OIC chief calls member countries to pay arrears

Secretary general of the Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic conference, Azeddine Laraki, called islamic countries to participate effectively in the organization's activities and to pay their arrears.

The OIC secretary general who was opening the 27th session of the organization's standing committee for finance said the carrying out of the OIC's programs depends on the participation of all the members and the respect of financial commitments.

Laraki, a former prime minister of Morocco who was appointed to the post in January 1997, added that measures taken to improve the financial situation of the organization have yielded good results.

A statement of the OIC says the standing finance committee, to meet until this February 10, will examine a report of financial control and verify the accounts of the secretariat general and its bodies during 1997-1998 fiscal year.