OIC WELCOMES ARREST OF SERBIAN WAR CRIMINAL RADOVAN KARADZIC

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (July 24,2008) - The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), Prof Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has welcomed the arrest of Serbian war criminal Radovan Karadzic, since 1995 indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and other war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 Serbian aggression against Bosnia.

Prof. Ihsanoglu who described the arrest as a major step to end impunity and deliver justice for the Bosnian Muslims as well as other victims of mass killing and war crimes , expressed the hope that this would soon be followed by the apprehension of other indicted war criminals in former Yugoslavia.

The OIC Secretary General also looked forward that this development would close a sad long chapter in the history of Bosnia and open a new era of enduring reconciliation, peaceful coexistence and security for the peoples of the southeastern Europe.

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference is an international organization with a permanent delegation to the United Nations. It groups 57 member states, from the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, Caucasus, Southeast Europe, Southeast Asia, South Asia and South America.
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SILAJDZIC MET WITH OIC GENERAL SECRETARY EKMELEDDIN IHSANOGLU

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (February 27,2008) – A member of the Bosnian Presidency Dr Haris Silajdzic met in Saudi Arabia with the President of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). During the meeting, the two were discussing IDB’s role in the economic development of Bosnia. Need to support sustainable return of refugees, infrastructural developments and other projects for overall improvement of the quality of life were in the focus.

Afterwards, Silajdzic also met with the general secretary of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) – Dr Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu. They were talking about the details of the forthcoming OIC Summit in Dakar, to which Bosnia has been invited to participate.
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