Parliamentary Conference on South-South Cooperation: Major challenges facing humanity require a new Cooperation global order – Final Declaration
The major challenges facing humanity today require the establishment of a new global order of cooperation founded on principles of justice and equity for all nations of the world, particularly those of the South, the Parliamentary Conference on South-South Cooperation stressed in a final declaration released in Rabat Friday.
Participants in the conference called in the final declaration on the international community to promptly bolster confidence in global development cooperation pathways and to enhance international solidarity, with the aim of facilitating a significant developmental shift in countries of the South and narrowing the economic gap with the countries of the North.
They highlighted the importance of joint efforts by all countries to foster global stability across its myriad dimensions as the cornerstone for enduring peace, and underscored the necessity for concerted regional and international endeavors to secure a stable world free from the specter of conflict and separatist inclinations
The Declaration underscores that “any meddling in the internal affairs of states constitutes a breach of the United Nations Charter and the principle of neighborliness,” and stresses “the paramount importance of upholding the unity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of nations, as well as the need for peaceful means for conflict resolution.”
Regarding the continued attacks on Gaza, participants condemned the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and urged the international community to stop the war immediately in accordance with international law, to spare the blood of innocent people and to ensure international stability and peace, states the Declaration.
The participants also stressed the need to reinforce the endeavors of Arab, African and Latin American parliaments, including senates and equivalent councils, in all their pluralistic structures and enriched compositions, in order to enhance their oversight of government actions and compliance with national and international commitments, and to play their part in enacting legislation to promote economic and trade cooperation between Africa, the Arab world, Latin America and the countries of the South.
The two-day conference, held under the high patronage of King Mohammed VI, focused on the “Role of National Parliaments and Regional and Continental Parliamentary Unions in Africa, the Arab World, and Latin America in Enhancing Strategic Partnerships and Achieving Joint Integration and Development.”
The conference brought together over 260 participants from 40 countries, including 30 Speakers of national parliaments and regional and continental parliamentary unions.
The meeting, held at the initiative of the Upper House of the Moroccan Parliament in collaboration with the Association of Senates, Shoora, and Equivalent Councils in Africa and Arab world (ASSECAA), is part of Morocco’s leadership in launching development and solidarity initiatives aimed at strengthening South-South cooperation.
