UN Commends Morocco for its Great Presidency of COP22

The Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Patricia Espinosa, on Wednesday commended Morocco for its “great” presidency of the COP22, begun in Marrakech in November 2016. “The Moroccan presidency was great, and we had an incredible partner with whom we delivered together the first session of the Conference of […]

North African, Sahel counterterrorism agencies explore in Marrakech approaches to strengthen regional cooperation

Marrakech is hosting a two-day high-level meeting of the heads of counterterrorism and security agencies of North African and Sahel countries. The meeting, held under the auspices of the United Nations Office of Counterterrorism, provides participants with a platform to debate strategies and approaches to strengthen regional cooperation on counter-terrorism issues, terrorist threat assessment, and […]

Morocco uncovers South Africa’s lies on Sahara issue

Morocco denounced in a letter to the UN Secretary General South Africa’s use of its rotating chairmanship of the African Union to mislead the international community and spread false news on the Sahara issue. The letter, which was recently published by the UN, was written by Morocco’s permanent ambassador to the UN Omar Hilale who […]