Council of Foreign Ministers

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The Council of Foreign Ministers is the principal decision-making body of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, where member states’ foreign ministers meet to coordinate policies and adopt resolutions on political, economic, and social issues affecting the Muslim world.


Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf deliberative body
organ of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
principal decision-making body
addresses Islamophobia and discrimination against Muslims
conflicts in OIC member states
development and poverty alleviation in member states
humanitarian crises in the Muslim world
adoptsInstrumentType decisions
declarations
resolutions
alsoKnownAs OIC Council of Foreign Ministers
surface form: Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

OIC Council of Foreign Ministers
canHold extraordinary sessions at the request of member states
composedOf foreign ministers of OIC member states
convenes extraordinary sessions
regular sessions
cooperatesWith international and regional organizations on issues concerning the Muslim world
decisionMakingMode consensus-oriented
geopoliticalScope Muslim world
hasAuthorityOver General Secretariat
surface form: OIC General Secretariat (in policy and oversight terms)
hasFunction adopt resolutions
approve OIC budgets and financial matters
consider economic issues affecting the Muslim world
consider political issues affecting the Muslim world
consider social issues affecting the Muslim world
coordinate policies among OIC member states
decide on admission of new OIC members and observers
review implementation of OIC decisions
hasMemberType foreign minister
hasObserverParticipants observer states and organizations in the OIC framework
hasWorkingLanguage Arabic
English
French
legalBasis Charter of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
meetingFrequency ordinarily once a year in regular session
meetsWith foreign ministers of OIC member states
membershipType sovereign states that are members of the OIC
oversees implementation of decisions of the Islamic Summit
implementation of its own resolutions
partOf Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
primaryFocus economic cooperation among OIC member states
political cooperation among OIC member states
social and cultural cooperation among OIC member states
reportsTo Islamic Summit
surface form: Islamic Summit (OIC Summit of Heads of State and Government)
shortName CFM
supports Palestinian cause (as a recurring agenda item)

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

AMU hasOrgan Council of Foreign Ministers
subject surface form: Arab Maghreb Union
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation hasOrgan Council of Foreign Ministers
OIC hasOrgan Council of Foreign Ministers
subject surface form: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation