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Hilale

lines on the record: 602
first: 2014-04-25
most recent: 2023-11-20
sittings or episodes: 71
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“Today’s conflicts give rise to multidimensional and complex geopolitical and cross-border dynamics that require a strengthening of multilateralism in order to better promote international peace and security, while fostering confidence-building measures and inclusive approaches in peacebuilding processes and partnerships between Governments and civil society actors, respect for human rights and the rule of law, and full respect for the territorial integrity and national sovereignty of Member States.”
2023-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9315Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Hilale (Morocco) (spoke in French): First of all, on behalf of my delegation, allow me to sincerely congratulate you, Mr. President, on your country’s assumption this month of the presidency of the Security Council for the first time in Switzerland’s history, and to assure you of our full cooperation. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ms. Cynthia Chigwenya, Youth Ambassador for Peace for Southern Africa, and Ms. ’Funmi Olonisakin, Vice-President and Professor of Security, Leadership and Development at King’s College London, for their comprehensive briefings and participation in today’s open debate.”
2023-05-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9315Resumption1 (2023) · source
“My country therefore reiterates its commitment to supporting peace, security, development and prosperity so that by 2030 no one will be left behind, and by 2063 we will be able to achieve the goals that we have set for our continent.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299Resumption1 (2023) · source
“We therefore need to prevent and respond to such threats to increase the chances of silencing the guns in Africa by 2030, in particular by dismantling terrorist recruitment, financing and indoctrination structures. Fourthly, it is necessary to combat poverty, hunger and social exclusion. The African Continental Free Trade Area is an ideal framework for strengthening economic integration and development in Africa. Fifthly, climate change has direct and devastating effects on peace and security and must be taken into account in all national, continental and international peacekeeping, peacebuilding and sustaining peace strategies. Finally, the Kingdom of Morocco remains firmly committed to the principle of the indivisibility of security in Africa.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299Resumption1 (2023) · source
“If our vision of an Africa where the guns are silenced by 2030 remains a realistic objective, the international community must redouble its efforts to achieve that goal. Let me make a few specific proposals. First, it is necessary to tackle and resolve the root causes of conflict. Our actions must address the security, economic, climate, religious and cultural challenges and other aspects of the security and stability needs on the African continent. Secondly, it is crucial to put in place strategies to combat the proliferation, circulation and illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons in Africa. Thirdly, conflicts in Africa have shifted from a traditional pattern to one where terrorist and separatist groups are involved, threatening the territorial integrity of States, as well as international peace and security.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Fifth, aware that there can be no peace without development or development without peace, in accordance with the noble directives of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, the Kingdom of Morocco made the development of our continent a priority of its foreign policy. Morocco therefore has more than 1,000 partnership agreements with brotherly African countries in the context of effective and proactive South-South cooperation. Sixth, the Mohammed VI Institute for the Training of Imams, Morchidines and Morchidates provides training to African preachers in order to counter dogmatic thinking and violent extremism. Seventh, and last, Morocco has participated in United Nations peace operations on the continent since the 1960s, aimed at ending conflicts and establishing lasting peace in Africa.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Third, convinced of the need to support women’s participation in peace processes, during its chairmanship of the Peace and Security Council in October 2022, the Kingdom of Morocco organized a commemorative meeting on the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), on women and peace and security. On that occasion, the Peace and Security Council stressed the importance of women’s effective and meaningful participation in peace processes, including with regard to early-warning and conflict prevention. Fourth, the Kingdom of Morocco presented its national report for the year 2022 on progress made in implementing the AU Master Roadmap of Practical Steps to Silence the Guns in Africa by 2030. The report documents my country’s achievements and progress in the various priority areas of the Roadmap’s monitoring and evaluation mechanism.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299Resumption1 (2023) · source
“First, Morocco hosted the first AU Policy Conference on Promoting the Peace, Security and Development Nexus in Tangier from 25 to 27 October 2022, which allowed for a ground-breaking debate to be held on the challenges that still plague Africa’s path towards development, particularly food, health and security challenges. Second, in the context of AU capacity-building in the area of political governance and democratic practices, in collaboration with the African Union Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security, the Kingdom of Morocco organized the first specialized training workshop for AU short-term election observers in June 2022.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The Kingdom of Morocco is convinced that the Silencing the Guns in Africa initiative represents a strategic framework for stability, the peaceful settlement of disputes and development on the continent. Morocco, which is currently a member of the AU Peace and Security Council, remains convinced that there can be no security without development and no development without security. In that context, my country focuses its actions on the three pillars of peace, security and development to ensure the prevention and, more important, the management of conflicts and post- conflict reconstruction. Allow me to mention some of my country’s actions and initiatives in that regard.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Hilale (Morocco) (spoke in French): Let me first thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this highly important debate, which has been enhanced by the participation of His Excellency Mr. Filipe Nyusi, President of the brotherly Republic of Mozambique. The joint African Union (AU)-United Nations Framework for the Implementation of Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the joint United Nations-AU Framework for Enhanced Partnership in Peace and Security represent a solid basis for cooperation between the two organizations, which can effectively silence the guns in Africa over the long term. In the same context, the African Union’s Silencing the Guns initiative lists actions and objectives in order to put an end to conflicts in Africa.”
