page_title: World government
section_title: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
hierarchical_section_title: World government / Existing regional unions of nations / Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of nations in Organization of the Islamic Conference
context_page_description: World government, global government or cosmocracy is the concept of a common political authority for all of humanity, giving way to a global government and a single state or polity with jurisdiction over the entire world. Such a government could come into existence either through violent and compulsory world domination or through peaceful and voluntary supranational union. Since human existence is limited to earth at present, these terms do not necessarily span multiple planets satelites nor planetary systems, cosmocracy excepted.
  There has never been an executive, legislature, judiciary, military, or constitution with effective global jurisdiction. The United Nations, beyond the United Nations Security Council, is limited to a mostly advisory role, and its stated purpose is to foster cooperation between existing national governments rather than exert authority over them.
  Numerous fictional depictions exist however, such as the World State mentioned above and the "Dictatorship of the Air" in H. G. Wells The Shape of Things to Come.
context_section_description: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is an international organisation with a permanent delegation to the United Nations. It groups 57 member states, from the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, Caucasus, Balkans, Southeast Asia and South Asia. The organization claims it represents the Global Islamic World (ummah). The official languages of the organisation are Arabic, English and French.
  Since the 19th century, many Muslims have aspired to uniting the Muslim ummah to serve their common political, economic and social interests. Despite the presence of secularist, nationalist and socialist ideologies in modern Muslim states, they have cooperated to form the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. The formation of the OIC happened in the backdrop of the loss of Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem. The final cause sufficiently compelled leaders of Muslim nations to meet in Rabat to establish the OIC on September 25, 1969.
  According to its charter, the OIC aims to preserve Islamic social and economic values; promote solidarity amongst member states; increase cooperation in social, economic, cultural, scientific, and political areas; uphold international peace and security; and advance education, particularly in the fields of science and technology.
  On August 5, 1990, 45 foreign ministers of the OIC adopted the Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam to serve as a guidance for the member states in the matters of human rights in as much as they are compatible with the Sharia, or Quranic Law.
caption: Map of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation members (green) and observers (red)
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