Union of OIC News Agencies | |
Native Name: | اتحاد وكالات أنباء دول منظمة التعاون الإسلامي[1] |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Abbreviation: | UNA UNA-OIC |
Logo Alt: | Logo of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation news agency UNA |
Formerly: | International Islamic News Agency |
Founder: | Organization of the Islamic Conference |
Founding Location: | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Type: | Organization |
Status: | Specialized organ of the OIC |
Purpose: | Promoting relations of OIC members in information broadcasting and their news agencies and furthering Islamic culture. |
Headquarters: | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Location: | Al Madinah Al Munawarah Road, Mishrifah, Jeddah 23332, Saudi Arabia[2] |
Region Served: | Worldwide |
Products: | News wire News bulletins |
Fields: | Mass media Journalism |
Membership: | 57[3] |
Membership Year: | 2018 |
Language: | English French Arabic |
Leader Title: | Director General |
Parent Organization: | Organization of Islamic Cooperation |
Union of OIC News Agencies (abbreviated as UNA and UNA-OIC[4]),[5] [6] formerly known as the International Islamic News Agency (IINA),[7] is a specialized organ of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), is a news agency publishing in Arabic, English and French and focusing on news about the Islamic world and Islamic affairs. Its headquarters is in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The agency was established in 1972,[8] under a resolution of the Third Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers. It is financed by OIC member states. Majid bin Abdullah Al Qasabi is chairman of the Union of OIC News Agencies (UNA-OIC) Executive Council.