2023-03-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9299Resumption1 (2023) · source
“The configuration will continue to focus on the cohesion and coordination of the actions I have mentioned, in addition to advocating for greater attention and support on the part of the international community to the Central African Republic. I cannot stress enough that the country is at a critical moment in its history and will need our continued support to ensure a return to a lasting peace and long-term stability.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“Thirdly, the current bleak global economic outlook and food and energy crises, coupled with supply-chain constraints, have had a negative impact on the national budget and on revenue generation for the national peacebuilding plan in the Central African Republic. Investments in the Central African Republic’s socioeconomic recovery and development remain critical to implementing of the Political Agreement and consolidating the peacebuilding dividends that are intrinsically linked to sustainable peace. In that regard, I welcome the continued dialogue between the Government and the international financial institutions, including with the facilitation of MINUSCA.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“The configuration is proud to have contributed to that endeavour through its innovative practice of using its forum to advocate for resources to fill the budgetary gaps of the Special Criminal Court and the Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission. As we have repeatedly said, there can be no peace without reconciliation and no reconciliation without credible mechanisms to combat impunity. In that context, the work of the Court and the Commission is of paramount importance, and we urge all partners to offer greater financial, technical and logistical support for those mechanisms.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“The second peacebuilding priority is strengthening of the rule of law and transitional justice. Access to justice and combating impunity, which are a sine qua non for the stabilization of the Central African Republic and the success of any national reconciliation project, will contribute to the prevention of conflict in the short term and sustainable peace in the long term. We welcome the operationalization of the Special Criminal Court and the Truth, Justice, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission, thanks to the concerted efforts of the Central African authorities and their international partners, including MINUSCA. They are essential mechanisms for addressing human rights violations, combating impunity and ensuring accountability for perpetrators and justice and reparations for victims.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“We are reassured by MINUSCA’s support for those elections and its commitment to making every effort to ensure that they are peaceful, free, non-violent and open to all, including women and young people. However, the significant lack of funding for local elections is very worrisome. The budget deficit, which is the main reason why the elections have already been postponed three times, could affect the holding of the elections and create a real risk for peace and stability. We therefore urge Member States and the Central African Republic’s partners to act as quickly as possible to mobilize the necessary funds to fill the gap in the budget, which amounts to nearly $7 million, through contributions to the United Nations Development Programme basket fund, which manages the programme to support the electoral process.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“The country is preparing to vote in those elections, which represent a unique opportunity for promoting local governance with elected officials directly accountable to citizens, thereby helping to advance the decentralization process in the Central African Republic and address one of the root causes of its political and security crises. We encourage the Government to continue its efforts to ensure that those elections can take place on time and in a free, inclusive and secure atmosphere with the full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women, including by adopting effective confidence-building measures and prioritizing dialogue with all political and civil-society actors.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“The Peacebuilding Fund, of which the current portfolio in the Central African Republic includes nine projects valued at a total of $18 million, is an example of the value of investing in peacebuilding and durable solutions, which acts as a catalyst and can have a clear and direct impact on populations. This context underscores the importance of peacebuilding efforts as a tool for addressing the root causes of instability. In 2022 that led the configuration to focus on strengthening the national ownership of the peacebuilding priorities, the first of which is the holding of local elections, which are scheduled for July and October 2023.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“I also want to emphasize the importance of the continued constructive engagement of all the Central African Republic’s partners, including international financial institutions, regional development banks and bilateral partners. The lack of technical and financial capacities remains one of the main challenges in the Central African Republic. We reiterate our call to all partners, whether from the region, the continent or elsewhere, to pay particular attention to the Central African Republic and provide it with the necessary support, given that its urgent needs are threatening the gains made in terms of peacebuilding and development.