Sahara: UN Representative Miguel Ángel Moratinos lauds Spanish Government’s support to Morocco’s Autonomy Plan

The High Representative of the UN for the Alliance of Civilizations, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, commended at a recent gathering in Madrid, the Spanish government’s endorsement of the Morocco-proposed autonomy plan for the Sahara aimed at resolving the longstanding regional dispute. Moratinos praised Spain’s stance as an “important political and strategic commitment,” during a meeting organized […]

King Mohammed VI stresses urgency for effective implementation of human rights principles at international symposium

King Mohammed VI emphasized the urgency of finding effective means to implement the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights during an international symposium in Rabat commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Declaration. The King, in his royal message, noted that the international community has not fully realized these principles and underscored the importance […]

Family Code: Morocco bars road for individual, extremist interpretations

In submitting some provisions of the new family code to be examined by the Higher Ulema Council, a constitutional body representing Moroccan Muslim scholars, King Mohammed VI bars the road to any individual interpretation or extremist exploitation of a law that should evolve in line with social developments. The Council shall issue a Fatwa, religious […]