The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has condemned Spain for violating the right to education of an 8-year-old Moroccan child in Melilla. The boy’s enrollment in the public school was refused even though he was born and has resided in the Spanish city since birth.
Morocco is already active in seeking a seat on the UN Security Council. The kingdom aims to occupy, for the fourth time, the seat of a non-permanent member, for the period 2028-2029.
After several unsuccessful attempts, the UN has just proposed the Swede Staffan de Mistura, former UN mediator in Syria, as the next special envoy for the Sahara. Will this new proposal be accepted?
Abu Zubaydah, one of the Guantánamo detainees, has decided to file a complaint with a UN agency against Morocco , the United States and five other countries for arbitrary detention and is also demanding his outright release. His incarceration took place after the September 11 attacks. This announcement was made by his lawyer, Helen Duffy.
Five draft laws relating to international agreements were unanimously validated by the House of Representatives in plenary session this week. Among them is the cooperation agreement with Russia aimed at developing bilateral cooperation in the field of fisheries.
The maritime service of the Civil Guard has stepped up the control of Moroccan fishing boats, in the face of the use of nets by Moroccan fishermen, causing significant damage to marine wildlife. As evidenced by the massacre of dolphins recorded in the waters of Ceuta in recent days.
On the eve of the next session of the United Nations Security Council, the ambassador, permanent representative of Morocco to the UN, Omar Hilale has addressed a letter to the members of the organization to denounce "the obstructions, blockages and procrastination of Algeria and the Polisario regarding the appointment of a personal envoy of the Secretary-General and the resumption of the UN political process".
While the position has been vacant for nearly two years following the resignation of the German Horst Köhler, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, is having trouble appointing the Organization’s special envoy for the Sahara. A new name proposal was rejected by the Polisario, protected by Algeria.
The cities of Nantes and Rennes, in western France, have been the scene of acts of violence against Muslims in recent days. The High Representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, Miguel Angel Moratinos, expresses his indignation at these extremely serious acts.
During the 43rd ordinary session of the General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) held in Morocco in March, an amendment limiting membership in the organization to only African states that are members of the UN was adopted. The Polisario has reacted to this amendment, which constitutes a real obstacle for it.
The Polisario is changing its strategy of action to achieve its goal of resolving the crisis in the Sahara. At the end of a press conference held in Algiers on Monday, Mohamed Ould Salek expressed his willingness to sit at the United Nations in order to be able to directly raise his problems to the Security Council.
In the run-up to the next meeting of the Security Council scheduled for April 21, Morocco, through its Minister of Foreign Affairs and African Cooperation, has given the green light for the appointment of a United Nations special envoy for the Sahara. Nasser Bourita denounces the actions of Algeria and its protégé, the Polisario.