Thc Organization of the Islamic Confcrcnce (OIC) is aninlcrgovernmcnlal organization hcadquartcrcd in Jcddah, Saudi Arabia. ByDcccmbcr 1992 it had fifty-one mcmbcr statcs. According to its chartcrapprovcd in March 1972,1 it is composcd of thc Confcrcncc of Kings andHcads of State and Govcrnmcnt thc Confcrcnce of Foreign Ministcrs thcGeneral Sccrctariat, and subsidiary organs. Thc Confcrcncc of Kings andHcads of Slatc and Govcrnmcnt is thc supreme aulhority in thc Organization.OIC vvas eslablishcd in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco, on Scptcmbcr25, 1969, vvhen the leadcrs of the Islamic vvorld vvas convened in this city onthc occasion of thc arson perpetrated on August 21, 1969, against thcMosque of Al-Aqsa, the third holy placc of islam, allcgcdly by thc Zionists.According to its chartcr, thc Organization aims to "promote Islamicsolidarity" and to "consolidate co-opcration" among mcmbcr statcs in thcpolitical, cconomic, social, cultural, and scicntific ficlds. From this Charter'spcrspcctivc, thc OIC is primaıily conccrncd vvith consolidating co-opcrationamong its mcmbcr statcs on various Arab-Israeli problems ineluding thcPalcstinian issuc. Evcnthough thc rcligion of islam is considcrcd in thcchartcr as "...a strong factor for rapprochemcnt and solidarity bctvvcen Islamicpeople...", the organization i ise 1 f is not a rcligious organization but apolitical forum rcscmbling thc United Nations in terms of its rules ofproccdurc.