OPEC measures to strengthen cooperation between these countries... [The OPEC Special Fund's] resources are additional to those already made available by OPEC states through a number of bilateral and multilateral channels." The Fund became an official international development agency in May 1980 and was renamed the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), with Permanent Observer status at the United Nations. On 21 December 1975, Saudi Arabia's Ahmed Zaki Yamani, Iran's Jamshid Amuzegar, and the other OPEC oil ministers were taken hostage at their semi-annual conference in Vienna, Austria. The attack, which killed three non-ministers, was orchestrated by a six-person team led
Don Rigsby (1996)", "Finding The Way" (1998), and "Talkin' To Myself" (2000). The band included Rigsby, Ronnie Bowman, Sammy Shelor, and Kenny Smith. When John Duffey suddenly died, Rigsby filled in with the Seldom Scene. Along with Dudley Connell and James King, Rigsby was a member of Longview. The band released three albums: "Longview" (1997), "High Lonesome" (1999), and "Lessons In Stone" (2002). Other members included Joe Mullins (banjo), Glen Duncan (fiddle), and Marshall Wilborn (bass). Rigsby and Connell sing Stanley Brothers-style high-baritone harmonies behind King. Rigsby's first solo album "A Vision", released in 1999, was a collection of bluegrass gospel music.