OIC
Good Humanitarian Donorship
Ambassador Hesham Youssef
UN
World Humanitarian Summit
Stephen Obrien
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Sunday 07 Jun 2015 - 12:30 Makkah mean time-20-8-1436
 Jeddah, (IINA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) recently participated in New York in a meeting of the Good Humanitarian Donorship (GHD) group. Ambassador Hesham Youssef, the assistant secretary general for humanitarian affairs, led the OIC delegation.
The GHD is an initiative, launched 12 years ago by 16 donor countries, and its total membership stands now at 41, and its main aim is to further coordination among its members and develop good humanitarian practices and principles.
The head of the OIC delegation shared a panel with the World Bank and UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to discuss whether the good humanitarian donor principles are good for everyone.
Further sessions were held on humanitarian financing, the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS), managing risk and crisis coordination, reporting and information needs, communications and outreach, and finally an interactive discussion was held with IASC representatives on key topics such as financing and the WHS.
At the close of the one-day meeting, the new UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Humanitarian Relief Coordinator Stephen Obrien expressed his gratitude to the international community for its constant support to humanitarian work despite the growing challenges due to the increasing number of crises and explained to the audience the salient points of its programme.
SM/IINA
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