minute wrangling was so a few European and Middle Eastern countries would agree to some form of debt forgiveness for Iraq. The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) was part of the preparatory group in charge of creating the Iraqi Compact, and has invested heavily in Iraq s future. I would like to affirm the IsDB s commitment to the already allocated amount of $500 million as a 5-year package, said Rami Mahmoud Saeed, IsDB Director of Operations. Of the $500 million, $5 million will go to humanitarian, capacity building and technical assistance; $50 million will go to soft loans for social sectors; $200 million for trade financing; and $245 million for infrastructure and other sectors.