The Second Conference of the humanitarian organizations in the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) commences today, Thursday 2nd April 2009, in Tripoli, Libya. Over thirty-two Islamic humanitarian organizations operating in the OIC Member States take part in the Conference.

This Second Conference is expected to review and discuss the outcome of the First Conference held in March 2008, which was organized in Sali, Senegal, on the sidelines of the 11th Islamic Summit held in Dakar. Fifty participants will dwell on the mechanisms and structure of Islamic humanitarian organizations as well as the ideal ways for the coordination of relief work with the OIC.

Meetings by the Conference Preparatory Committee were held on Wednesday, 1st April 2009, to discuss the required preparations and arrangements. Attending the Conference were the head of the OIC delegation, Ambassador Atta Bakheet Al-Mannan, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Dr. Ibrahim Ali El-Rabw, the Secretary of the Office of Conferences, International Agencies and Relief at the World Islamic Call Society (WICS).

Source: http://www.oic-oci.org