Jeddah (UNA) – The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, meeting in its twenty-second extraordinary session on Saturday, January 10, 2026, on developments in the situation in the Federal Republic of Somalia, following the recognition by Israel, the occupying power, of the so-called “Somaliland” region, guided by the principles and objectives of the Charter of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation;
Reaffirming all resolutions issued by the sessions of the Islamic Summit Conference and the Council of Foreign Ministers relating to the Federal Republic of Somalia;
Referring to the final statement issued by the extraordinary open-ended meeting of the Executive Committee “at the level of permanent representatives” held on 1 January 2026 at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Jeddah, to discuss developments in the situation in the Federal Republic of Somalia, following the recognition by Israel, the occupying power, of the so-called “Somaliland” region as an independent state, and stressing respect for the sovereignty, national unity and territorial integrity of States and non-interference in their internal affairs, as well as the principle of non-recognition of situations arising from illegal acts in accordance with the principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations;
In light of the serious and unprecedented repercussions of Israel, the occupying power, recognizing the so-called “Somaliland” region as an independent state, and its flagrant violation of the sovereignty, national unity and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Somalia and its direct threat to regional and international peace and security:
1 - Strongly condemns and categorically rejects the action taken by Israel, the occupying power, on 26 December 2025, to recognize the so-called “Somaliland” region as an independent state, and stresses that this action constitutes a flagrant violation of the sovereignty, national unity, territorial integrity and internationally recognized borders of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
2 - Reaffirms its full support for the sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Somalia and its unwavering solidarity with the Government and people of Somalia, and reiterates its categorical rejection of any measures or actions that would undermine its unity, territorial integrity or sovereignty over all its territory.
3 - It affirms that respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states and the rejection of separatist schemes constitute the cornerstone of regional security and stability, and that any breach of this will negatively affect international peace and security.
4 - Emphasizes that what the Israeli occupation force has done constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, a grave violation of the principle of respect for the sovereignty of states and the integrity of their territories, and a direct threat to peace and security in the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea region, and has serious repercussions for international peace and security.
5 - It affirms that the recognition by Israel, the occupying power, of the so-called “Somaliland” territory as an independent state is a null and void act with no legal effect, and does not entail any international legal status or obligation. It represents a clear violation of the principles of public international law, the Charter of the United Nations, the Charter of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and all charters regulating relations between states, and constitutes a dangerous and unacceptable precedent that threatens international peace and security.
6 - Reaffirms that the so-called “Somaliland” is an integral part of the Federal Republic of Somalia and does not have any independent international legal status, and that any attempt to separate it or recognize it constitutes a blatant interference in Somali internal affairs and a direct attack on the unity and sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
7 – Strongly condemns the illegal visit by an Israeli official, the occupying power, on 6 January 2026 to the so-called “Somaliland” territory, which is an integral part of the Federal Republic of Somalia, and affirms that this visit constitutes a flagrant violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
8 - It categorically rejects any illegitimate foreign military, security or intelligence presence on any part of Somali territory, and in particular any presence of the Israeli occupation force, and affirms that any attempt to establish military bases, security or defense arrangements or any investments, including those of a strategic nature, or any foreign presence without the consent of the legitimate Federal Government of Somalia, constitutes an attack on national sovereignty and a red line that cannot be crossed.
9 - Emphasizes that what Israel, the occupying power, has done constitutes a grave violation of international law and a direct threat to peace and security in the Horn of Africa and Red Sea region, and has serious repercussions for international peace and security, freedom of navigation and international trade.
10 - Reaffirms its support for the Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia, as a member of the United Nations and a non-permanent member of the Security Council, in its efforts to mobilize international support to reject this provocative Israeli act and reiterates its support for the unity and territorial integrity of Somalia.
11- Recognizes the right of the Federal Republic of Somalia to resort to the competent international judicial and legal mechanisms to hold accountable any party that violates its sovereignty or supports illegal actions that affect its unity and territorial integrity.
