OIC Sec Gen's election: Discomfiture in Kuala Lumpur, THE INDEPENDENT From: The Independent (Bangladesh) | Date: July 1, 2000 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The Independent (Bangladesh)

07-01-2000

The top job of the Jeddah-based 56- nation Organization of Islamic Countries
(OIC) has gone to a Moroccan for the second term in succession due to the
sudden shift in the Saudi policy, backed unanimously by the Arab League,
in favor of the Arab candidate in preference to Turkey and Bangladesh.
Why the Saudi government changed its mind at the last moment after pledging
unequivocal support to Bangladesh's candida...

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