Cairo taps El-Orabi, Ihsan for AAPSO posts

ByEnigma 808

Mohamed El-Orabi, former Egyptian foreign minister, was elected president of the Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Organization on Tuesday, while Iraqi Kurdish academic Mohammed Ihsan secured the secretary-general position. The appointments came at a high-level Cairo session attended by diplomats, scholars, and policymakers focused on regional cooperation and peace initiatives. Ihsan, a genocide expert holding three doctoral degrees in international law, political science, and comparative religion, currently teaches at King’s College London, Yale University, and the University of Exeter.

Iraqi scholar Jasim Al-Halfi, a civil society leader advocating democratic reform, was named vice president of the organization. The leadership changes signal a renewed emphasis on justice, accountability, and human rights within the 67-year-old institution. Founded in Cairo in January 1958, AAPSO emerged from the Bandung Conference principles to champion sovereignty, economic independence, and disarmament across Africa and Asia. The organization continues promoting UN Charter values while addressing poverty, environmental protection, and human rights in developing nations.

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