JEDDAH, 8 March 2006 — The Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Conference Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has appointed Ambassador Ezzat Kamel Mufti from Saudi Arabia, who is the assistant secretary-general for political affairs at the OIC, as his special representative on the Jammu and Kashmir.

The appointment is in furtherance to the implementation of the OIC Resolution 7/32-P on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.