OIC Secretary General Off To Kuwait for Donors’ Conference for the Syrian People

The Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, travels to Kuwait on Tuesday 29 January 2013 to participate in the donors’ conference for the Syrian people taking place on Wednesday 30 January 2013. The donors’ conference comes in response to the call for coordinated efforts aimed at assisting the Syrian people who have been displaced to neighbouring countries due to the situation in their country, made by His Highness the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad and the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki Moon during the recent summit of the Gulf Cooperation Council in Bahrain. The Secretary General had recently made an urgent appeal to OIC member states and Islamic non-governmental relief agencies and all international community organizations to assist the Syrian refugees in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan during the difficult weather conditions they face, especially the Zaatari camp in the Jordanian Mafraq Province. The Secretary General reminded that member states, humanitarian organizations and all international organizations all have an urgent responsibility to assist the Syrian refugees affected by flooding and winds that swept away their tents.