12 – Calls upon all Member States and international and regional organizations to refrain from any recognition or dealings, explicit or implicit, political, diplomatic, economic or legal, with the authorities of the so-called “Somaliland” region, outside the framework of the national sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
13 - It warns against direct or indirect cooperation with Israeli plans to displace the Palestinian people, as any cooperation constitutes complicity in serious crimes and violations of international law and international humanitarian law, and entails international legal accountability.
14- It completely rejects any possible link between this measure and any attempts to forcibly displace the Palestinian people from their land, and affirms its categorical rejection of any calls, plans, or policies aimed at any form of forced displacement of the Palestinian people, under any pretext, inside or outside Palestine, including the Gaza Strip, or any attempts to alter the geographic or demographic composition of the occupied Palestinian territory.
15 - It warns that these practices undermine regional and international efforts to combat terrorism, and open the door to creating fragile environments that are vulnerable to infiltration and exploitation by extremist and terrorist groups, which negatively impacts regional and international security.
16- He warns against attempts to militarize the Horn of Africa, the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, due to the serious repercussions this would have on regional and international maritime security and the stability of vital shipping lanes.
17 – Emphasizes that the actions of Israel, the occupying power, constitute a dangerous attempt to unilaterally alter the geopolitical map in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea off the Somali coast, and calls upon the international community to confront these actions as a threat to regional and international peace and security and to freedom of navigation and international trade.
18 - The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation calls for addressing the Presidents of the United Nations Security Council and the United Nations General Assembly, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, and international and regional organizations to emphasize the seriousness of Israel’s, the occupying power, violation of the sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Somalia and the attack on its territorial integrity, and to call on them to take an official position rejecting this recognition as a threat to international peace and security in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations.
19 - Calls upon the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to coordinate their positions and take joint action in the United Nations, international and regional organizations and multilateral forums, including OIC groups in non-member States, in support of the unity and sovereignty of the Federal Republic of Somalia.
20 - The international community, and in particular the permanent members of the Security Council, are called upon to assume their legal and moral responsibilities in a consensual framework to maintain international peace and security, and to counter any attempts to impose new realities contrary to international law in the Horn of Africa region.
21 – The Islamic Group in New York decides to take action within the framework of the United Nations to affirm Somalia’s sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity and to reject any measures resulting from recognition
The illegality of the so-called Somaliland, including submitting a resolution in this regard to the United Nations General Assembly
22 - The Secretary-General is tasked with following up on the implementation of this resolution and reporting thereon to the fifty-second session of the Council of Foreign Ministers.
Decision No. (2)
Regarding the continued aggression of Israel, the occupying power, against the Palestinian people and its plans for annexation and displacement from their land
The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, meeting in its twenty-second extraordinary session on Saturday, January 10, 2026, on developments in the situation in the Federal Republic of Somalia, following the recognition by Israel, the occupying power, of the so-called “Somaliland” region as an independent state;
In light of the continued violations by Israel, the occupying power, and its breach of the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, in addition to the ongoing violations and crimes in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and the illegal settlement expansion on occupied Palestinian land; and while affirming the principles and objectives of the Charter of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation;
Reaffirming all the resolutions issued by the Islamic Summits and Ministerial Councils of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on the issue of Palestine and Al-Quds Al-Sharif, including the extraordinary joint Arab and Islamic summits to discuss the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people held in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2023 and 2024, as well as the resolutions issued by the fifty-first session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation held in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey on 21 and 22 June 2025; recalling that the United Nations Security Council bears the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security;
Recognizing that Israel, the occupying power, practices apartheid and consistently violates international law;
Reaffirming the importance of the issue of Jerusalem and its defense, which lies at the heart of the goals, principles and work of the organization, and the Palestinian Arab and Islamic identity of Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine and its full sovereignty over it.
