Ihsanoglu said "Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen The OIC Member States and Muslims around the World are going through a momentous period in their history. In the Middle East, the Palestinian question remains unresolved; Israel still occupies Arab and Palestinian territories. It continues to deny the Palestinian people all their inalienable rights. Our Member States are also confronted with other daunting political challenges in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan, Somalia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Jammu and Kashmir and issues of Muslim Minorities and Communities. The menace of terrorism and the baseless attempts to link it to Islam and the alarming phenomenon of Islamphobia and attempts to defame Islam and its prophet (PBUH) represent serious challenges to the Muslim World. As for the Iran's nuclear issue, I would like to reiterate OIC's full support to the inalienable rights of all Member States to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. We firmly support the stand that Iran's nuclear issue should be settled exclusively through dialogue and peaceful means.--MORE www.spa.gov.sa/578851