2007 Press Releases

OFID press releases are issued at regular intervals throughout the year: as communiqués following Governing Board and Ministerial Council meetings; to announce the signature of loan agreements and approval of new grants; on release of the Annual Report; and on other miscellaneous occasions.

The press releases are intended for use by information media and are not official records.

For further details on projects or programs covered in the press releases, requests should be addressed directly to the relevant executing agency as identified in the Country Profiles pages of the OFID website.

2007 press release archives are linked from the navigation on the left.

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July - September

• :: 03.07.2007 | PR21/2007
  OFID Director-General accepts prestigious Prix de la Fondation Award
• :: 23.07.2007 | PR22/2007
  OFID extends US$1 million grant for flood and monsoon victims in South Asia
• :: 20.08.2007 | PR23/2007
  OFID extends US$200,000 grant for earthquake victims in Peru
• :: 28.08.2007 | PR24/2007
  OFID Governing Board meets in its 120th session to consider new financing and programs
• :: 31.08.2007 | PR25/2007
  UNFPA, UNHCR, UNRWA and OFID initial agreements to pursue humanitarian projects
• :: 07.09.2007 | PR26/2007
  OFID provides US$214 million to boost development efforts
• :: 10.09.2007 | PR27/2007
  OFID Director-General delivers address at high-level oil and gas conference