USCMO Secretary General Meets High Representative of UN Alliance of Civilization Antonio Moratinos
(New York, 09/05/2019) — US Council of Muslim Organizations Secretary General Oussama Jammal met with H.E. Miguel Moratinos, High Representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), at his office in New York to discuss collaborating on the critical issue of safeguarding places of worship. Mr. Jammal invited Mr. Moratinos to speak at the upcoming […]
USCMO Holds Second Round of Talks with Myanmar Diplomats
On August 15, 2018, a delegation of USCMO held another round of talks with the Myanmar Diplomats in Washington, D.C. and discussed the need for immediate humanitarian assistance and safety and security of internally displaced population. Risking death by sea or on foot, nearly 700,000 Rohingya have fled the destruction of their homes. Moreover, thousands of […]
Meeting French Foreign Ministry’s Counselor of Religious Affairs
On Friday July 27, 2018, USCMO Secretary General Oussama Jammal and Dr. Esam Omeish met with the French Foreign Ministry’s Counselor for Religious Affairs, Ambassador Jean-Christophe Peaucelle and discussed religious affairs of the Muslim communities in both France and the United States of America. During the meeting they discussed the Muslim communities in France and the importance of […]
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 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 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 […]
USCMO Meets With Myanmar, OIC, Turkish Ambassadors Demanding Halt to Rohingya Ethnic Cleansing
(Washington, D.C., 9/15/17) – The US Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO), the largest coalition of leading national and local Muslim organizations in America, met separately in the last few days with the ambassadors of Myanmar, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and Turkey, intensifying its international diplomatic campaign to immediately end the brutal ethnic cleansing and savage […]
USCMO Board Members Meet with Ambassadors from France and Spain
US Council of Muslim Organizations’ (USCMO) Secretary General, Oussama Jammal and members of the board Roula Allouch (CAIR), Osama Abu Irshaid (AMP), Imam Talib Shareef (Ministry of Imam W.D. Mohammad) and Mazen Mokhtar (MAS) met with the Ambassador of France H.E. Gerard Araud on Monday, October 3rd. They discussed the situation of French Muslims and […]
USCMO Holds Community Forum on Countering Violent Extremism
In a gathering of approximately fifty U.S Muslim leaders, the U.S Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) hosted an all-day community forum regarding the American Muslim community’s role in countering violent extremism (CVE). Differing viewpoints on CVE were addressed by a speaker from the Department of Homeland Security as well as speakers from the ACLU, Amnesty International, and the Brennan […]
USCMO Delegation Meets With OIC Secretary General
A delegation from the USCMO met with Mr. Iyad Madani, the new Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at its UN permanent observer mission in New York. The focus of this meeting was issues concerning the Muslim American community and ideas for future relations with OIC. The meeting was hosted by Dr. Ufuk Gokcen, Ambassador […]