OIC Chief meets Foreign Ministers of Denmark and Spain 2 Copenhagen

The Conference has been co-organized by the Danish Centre for Culture
and Dialogue, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UNESCO, the OIC
General Secretariat, ISESCO, ALECSO, UN Alliance of Civilizations
Secretariat, Anna Lindth Foundation and Council of Europe.

This follow up Conference was hosted by Denmark in continuation of
the Rabat Conference of April 2005 and aimed at building upon the
Rabat Commitments through special focus on the role of education,
which is one of the core pillars of the Alliance of Civilizations
project.

In his statement to the Conference, the OIC Secretary General
highlighted the initiative of the Danish government to host the
Follow-up Conference in Copenhagen as being a constructive step in
light of the ramifications of the caricature crisis.

He expressed his belief that hosting the Conference by Denmark would
serve as an effort at confidence building on the part of the Danish
government and people towards dispelling the tension and mutual
misunderstanding which snowballed into an amalgam of divisions and
disagreements at the international level.

He voiced his hope that the Copenhagen Conference would help usher
in a new phase for collective efforts to promote inter-cultural and
inter-religious understanding and constructive dialogue.

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