IsDB begins to care about water
Al-Jazeera
After eight sessions discussing projects on topic A, IsDB finally managed to move forward and they changed the topic of debate. The theme of the topic B is Management of water resources in Islamic countries. During the session, two voting for the topic change were made, however, only the third had effect.
In topic A, 13 projects were approved. Are they:
A viable alternative to the Joint Arab Transportation of Oil to Libya and Algeria;
Construction of a solar energy infrastructure to Libya, Syria and Iraq;
The construction of 05 oil rigs in offshore Libya;
Construction of 1.897km oil duct that passes through Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Kuwait;
Construction of 03 hospitals in Mosul, 01 in Karbala, 01 in Kut, 01 in Ramady and 02 in Baghdad with the capacity to attend 400 people per day;
Reconstruction of Baijy’s oil refinery;
Construction of a railroad connecting two main regions in Libya, Marita and Sabah, facilitating the flow of mineral products to other countries;
Reconstruction of damaged railroads in Iraq and construction of a railroad between Kuwait City (Kuwait), Umm Qsar (Iraq), Mosul (Iraq) and Aleppo (Syria);
Construction of health educational and housing conditions for the wellbeing and return of refugees to Syria;
Construction of a railroad connecting two main regions in Libya, Abugrein and Benghazi, going through Sirte, facilitating the flow of mineral products to other countries;
Construction of 100 schools with the capacity for 200 students and the construction of two research centers;
Construction of 50 hospitals in Libya;
The building of a 260 km railroad connecting Aman (Jordan), Damascus (Syria) and Beirut.
How the IsDB is a multilateral financial institution that works to improve the lives of those who live in Muslim countries and communities worldwide, it’s very important to discuss this topic. Beyond to the external factors, such as climate change, rivers’ courses and availability of water, there are also some internal factors as inequality, obsolete or inexistent sanitation infrastructure, and poor management of natural resources. All these combined show the necessity of intensely approaching this theme and thinking of efficient, innovative and sustainable solutions that can help Islamic countries to have an infrastructure that can provide potable water to its population.
Most countries have not yet spent half of their money.
