OIC Chief to attend high-level Inter-faith meeting

Jeddah, November 10, SPA -- The Secretary General of the Organization
of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu will
participate at the high-level meeting of the United Nations General
Assembly on interfaith and intercultural dialogue which will be
convened under the agenda item 45 “Culture of Peace” on November
12-13 at the invitation of the President of the 63rd Session of the
General Assembly.


The meeting is going to be held at the request of the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia in order to inform the General Assembly of the process
initiated at the World Conference on Dialogue held in Madrid on July
16-18, 2008 and invite the UN member countries to engage in the said
process, according to a press release of the OIC.


The OIC Secretary General will highlight at the meeting OIC’s
commitment to intercultural and interfaith dialogue in order to
promote the culture of peace in the world.