The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, has said that the OIC had initiated several political and diplomatic moves aimed at supporting institutions in Al-Quds (the occupied Jerusalem). This is contained in a speech delivered on his behalf by the Assistant Secretary General for Palestine and Al-Quds Affairs, Ambassador Samir Bakr Diyab, at an international symposium on Al Quds and dangers threatening it. In the symposium held recently in the Jordanian capital, Amman, the Secretary General said that the Islamic Development Bank had earmarked at the beginning of this year the sum of US$15 million to support the housing sector in Al Quds, in addition to a package of other pledges to develop the health and education sectors of the holy city. In the speech Ihsanoglu stated that: “Frankly, what is being given to Al-Quds is meager considering what the City requires to confront Israel's systematic projects for which colossal amount of money has been provided by the occupying state…” He called on OIC states and those capable among the people of these states as well as their financial institutions to give as much as possible to support the City of Al Quds. --MORE
