Islamic State at ICU

Abstract

Islamic Cooperation Union (ICU) is the second intergovernmental organization after UN established on September 25th, 1969. This was decided during a summit held at the Kingdom of Morocco. It consists on fifty seven states of full membership, as well as five states of observational status. It covers an area of 29,091.707 km2 or approximately ¼ of Earth’s continents with a population 1.72 billion people counting for about 23.5% of world’s population. Member states of this organization do spread on four Continents respectively: twenty seven states in Africa, twenty seven states in Asia, two states in Latin America and one in Europe. After WW1 it became a necessity establishing ICU due to new circumstances and the destruction of Ottoman Caliphate. Official languages of ICU are: Arabic, English, French and, its head quarters are in Jeddah of Saudi Arabia. ICU has a permanent delegation at UN. Large continental are has made possible inclusion of relatively high number of mountains, valleys, low lands, deserts, islands, peninsulas, river beds, and canons. The area covering those member states are present almost all types of world climate. Water covers a small area of ICU. Nevertheless, longest and most important rivers run through including: Nile, Niger etc. The area covered by member states has access to most important seas and oceans and is rich in flora and fauna.