While reaffirming the centrality of the Palestinian cause to the entire Islamic nation and supporting the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, foremost among them their right to self-determination, the return of Palestinian refugees, their sovereignty over their natural resources, and their right to independence and the establishment of an independent and sovereign State of Palestine with the pre-June 4, 1967 borders and with Jerusalem as its capital;
1 - It affirms that a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, as a strategic option, is based on the complete withdrawal of Israel, the occupying power, from all Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and enabling the Government of the State of Palestine and the Palestinian people to restore their legitimate rights, including their right to self-determination, independence and freedom, and the embodiment of the sovereignty of the State of Palestine on the pre-June 4, 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and the right of Palestinian refugees to return and compensation based on the relevant United Nations resolutions, and the Arab Peace Initiative with all its elements and its natural sequence as stated in the successive Arab and Islamic summits since 2002.
2- Calls for the consolidation and sustainability of the ceasefire, the cessation of the aggression of Israel, the occupying power, against the Palestinian people, especially in the Gaza Strip, and the transition to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement as stipulated in Security Council Resolution 2803, the complete Israeli withdrawal, the completion of the recovery phase and moving towards reconstruction, enabling the Government of the State of Palestine to exercise all its functions in the Gaza Strip, opening all crossings, and ensuring the adequate delivery of humanitarian aid to all parts of the Strip, and holds Israel, the colonial occupying power, fully responsible for the failure of efforts as a result of its failure to fulfill its obligations;
3 - It affirms the absolute rejection and firm opposition to plans aimed at displacing the Palestinian people individually or collectively within or outside their land, or forced displacement, exile, and deportation in any form and under any circumstance or justification, considering this to be ethnic cleansing, a grave violation of international law, a crime against humanity under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, an unacceptable infringement on the sovereignty and stability of states, and a threat to their security and territorial integrity. It condemns policies of starvation and scorched earth or the creation of hostile conditions aimed at forcing the Palestinian people to leave their land, and rejects any Israeli attempts to reduce Palestinian geography and demography.
4 - He called for a halt to all policies and procedures of annexation, illegal settlement, demolition of homes, confiscation of land, destruction of infrastructure, settler terrorism, Israeli military incursions into Palestinian camps and cities, fragmentation of Palestinian cities and villages, harassment of Palestinians at Israeli military checkpoints, and attempts to impose alleged Israeli sovereignty over any part of the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, which threatens to ignite the entire situation in an unprecedented manner, further inflames and complicates the regional situation, and constitutes a flagrant violation of the principles of international law and relevant United Nations resolutions and a threat to international peace and security.
5 - Strongly condemns the continued actions and policies of Israel, the occupying power, and its illegal practices, including the imposition of racist laws that violate all international resolutions and laws in the Holy City of Jerusalem, including the forced displacement of its original Palestinian inhabitants, the demolition of homes, the construction of settlements and the wall to isolate it from its natural Palestinian surroundings, the persecution of Christian and Muslim worshippers and preventing them from accessing their places of worship and performing their religious rites, as well as those aimed at Judaizing the Holy City and changing the existing historical and legal reality, and changing its historical landmarks, its Palestinian Arab and Islamic identity and its demographic composition, while emphasizing that all these measures are null and void.
6 - It affirms that the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque/Noble Sanctuary, with its entire area of
The 144 square meter Al-Aqsa Mosque compound is a place of worship exclusively for Muslims. The Jerusalem Waqf and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs Department, affiliated with the Jordanian Ministry of Awqaf, is the sole legitimate authority responsible for managing, maintaining, and regulating access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, within the framework of the historical Hashemite custodianship of the Islamic and Christian holy sites in occupied Jerusalem. The statement also affirms the role of the Jerusalem Committee, chaired by His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco, and commends the efforts of its affiliated Bayt Mal Al-Quds Agency.
7 - Calls upon all Member States to abide by the resolutions of Islamic Summits and other conferences regarding taking action against any State that recognizes the occupied city of Jerusalem as the alleged capital of Israel, the colonial occupying power, or moves its embassy to it, including by restricting and reviewing relations with it, until it complies with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, and requests Member States to use their influence and relations with all States to state their position and convey the position and firm message of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation regarding the Holy City of Jerusalem.
