th Summit, have called for respecting the aspirations of the Kashmiris and supported peaceful resolution of this dispute in line with the relevant United Nations resolutions. They [statements] show their [member states'] limits," explained Alabbasi. Because the OIC includes a significant number of Arab states among its membership, it has often been compared with the Arab League.While the two organisations share many similarities, the main difference lies in the OIC's limited politicisation compared with the Arab League, say analysts. "The Arab League is more of a political entity than the OIC given the close proximity of its members and the, often joint, threat that the countries have had to face in the past," according to Hamdi. According to Alabbasi, because of its wider scope of membership, a lack of consensus within the OIC sets it farther apart from the Arab League. But how much change that makes on the ground is not always clear," said Alabbasi.Adding to its political limitations is its inability to unify its stance on issues, say experts. "Like other international organisations, such as the UN General Assembly, the OIC is supposed to have a unified voice but it does not because policies of the individual countries greatly differ," said Alabbasi.
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The OIC's mission statement bills it as "the collective voice of the Muslim world" that works to "protect the interests of the Muslim world". "According to Mamoon Alabbasi, a political analyst focusing on the Middle East and North Africa region, while the OIC has relative political weight, its rhetoric does not always translate into action on the ground. "With 57 member states⦠the OIC carries a [relatively] heavy political weight⦠[and] impact.
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The 14th summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held in Mecca, Saudi Arabia was hosted by Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud.
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"Like other intergovernmental organisations, although resolutions issued by the OIC are not usually followed by action, statements usually point towards member states' "red lines" that they cannot cross, say experts.
The Summit Conference was chaired by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King …