The decision to raise funds to help Afghans was made at an OEC emergency meeting in Islamabad in December last year.
According to a VOA report, the decision to raise funds to help Afghans was taken at an emergency meeting of the OEC in Islamabad in December last year.
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday inaugurated a fund for humanitarian and economic assistance in Afghanistan.
Islami opened the relief fund at a time when millions of people in Afghanistan are facing poverty and hunger.
The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) have ratified the Afghanistan Humanitarian Trust Fund (PHF) at a ceremony in Islamabad.
Following the signing of the Charter, OEC Secretary General Hussein Ibrahim Taha said in a statement that Afghans were facing “very difficult times” following the change of government in Kabul, following the fall of the Taliban.
The two sides also discussed issues of mutual interest and various topics of concern to the Muslim world, including the situation in #Afghanistan. In this connection, the Foreign Minister commended the appointment of the OIC Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/cpgDWrzbGL
— OIC (@OIC_OCI) March 21, 2022
He said the purpose of the OEC fundraiser was to support Afghans.
He called on the ECO member states and others to provide financial assistance.
According to a VOA report, the decision to raise funds to help Afghans was taken at an emergency meeting of the OEC in Islamabad in December last year.
According to officials, donations can also be made to the Afghanistan Humanitarian Trust Fund outside the VOA system.
Mohammad Suleiman al-Jassir, president of the Islamic Development Bank, said that in view of the emergency situation and the money collected by the EC, it would be distributed immediately.
He said the Islamic Bank would work with the United Nations and other international agencies to promote self-reliance, security and stability in Afghanistan.
He said that the goals of self-reliance, security and stability in Afghanistan could be achieved by increasing agricultural production, food security, small and medium enterprises and providing employment opportunities. He said women’s access to education should be ensured.
The United Nations World Food Program says nine million Afghans are one step away from starvation.
International aid to Afghanistan has been suspended since the Taliban took power in August last year, and billions of dollars’ worth of Afghan central bank assets, mostly in the United States, have been frozen.
Aid agencies say the humanitarian and economic situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated due to the freezing of assets and sanctions against the Taliban.
On the occasion of the establishment of the Afghanistan Humanitarian Trust Fund, Foreign Minister of Pakistan Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the purpose of this fund is to provide international aid to the Afghan people. He called for the success of Pangai and said that Afghans should not be disappointed.
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