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“Secondly, efforts are being undertaken in the region alongside the Central African authorities to mobilize support for advancing the peace process. As the Secretary-General emphasized in his report, the situation in the Central African Republic has a significant impact on the region as a whole. In that regard, we commend the regional and subregional organizations, as well as Heads of State in the region and of neighbouring countries, for their commitment to ensuring greater cohesiveness in regional action, and we call on all those stakeholders to continue their efforts to defuse tensions in the subregion and address cross-border threats to peace and the political process.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“In that context, we welcome the official disbanding on 6 December 2022 of four armed- group signatories to the Political Agreement, which we consider a step forward in stabilizing the political and security climate, expanding the democratic space and keeping the Central African Republic on the path to a lasting peace. Peacebuilding can be effective only if it is accompanied by efforts to demobilize armed groups and hold accountable those responsible for serious crimes and human rights violations. We welcome the focus of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) on ensuring a protective environment for the population, particularly by supporting the expansion of State authority beyond the provincial capitals.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“The first of those developments is that the Central African authorities have demonstrated the political will that is needed for the revitalization and national ownership of the peace process, especially through their implementation of the commitments to ensuring complementarity and maintaining synergy at the political level within the framework of the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic, as well as the Luanda joint road map for peace in the Central African Republic agreed on at the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region. We urge them to continue those efforts, including by approving and implementing the strategy for engaging with the armed groups.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“The resurgent activities of armed groups in various areas of the Central African Republic, and the pressures on the country’s public finances, are worsening the security and socioeconomic situation and taking a heavy toll on the civilian population. However, despite the many challenges that remain, we witnessed encouraging positive developments during the reporting period that should be capitalized on to sustain and strengthen the country’s commitment to recovery.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“Let me begin, Madam President, by congratulating you and Malta on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of February. I appreciate the opportunity to address the Security Council on behalf of the Peacebuilding Commission in my capacity as Chair of the Central African Republic configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission on the progress in and prospects for peacebuilding in that country. I would like to thank the Secretary- General for his very comprehensive report (S/2023/108) highlighting the issues and challenges facing the Central African Republic at a critical moment in its journey towards lasting peace and stability, as well as the recommendations it proposes.”
2023-02-21 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9265 (2023) · source
“Moreover, let us not forget that the acceleration of climate change throughout the world could cause more than 216 million migrants to move by 2050, owing to droughts, crop failures, sea level rise, and desertification. We call on the international community today to build on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, also known as the Marrakech Compact on Migration, and comprehensively address the growing challenge of climate migration in countries of origin, transit and destination.”
2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In 2019, with the broad support of Member States, Morocco introduced the first United Nations resolution (General Assembly resolution 74/210) on strengthening cooperation for integrated coastal zone management for achieving sustainable development with a view to preventing disasters, mitigating their impact and promoting coastal areas’ sustainable development. In conclusion, we call on the Security Council to take into account the link between climate and security in the measures it takes before conflicts break out or escalate. We cannot discuss the issue of sea level rise without including the current reality of the climate migration dimension.”
2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Morocco also notes with interest the Rising Nations Initiative, launched by the leaders of the Pacific atoll countries last year, which aims to protect their statehood, preserve their sovereignty, and safeguard the rights and heritage of the populations affected. In keeping with its firm commitment to addressing climate issues, Morocco joined the initiative taken by Vanuatu to seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice to clarify States’ rights and obligations under international law with regard to the consequences of the effects of climate change, especially vis-à-vis the States most affected. I would also like to recall that Morocco continues to strengthen its cooperation for integrated coastal zone management in order to achieve sustainable development.”