8 - Affirms that all crimes committed by Israel, the occupying power, amount to war crimes, crimes against humanity, and the crime of genocide, which warrant accountability and prosecution under international and international criminal law. It emphasizes the need to join the case brought before the International Court of Justice regarding Israel’s, the occupying power’s, violation of the provisions of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. It also emphasizes the importance of following up on the implementation of legal opinions issued by the International Court of Justice to ensure that Israel, the occupying power, is held accountable for its continued illegal occupation and the genocidal crimes it has committed and continues to commit in the State of Palestine.
9 – Expresses its strong condemnation and deep disapproval of the preliminary approval by the so-called Israeli Knesset of the amendment relating to the so-called “Law to Halt UNRWA Activities for the year
2025,” which prohibits providing water and electricity services to properties registered in the name of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), and allows the confiscation of its properties and affirms that Israel has no sovereignty over the occupied Palestinian territory, and with regard to UNRWA, it affirms in this context the necessity of resolving the Palestinian refugee issue in a just and comprehensive manner and guaranteeing their right of return in accordance with the resolutions of international legitimacy, and the permanent responsibility of the United Nations towards the Palestinian issue in all its aspects, and rejects any infringement upon it or its responsibilities and not changing or transferring its responsibilities to any other party, and affirms the necessity of UNRWA continuing to bear its responsibilities in providing vital services to Palestinian refugees inside and outside the camps in its five areas of operation, and calls on states and donors to fulfill their obligations to support the agency politically and financially, and calls on member states to mobilize more political and financial support for the agency;
10- Strongly condemns the attacks by Israel, the occupying power, on the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, most recently the illegal decision to withdraw planning and building powers in the Ibrahimi Mosque from the Hebron Municipality and transfer them to entities affiliated with the illegal Israeli occupation, and the continuation of its illegal measures aimed at seizing and controlling the mosque completely, and reaffirms that the World Heritage Site in the Old City of Hebron, including the Ibrahimi Mosque, is an integral part of the land of the State of Palestine and its cultural heritage, and holds Israel, the illegal colonial occupying power, fully responsible for these attacks which violate international law, and calls on Member States to cooperate with UNESCO in supporting all moves to stop Israeli violations and plans immediately;
11 – Condemns all illegal measures taken by Israel, the occupying power, against international humanitarian and relief organizations, the latest of which was the decision by the Israeli occupation authorities to revoke the work permits of 37 of the most prominent international humanitarian and relief organizations operating in the territory of the State of Palestine, particularly in the Gaza Strip. It calls upon the international community and the United Nations to reject these Israeli measures and to take all necessary punitive steps to counter these illegal and retaliatory policies and to deter Israel, the occupying power, from its crimes and grave violations of international law.
12 - Reaffirms its support for the New York Declaration and its annexes issued by the High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Palestinian Question and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, and the need to take all steps to implement the New York Declaration and the relevant UN resolutions on the Palestinian question.
13 – Commends the positions and decisions of the States that have recognized the State of Palestine, affirming and providing fundamental support for the legal and historical right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state within the internationally recognized 1967 borders, and urges all States that have not yet recognized the State of Palestine to fulfill their obligation by recognizing the State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital and supporting its full membership in the United Nations, considering this a fundamental pillar for implementing and protecting the two-state solution and achieving peace and stability in the region and the world.
14 - Condemns and denounces the Israeli practices against the brave Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention centers, and calls on the international community and international institutions to work to ensure their rights under the protection of international humanitarian law and their release. It also condemns the Israeli steps to legislate the death penalty against Palestinian prisoners and considers it an additional crime, a flagrant and immoral violation of international law, specifically international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions, including the First and Third Geneva Conventions concerning prisoners of war and the wounded in the field of 1949.
15 - Calls upon all States to provide support and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people to alleviate their suffering and strengthen their resilience on their land, and to continue working to end the occupation and the Israeli blockade imposed on the Government of the State of Palestine, and to release the clearance funds. It calls upon States to join the emergency international coalition announced by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support the budget of the Palestinian Authority. It appreciates the important role played by international humanitarian organizations and United Nations agencies operating in the occupied Palestinian territory, especially UNRWA, and calls for providing them with the necessary support.
16 - The Secretary-General is tasked with following up on the implementation of this resolution and reporting thereon to the fifty-second session of the Council of Foreign Ministers.
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