Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is an international organization of Muslim countries based in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. It promotes the interests of member nations and aims to establish closer links between them. There are 57 countries in the OIC. Among them are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Malaysia, Morocco, Niger, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Muslim heads of state agreed to form the OIC at a meeting in Morocco in 1969. The organization was formally launched in 1971.