Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States (PUIC and PUOICM) is composed of parliaments of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference

Organisation of the Islamic Conference

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Upon the groups's renaming, some sources provided the English-language translation "Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation", but and have since indicated the preferred English translation omits the "the". is an international organisation consisting of 57...

 (OIC) members states. It was established in Iran on 17 June 1999, with its head office situated in Tehran

Tehran

Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

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Member states

Member state	Year joined
Afghanistan	2008
Albania	1999
Algeria	1999
Azerbaijan	1999
Bahrain	1999
Bangladesh	1999
Benin	1999
Burkina Faso	1999
Cameroon	1999
Chad	1999
Côte d'Ivoire	1999
Djibouti	1999
Egypt	1999
Gabon	1999
The Gambia	2009
Guinea	1999
Guinea-Bissau	1999
Guyana	1999
Indonesia	1999
Iran	1999
Iraq	1999
Jordan	1999
Kazakhstan	1999
Kuwait	1999
Kyrgyzstan	1999
Lebanon	1999
Libya	1999
Malaysia	1999
Mali	1999
Mauritania	1999
Morocco	1999
Mozambique	1999
Niger	1999
Oman	1999
Pakistan	1999
Palestinian territories	1999
Qatar	1999
Saudi Arabia	1999
Senegal	1999
Sierra Leone	1999
Somalia	2007
Sudan	1999
Syria	1999
Tajikistan	2006
Togo	1999
Tunisia	1999
Turkey	1999
Turkmenistan	1999
Uganda	1999
United Arab Emirates	1999
Yemen	1999

Of the OIC members do not participate: Brunei

Brunei

Brunei , officially the State of Brunei Darussalam or the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace , is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo, in Southeast Asia...

, Comoros

Comoros

The Comoros , officially the Union of the Comoros is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa, on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, between northeastern Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar...

, Maldives

Maldives

The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...

, Nigeria

Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

, Suriname

Suriname

Suriname , officially the Republic of Suriname , is a country in northern South America. It borders French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, Brazil to the south, and on the north by the Atlantic Ocean. Suriname was a former colony of the British and of the Dutch, and was previously known as...

, Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south....

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Observers

Observers	Year joined
Inter-Parliamentary Union	1999
Arab Parliamentary Union	1999
The African Parliamentary Union	1999
Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA)	1999
The Consultative Council of the Maghreb Arab Union	1999
The Organization of the Islamic Conference Organisation of the Islamic Conference The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Upon the groups's renaming, some sources provided the English-language translation "Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation", but and have since indicated the preferred English translation omits the "the". is an international organisation consisting of 57...	1999
League of Arab States	1999
African Union African Union The African Union is a union consisting of 54 African states. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established on 9 July 2002, the AU was formed as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity...	1999
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)	2004
(Turkish Cypriot State)	2004
The Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth for the Independent States	2006
Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Eurasian Economic Community (IPA EurAsEc)	2009
Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean	2009
Islamic Conference Youth Forum for Dialogue and Cooperation	2010

Secretary General

The first Secretary General was Egyptian diplomat H.E. Mr. Ibrahim Ahmed Auf, who served for two term from 1 March 2000 to 30 April 2008. On 1 May 2008, H.E. Prof. Dr. Mahmud Erol KILIC from Turkey was appointed as the second Secretary General.

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