sponsored Makkah Reconciliation Document in putting an end to sectarian strife. He mentioned that the OIC has opened an office in Baghdad. He also alluded to the visit he undertook to Iraq along with representatives from all OIC organs in a bid to study the possible contribution the OIC and its Member States could make to the Iraqi reconstruction and institution-rehabilitation process. Ihsanoglu expressed the OIC's full solidarity with Sudan, highlighting in this respect the OIC's on full support of Sudan. He called on the Sudanese judiciary to make sure that any suspects of perpetrating criminal acts in Darfur answer for their crimes. By so doing, he continued, international public opinion would sense the serious approach adopted by the Sudanese government in handling the humanitarian and security situation in Darfur. Additionally, he referred to the meeting of the OIC Executive Committee held in New York on 27th March, 2009, that issued a communiqué rejecting the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and denouncing the double standards of the court. The communiqué laid emphasis on Sudan's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity and called on the Security Council to indefinitely freeze the ICC move. Broaching the political process underway in Somalia, the Secretary General extolled the efforts deployed by the Republic of Djibouti while he congratulated again the new President of Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed. He also appealed to the other Somali parties to embrace the ongoing peace process. Ihsanoglu wrapped up his speech by recalling the suffering of Muslims as a consequence of the spawning, albeit ill-founded, defamation campaigns unraveling in the West, which seem to be taking a slippery slope. He pointed to the efforts deployed by the OIC to ward off the vicious intent of these campaigns, stressing the need for concerted efforts by both Arab and Muslim countries to effectively and efficiently come to terms with these campaigns.
