In addition to the meeting to be convened by the OIC Committee on Palestine, meetings by the Contact Groups on Iraq, Sierra Leone, Jammu and Kashmir and Somalia will also be held, according to a press release of the OIC. On the sidelines of the 63rd Session of the General Assembly, the Secretary General will hold meetings with a number of heads of state and government and foreign ministers participating in the General Assembly Session in order to discuss issues of common concern. In this context, the Annual OIC- EU Troika Coordination Meeting will be held. It should be noted that Ihsanoglu will deliver lectures at a number of universities and research centers, notably Columbia and New York Universities. He will also hold a number of press conferences and interviews. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/590573