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UNWTO Executive Council meets in Marrakech, post Covid-19 challenges & soaring energy prices top agenda

The Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) opened on Wednesday in Marrakesh a three-day meeting to discuss the post-covid 19 challenges facing tourism amid high inflation and soaring energy prices, aggravated by the Russia-Ukraine war, which triggered a global energy crisis. Over 250 representatives of UNWTO member countries, including tourism ministers, public or […]

UN: Morocco Gets Top-Notch Rating for its Anti-Torture Law

Morocco has been awarded ‘A’ rating by the UN Human Rights Committee for adopting the law on the national mechanism for the prevention of torture, designating its National Human Rights Council as the operative body. The North African kingdom is among the five countries that topped this year the UN committee’s ranking for the implementation […]

Spain wants a new EU-Morocco fisheries deal

Spain has urged the European commission to work together with Morocco in view of securing a new fisheries deal as soon as possible. The deal expires on July 17 and there seems little enthusiasm for its renewal in Morocco after a European Court annulled it in 2021 because it covers Sahara waters. Spain’s agriculture minister […]