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Morocco has strongly protested against maintaining the Sahara issue as part of the decolonization agenda of the UN’s fourth committee. In an address before the committee, Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN in New York, Omar Hilale, called for withdrawing the Sahara issue from the agenda of the fourth committee on grounds that it violates […]
Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN in New York, Ambassador Omar Hilale was elected vice-president of the Economic and Social Council. The 54-member council, which serves as the principal organ for the socioeconomic and related work of the UN, elected Inga Rhonda King as its new president. The appointment of Omar Hilale vice-president of ECOSOC […]
Morocco has reiterated to the UN Security Council that the Algerian-backed separatist militia, known as the Polisairo, is not entitled to claim representation of the people living in the Sahara. In a letter, Morocco’s permanent representative to The UN Omar Hilale rebuked the presidency of the UN Security Council for spreading a letter from the […]
The adoption of the global compact for migration is a victory for the world and for multilateralism, Morocco’s permanent representative at the UN, Omar Hilale told American Television Network (ATN). “It’s a historic day for the United Nations, for the world and for multilateralism,” Omar Hilale said after the UN General Assembly approved the UN […]
All 193 UN member states agreed to the first-ever Global Compact on Migration, which will be formally adopted at a conference in Marrakech in December with a view of making migration safe and orderly while curbing human smuggling and trafficking. The all-encompassing Global Compact seeks to better manage international migration, address its challenges, strengthen migrant […]
The UN Security Council has never referred to the Sahara issue as a decolonization question but rather a regional dispute examined under Chapter VI relating to the peaceful settlement of disputes, Morocco’s Ambassador and permanent representative to the UN Omar Hilale said. The Sahara issue is at the heart of Morocco’s completion of its territorial […]
Morocco welcomed resolution 2414 by the UN security council renewing the mandate of the MINURSO for six months and urging the polisairo to withdraw from the buffer strip, said Morocco’s Ambassador Omar Hilale. “The Security Council resolution strengthens Morocco’s position and resolve in responding to recent Polisario provocations east of the security wall and in […]
A Moroccan delegation, led by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, met UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Horst Köhler in Lisbon this Tuesday. The Moroccan delegation comprises Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, President of the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region, Sidi Hamdi Ould Errachid, and President of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region Ynja […]
A Moroccan delegation, led by Foreign Minister, will visit Lisbon Tuesday (march 6) for “bilateral talks” with the UN Secretary General’s personal envoy for Western Sahara, Horst Köhler, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday. The Moroccan side’s participation in this meeting, at the “invitation of the personal envoy”, aims to “reach a final political solution […]
Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, Ambassador Omar Hilale, was unanimously elected chairman of The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization. The election is another victory for Moroccan diplomacy as it continues strengthening its foothold in UN agencies. The […]