16 May 2012
Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal has approved the convening of a acientific symposium by the International Islamic Relief Organization-Saudi Arabia (IIROSA) on the sidelines of its 7th general assembly meeting in Jeddah tomorrow.

IIROSA Secretary-General of Adnan Khalil Basha said the symposium would be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., while the general assembly would start at 11 a.m. He said that invitations to participate in the symposium had been sent to a galaxy of intellectuals, men of letters, media personalities, a number of people working in the humanitarian domain and specialists in development in addition to members of the general assembly to enrich the symposium with their interventions.

The secretary-general said the symposium would witness live discussions on two themes. General assembly member Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Namlah will speak on the "Role of Governments in Developing Poor Societies," while general assembly member and Makkah Deputy Gov. Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah Al-Khudairi will speak on the "Role of Non-Government Organizations in Developing Poor Societies."

The first scientific symposium held by IIROSA last year within the meeting of its sixth general assembly received a positive response in the charity field, particularly that it came out with a number of sound ideas and constructive proposals that promoted the organization to hold this symposium to be one of the channels that will help in drawing its future plans and programs.

© Arab News 2012