General to continue the OIC initiatives in order to effectively counter anti-Islam/anti-Muslim campaigns and propaganda through discussions and deliberations in various international fora. The Meeting called for a global awareness on the dangerous implications of the rise of such campaigns and propaganda on world peace and security and called on the international community to demonstrate its collective political will to address the issue with all urgency. The Meeting welcomed in this regard the historic consensual adoption by the UN Human Rights Council of an OIC sponsored resolution no. 16/18, titled "Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping and stigmatization of, and discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons based on religion and belief" at the 16th session of UN Human Rights Council in March 2011 and the subsequent adoption, of a similar resolution, again by consensus of the international community at the 66th Session of the UN General Assembly and qualifying this as a major step forward which underscores the paramount importance of engendering and upholding respect for and embracement of cultural diversity. The Meeting requested the OIC group in New York and Geneva to address the implementation gaps of these important resolutions when the issue is considered next at the United Nations General Assembly and the Human Rights Council, including through the development of a legally binding international instrument to promote respect for all religions and cultural values and prevent intolerance, discrimination and the instigation of hatred against any group or followers of any religion. --More
