Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
The Collective Voice of The Muslim World
Date: 08/01/2011
The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, will travel to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on 10 January 2011 where he is expected to launch a number of humanitarian programmes initiated by the OIC to address the damages caused by the floods which hit the northern, western and southern parts of Pakistan last July and August. These humanitarian programmes will constitute on important step towards the implementation of the recommendations of the emergency meeting held by the OIC and its humanitarian partners in Islamabad last August on the floods tragedy. The meeting was presided over by the OIC Secretary General and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan. It is worth mentioning that the meeting witnessed the pledging of US$ 700 million which will be re-allocated by the Islamic Development Bank for the reconstruction of flood-stricken areas.