2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Since the first African Action Summit, convened by His Majesty the King on the sidelines of the twenty-second Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, held in Marrakech, Morocco, in 2016, three African commissions on climate change have been launched and made operational, including one dedicated to small island States, chaired by Seychelles. Morocco has pursued its support for that commission in order to ensure institutional financial support for blue and green economies and to strengthen technical, scientific and financial support for small island States.”
2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Coastal areas are characterized by large populations, industries, heavily trafficked transportation and communication networks, and extensive coastal tourist resorts. In many countries, erosion and flooding have devastated large areas, including on the African coast. In that regard, as part of Morocco’s commitment to and its policy of solidarity with Africa under the auspices of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Morocco is redoubling its efforts to strengthen the climate resilience of African island States.”
2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source
“At the time when the Charter of the United Nations was adopted in 1945 and subsequently when the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was adopted in 1982, sea level rise was not even perceived to be an issue, as no one had anticipated climate change — and certainly not at its current rate and proportions. Indeed, sea level rise has many ramifications. Spearheaded by Pacific small island States, the issue has judiciously been elevated as one of the priorities of the International Law Commission (ILC). Morocco welcomes the inclusion of the important subject in the ILC’s programme of work and is closely following the work of its study group established for that purpose.”
2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source
“Mr. Hilale (Morocco) (spoke in French): The Kingdom of Morocco thanks His Excellency Mr. Ian Borg, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta, for convening and presiding over this open debate of the Security Council on sea level rise and its implications for international peace and security. This debate is a timely opportunity to further elaborate on the link between sea level rise, international peace, security and stability, and climate change, which poses an existential threat to many countries and regions throughout the world. We are only beginning to ask ourselves what implications those issues have for the international community. Currently, international law provides only a limited scope of guidance on how to address the gradual disappearance of a country’s landmass below the tide line.”
2023-02-14 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9260Resumption1 (2023) · source
“In that context, we need to step up our efforts to support green, resilient and inclusive development and reduce the impact of climate change on vulnerable African countries. As long as the international community’s climate targets are not sufficient to reduce global warming to an acceptable level, the impact of climate change will be on the agenda of the Security Council.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“Moreover, the Kingdom of Morocco, as a founding partner country, and above all as an active African member of the region, is firmly committed to supporting the actions of the Sahel Commission by carrying out the feasibility studies to finalize its climate investment plan. In conclusion, let us never forget that entire regions, and several in Africa, will become unliveable over the next few decades under the scorching effect of global warming. According to a recent report — issued yesterday, if I remember correctly — by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, climate change is an increasingly powerful driver of migration that could force some 216 million people in the developing world to migrate by 2050, particularly to already fragile regions.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“If there is one promise that should finally be kept today to developing countries, especially those that are most vulnerable to global warming, it is of course the promise to help restore the imbalances caused by climate change. Accordingly, Morocco welcomes the commitment made by international partners at the first summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Climate Commission for the Sahel Region, held in Niamey in February 2019, to finance the implementation of the Commission’s regional priority programme in the amount of $3.41 billion. That is an important step that should be continued in order to provide the Commission with full bilateral, regional and international support for the implementation of the climate investment plan.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“COP 27, which I would call an African conference, offers an opportunity to take up matters relating to prioritizing the financing of climate adaptation in Africa and offering concrete solutions, particularly with regard to the adaptation of African agriculture to climate change. In this spirit, Morocco remains committed to South- South agricultural cooperation, particularly in Africa, which has more than half of the world’s uncultivated arable land. Our continent also has a young population and a huge continental market of more than one billion people, which must be energized and developed to ensure food security in Africa.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“In this regard, and in accordance with His Majesty King Mohammed VI’s high-level instructions, Morocco is providing, in the context of South-South cooperation, financial and technical support for the operationalization and functioning of the three climate commissions, namely, that of the Congo basin, which is chaired by the Republic of the Congo; that of the Sahel region, which is chaired by the Republic of the Niger); and that of Island States, which is chaired by the Republic of Seychelles. Moreover, the twenty-seventh session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 27) will be held on the African continent, in Egypt, six years after the COP 22 organized in Morocco.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“Based on this observation, Morocco is fully committed to pursuing the momentum in favour of cooperative continental progress around ambitious and concrete transnational projects, which was triggered during the first African Action Summit, organized by His Majesty King Mohammed VI on the sidelines of the twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 22), in Marrakech.