A large Moroccan delegation, led by Morocco’s Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Omar Hilale, is taking part in the C24 regional seminar for the Caribbean, which is underway until May 16 in Caracas, Venezuela.
During this seminar, the Moroccan delegation will share with the members of the Committee and other participants the latest developments in the Moroccan Sahara issue, notably the resounding support of the international community for the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative, with the support of more than 107 Member States, the opening of around thirty Consulates General in Laâyoune and Dakhla.
This support is a confirmation of the Moroccanity of the Sahara and the unprecedented socio-economic and infrastructural development witnessed across the Kingdom’s southern provinces.
The meeting will also be an opportunity to shed light on Algeria’s role in the creation of the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, and its historical, political, and moral responsibility as the main party to this dispute, as confirmed by Security Council (SC) resolutions, including 2703, adopted on October 30, 2023.
These resolutions also affirmed the seriousness and credibility of the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative, as the only solution to the dispute over the Moroccan Sahara and reaffirmed that the round tables, with the same four participants and in the same format, remain the only framework for the exclusively UN-led process to achieve a political, realistic, pragmatic, lasting and solution to this dispute.
The Moroccan delegation includes the director of the UN and international organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation, and Moroccan Expatriates. Redouane Houssaini.