REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -  The Indonesian government appealed to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to play a greater role in addressing various global issues including a conflict in Syria. The minister said Indonesia had written to Kazakhstan as OIC chairman asking the organization to play a greater role in solving the Syrian issue.

"Of course, the OIC has the potential to voice its views and becomes part of solution. What is more, Syria has not shown signs of improvement. This commission can be part of solution," the Minister of Foreign Affairs Marty Natalegawa, said at the Presidential Office on Monday.

He said the OIC`s human rights commission -namely Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC)- should have a commitment to continuously encourage the protection of human rights in the region.

According to chief of the OIC`s human rights commission for Indonesia, Siti Ruhaini Dzuhayatin, IPHRC was set up in July 2010. "The structure of the commission has just been completed. We are also in the process of discussing rules and procedures and identifying issues," she said. 

She added, the commission was set up to respond to issues following the Cairo Declaration. IPHRC is holding a meeting in Jakarta to discuss a number of issues related to the exercise of human rights as well as other international issues. Earlier in the day, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono received a visit from OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and a delegation of the OIC`s Permanent Independent Commission for Human Rights.

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