OIC-UNHCR Conference on Refugees in Muslim World in May 2012
Hameed Shaheen
ISLAMABAD - The OIC and the UNHCR are coordinating moves
for holding a joint important conference on the "Problem of Refugees in Muslim World" in the second week of May, 2012 at Ashqabad, Turkmenistan.
Preparatory details were discussed,an OIC report Saturday says, in the Jeddah secretariat of the OIC among Asstt Secretary General of OIC on
Humanitarian Affairs, Turkmenistan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and UNHCR Regional Chief on Feb 8, 2012.
It was a follow-up action on the
recently held bilateral meeting between OIC Secretary General Prof Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and UNHCR Commissioner. Over 400 delegates from all over the
world are expected to attend the May 10-11, 2012, global Ashqabad conference.
A joint OIC-UNHCR delegation will be visiting Turkmenistan by
the end of February 2012 to have discussions with Turkmen authorities so as to finalize all arrangements and operational modalities which will
contribute to the success of the long awaited first-ever international conference on the issue of refugees in OIC Member States, the report adds.
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