Turkey donates 1.8 Million dollars to the OIC General Secretariat

02/01/2017 - In line with the pledge made by the President of Turkey, HE Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) received with much gratitude and appreciation a donation of 1.8 million US Dollars from the Republic of Turkey, a founding member of the OIC.

The Secretary General of the OIC, His Excellency Dr. Yousef A. Al Othaimeen, expressed utmost gratitude and most sincere thanks to His Excellency President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Turkish Government for so generous a donation, pointing out to the full commitment of Turkey to the objectives and principles of the OIC. Turkey, chairs the current session of the Islamic Summit Conference, and actively involved in the various OIC programmes and activites.

Turkey concurrently also made 100.000 USD donation to the Islamic Solidarity Fund and another 100.000 USD to the Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission.

For the record, His Excellency the Turkish President had announced a donation pledge to the General Secretariat of the OIC, during the 13th Islamic Summit Conference in Istanbul in April 2016.

The Government of the Republic of Turkey had made a voluntary contribution of USD 1.5 million to the budget of the OIC General Secretariat in 2007, and a 1 million USD voluntary contribution in 2005.

Source: http://www.oic-oci.org/topic/?t_id=12989&t_ref=5705&lan=en