JEDDAH: The International Islamic Relief Organization-Saudi Arabia (IIROSA) has made an international call to provide urgent humanitarian and food assistance to the Somali people who are suffering from famine and drought. Concluding its sixth general Assembly meeting here at the weekend, IIROSA made an urgent appeal to all the countries of the world, corporations, local, regional and international organizations and the United Nations organizations and agencies specially the World Food Program (WFP) top provide urgent food assistance to the Somali people. More than 220 members attended IIROSA's General Assembly meeting presided over by Dr. Abdullah Bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Turki, Secretary General of the Makkah-based World Muslim League. “The president and members of the general assembly would like to direct this urgent call to all the government, local, regional and international organizations and the UN agencies and organizations particularly the WFP to provide humanitarian assistance to the Somali people who are facing difficult humanitarian situation as a result of drought and famine due to lack of rain for many years,” the meeting said. The Somali people, who were plagued by more than two decades of internal wars, are now facing famine because of lack of rain for many consecutive years. “The drought and famine have resulted in the death of many people in Somalia and the deterioration of the humanitarian situation there,” the appeal said. The general assembly said it was the responsibility of the people of the world to come to the help of their brothers in need. “We should feel for each other. It is our consolidated responsibility to provide humanitarian assistance to those who are in need,” the appeal said.
