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designed to serve as the main component of humanitarian aid to the 57 member states in times of the state of emergency caused by the natural disaster or

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s. It mainly provides medical assistance to the affected

sovereign state A sovereign state or sovereign country, is a political entity represented by one central government that has supreme legitimate authority over territory. International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population, defined te ...

s, including permanent and non permanent member states. It collaborates with other international organisations, including the Qatar Red Crescent Society, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and other networks of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for a speedy humanitarian aid. The affiliated Islamic humanitarian organisations also participate its sessions held annually. However, Turkish Red Crescent has been a board member of ICIC since its formation in 1977.

History

Affiliated with the Islamic Solidarity Fund and the

Islamic Development Bank The Islamic Development Bank ( ar, البنك الإسلامي للتنمية, abbreviated as IsDB) is a multilateral development finance institution that is focused on Islamic finance for infrastructure development and located in Jeddah, Saudi ...

, ICIC was established in Libya after the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers adopted a resolution No. (11/8-c) on 16 May 1977 in the 8th session held in Tripoli, Libya. Before the resolution 11/8 was adopted, Libya and the OIC General Secretariat hosted several other meetings in collaboration with a group of jurists that framed a agreement draft for the formation of the Islamic Committee of International Crescent. Besides the participation of Libya and OIC, the Council of Foreign Ministers briefly discussed during the matter in five successive sessions. The formal adoption of the ICIC took place in the 12th session held on 6 June (i.e. 29

rajab Rajab ( ar, رَجَب) is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar. The lexical definition of the classical Arabic verb ''rajaba'' is "to respect" which could also mean "be awe or be in fear", of which Rajab is a derivative. This month is re ...

to 4th shaaban). The final approval for the establishment of the ICIC came into existence by adopting a resolution No. 4/12 which took place in

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. I ...

, Iraq. Before ICIC came into force on 20 June 2008 in

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, the OIC issued a resolution No. 3/13 by the participation of Council of Foreign Ministers, Saudi Arabia, Cameroon, Turkey, Mali, Indonesia, Kuwait, Senegal, Qatar Libya and OIC General Secretariat. Between 25 and 29 April 1993, 21st session was hosted in

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...

, Pakistan in 1993 that was predominantly focused on the formation of ICIC. Libya and OIC General Secretariat serves as its permanent representatives while member states serves as non permanent representatives. It is currently headquartered in Benghazi. At the time of its establishment, 9 member states, including Indonesia, Morocco, Mali, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Guinea, Turkey, Iran and Libya became its permanent representatives.

Criticism on affiliation

In alleged violation of the international humanitarian law, ICIC allegedly ignored the recognition application of the

North Cyprus Red Crescent Society The North Cyprus Red Crescent Society ( Turkish: KKTC Kızılayı) is the Red Crescent society in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. It is a observer member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Foundation North Cyprus ...

. It is only recognised by

Hellenic Red Cross The Hellenic Red Cross ( el, Ελληνικός Ερυθρός Σταυρός, ΕΕΣ) is the Greek national Red Cross Society, founded on 10 June 1877. External links *Official Hellenic Red Cross website 1877 establishments in Greece Greece ...

. However, a declaration was signed in 2019 by the 47 member states out of 57 urging ICIC to officially recognise North Cyprus Red Crescent Society.

References

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