Islamic organization spearheads operation to help Kosovo children
Regional, Politics, 5/4/1999

The Rabat-based Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO, an arm of the OIC) will spearhead an education operation to help children of Kosovo with the collaboration of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

ISESCO's director-general, Abdulaziz Al-Twaijri, announced Monday at a press conference, that the organization, which is celebrating its 17th anniversary, will hold training and education sessions for Kosovar children taking refuge in neighboring countries.

He also announced that the ISESCO will hold, with the collaboration of the UNESCO, a world congress on sciences and technology in Budapest. He did not specify the exact date of the congress.

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