Islamic Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (; ) is one of the five highest decision-making bodies of the OIC, the other four being the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers, Standing Committees, Executive Committee, and the International Islamic Court of Justice. The Islamic Summit is a principle organ of the OIC, focused on formulation, development, and implementation of decisions made by 57 member states. The Summit is attended by the concerned heads of state such as prime ministers, presidents, emirs, and other equivalent heads.
The Summit is held once every three years, incorporated with achieving goals under the framework of the OIC's charter. They formulate policies and adopt resolutions at the end of each summit. Likewise, the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers sessions, an Islamic summit, is alternatively hosted by the concerned governments on geographical groups such as Arab, Asia, and Africa. , a total number of 14 Islamic Summits and 7 Extraordinary Summits have been hosted in various countries across the three continents.
Voting Likewise, the United Nations General Assembly have each Islamic summit participant table have their resolution on a specific matter which is decidedly adopted or declined by the member states under the voting system. Summits are considered declaration based on the common feeling of participants. The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation plays a significant role in declaration implementation.
Role of Turkey Turkey represents the OIC as a host and permanent member and has hosted one Islamic summit and two extraordinary summits, including 13th Islamic summit between 14 and 15 April 2016 titled Unity and Solidarity for Justice concerning the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Turkey has also hosted 6th on 13 December 2017 and 7th extraordinary summit on 18 May 2018 regarding the Israeli role in Palestine.
List of Summits Islamic summit is based on three principles:.Final Communique, Resolution, and Declaration.and is held once every “four” to “five” years term. The first summit was attended by the nations in September 1969 in Rabat; Morocco and Algeria while the latest was held in Banjul; Gambia and Senegal in May 2024.
Summit Date Country Location Members 1st September 1969 Rabat 24 2nd 2224 February 1974 Lahore 36 3rd 2528 January 1981 Mecca 38 4th 1619 January 1984 Casablanca 42 5th 2629 January 1987 Kuwait 44 6th911 December 1991 Dakar 45 7th 1315 December 1994 Casablanca 49 8th911 December 1997 Tehran 53 9th 1213 November 2000 Doha 54 10th1617 October 2003 Putrajaya 11th1314 March 2008 Dakar 12th67 February 2013 Cairo 5613th1415 April 2016Istanbul14th31 May 2019Mecca15th 45 May 2024Banjul 57 https://new.oic-oci.org/SitePages/NewsDetail.aspx?Item=3017.::.
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