USCMO Meets with Ambassador of Yemen
On January 21, 2018, USCMO Secretary General Oussama Jammal and Dr. Zahid Bukhari met with Ambassador of Yemen to the US Dr. Ahmed Bin Mubarak and discussed the latest political development in Yemen. The delegation expressed concerns over the deteriorating humanitarian situation and how American Muslim relief organizations can help. The delegation also discussed important […]
Statement on President Trump’s Recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel
(Washington, D.C., 12/07/2017)The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) vehemently opposes President Donald Trump’s unilateral and reckless declaration that the United States will recognize the Holy City of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and denounces his order to relocate the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem as an unwise deviation from long-standing U.S. policy. This move […]
USCMO Meets with Russian Diplomats over the Rohingya
November 30, 2017: USCMO Secretary General and colleagues met with Minister-Counselor Mr. Dmitriy Zhirnov and Russain officials to raise the concerns of the American Muslim community regarding the Rohingya genocide and Russia’s stance in this regard. Despite political differences over Myanmar’s ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya, both parties agreed to the necessity of an impartial […]
USCMO meets UN-OCHA officials discusses Rohingya refugees
Following the UN General Assembly regular session in September 2017, USCMO officials arranged a meeting between American Muslim relief organizations and Ms. Mervat Shelbaya of OCHA to discuss past and future relief efforts for the Rohingya crisis. She commended USCMO on behalf of OCHA for its initiatives and praised the relief organizations for their tireless […]
USCMO meets with Malaysian Ambassador over the Rohingya
Novermber 8, 2017: USCMO Secretary Genera Oussama Jammal and members of USCMO met with Malaysian Ambassador Zullhasanan Rafique and Minister Counselor Murni Abdul Hamid to discuss the on-going Rohingya humanitarian crisis. USCMO thanked Malaysia for their strong support of the Rohingya people through their various relief efforts and for their political campaign with the Association of […]
USCMO Officials Meet UN’s Middle East and West Asia Director
USCMO officials met with the UN’s Middle East and West Asia Division director and staff and formally submitted a statement to UN Secretary General António Guterres on the genocide of the Rohingya by the Myanmar government, security forces, and nationalist vigilantes, which the UN staff delivered to him. Our representatives unequivocally condemned Myanmar’s ethnic cleansing […]
USCMO Council representatives met with Councelor Walter Miller from the Office of the US Permanent Mission to the UN
USCMO Council representatives met with Counselor Walter Miller from the Office of the US Permanent Mission to the UN and presented a USCMO statement that Mr. Miller subsequently submitted to U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley. The statement cited the UN’s top humanitarian official’s assessment that Myanmar was in the midst of carrying out […]
USCMO met at the Embassy of Norway with First Secretary Anne Marte Bentdal Ambl
The USCMO met with First Secretary Anne Marte Bentdal Amble from the Embassy of Norway in the absence of Ambassador Kåre Aas to petition the Norwegian Noble Committee to withdraw its 1991 Nobel Peace Prize from, or censure, Aung San Suu Kyi, the political leader of Myanmar, for shielding the brutal ethnic cleansing of the […]
USCMO meets with U.S. State Department Officials, Office of Mainland Southeast Asia
On September 24th, 2017 USCMO met with U.S. State Department officials and formally submitted a statement on the Rohingya genocide to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who was not present at the meeting. USCMO summarized the most startling atrocities the Myanmar army and nationalist vigilantes have committed against the unarmed civilian Rohingya and expressed appreciation […]
USCMO meets with President Hassan Rouhani, discusses Syria and Yemen
USCMO meets at the Islamic Republic of Iran with President Hassan Rouhani as part of their Rohingya campaign. It is a longstanding practice of the Iranian delegation to the United Nations during its annual meeting of nations to invite the leaders of American Muslim organizations to address its delegation and officials, which this year included Iranian […]