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“At the national level, Morocco has adopted an ambitious policy to combat climate change and develop renewable energy sources. However, we live in a region that exemplifies the interdependent link between climate change, security and sustainable development. The African continent and especially our sister regions of the Sahel and the Congo basin are unduly and disproportionately penalized by the consequences of global warming. As a low emitter of greenhouse gases, with less than 4 per cent of global emissions, Africa is unfairly suffering the drastic effects of climate change — a situation that should be of concern to the international community as a whole, and of course to the Security Council.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“Mr. Hilale (Morocco) (spoke in French): I first would like to thank Gabon for organizing today’s Security Council debate, which provides an appropriate opportunity to bring our messages to the United Nations and to the world in order to raise awareness of the security consequences of climate change and recall that not only is climate change an environmental and economic policy issue, but it is also a major challenge for international security and an existential threat to humankind. Morocco congratulates Gabon for placing this issue at the heart of its presidency of the Security Council. The international community must act where climate change threatens peace and security before conflicts break out or escalate. The Kingdom of Morocco attaches particular importance to climate action at the national, regional and international levels.”
2022-10-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9150 (2022) · source
“The two organizations must work together to fight poverty, eradicate hunger, promote good governance and improve access to medical services in order to preserve the dignity of African citizens and put an end to the instabilities that have been threatening the continent for decades. Finally, the Kingdom of Morocco, which holds the presidency of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union for the month of October, will continue to work tirelessly to develop cooperation, symbiosis and strategic partnerships between the African Union and the United Nations in the interests and for the common good not only of our continent but of our entire planet. The meeting rose at 12.40 p.m.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“Those agendas, which are closely linked, are proof of the cooperation between the two organizations in promoting socioeconomic development, which is essential to peace, stability and security in Africa. That framework is now more important than ever as Africa faces the combined devastating effects of the coronavirus disease, climate change and global conflicts. Our challenges in the area of sustainable development also have to take into account climate and environmental changes, which are seriously affecting African populations and increasing food insecurity, which in turn results in conflict and massive population displacement. That alarming fact must compel us to move from thinking to action.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“Morocco welcomes the creation of the African Union Peace Fund, which will finance the African Union’s activities related to peace and security, including those related to conflict prevention and resolution. It shows that Africa is taking ownership of the maintenance of its peace and security by allocating very significant resources to that fund and implementing Africa’s commitment to financing peace operations authorized by the Security Council. Without peace, there can be no development or security, and without development, there can be no peace or security. In that regard, my delegation welcomes the establishment of the African Union-United Nations Framework for the Implementation of Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“Our African crises are decided on and resolved without the participation of African countries themselves, unless they are non-permanent members of the Council such as those here in the Chamber today. Morocco welcomes the signing of the Joint United Nations-African Union Framework for Enhanced Partnership in Peace and Security. We believe it will make it possible to promote peace and stability on our continent in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. My delegation fully supports the African Union peace operations authorized by the Security Council on the basis of the Council’s primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, in accordance with the Charter. We call for adequate and predictable funding for those operations through assessed contributions to the regular United Nations budget.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“That will be possible only if the African Union, and especially the African countries, are represented with dignity and if justice is done by ensuring that they are properly represented on the Security Council, so that they can convey the words and commitment, as well as the actions, of the African Union via permanent members who will also be messengers of peace, of a continent that has a future and is committed to peace, security and international solidarity, especially considering that our world everywhere is experiencing very difficult and deeply troubling times and events. We want to ensure that Africa’s voice and votes are expressed with regard to every crisis around the world.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“Since rejoining the African Union, in 2017, my country has continued to work to promote that strategic and institutional partnership between the two organizations to promote peace and security in the world and especially on our continent, in view of the fact that many of its countries are on the agenda of the Security Council, a trend that we earnestly hope will be reversed in the coming years.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“Those ideals are guided by the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, which currently nourish and galvanize the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union. It is in that spirit that Morocco, under the leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, remains committed to collective and international African action together with the United Nations to promote peace, development and prosperity. In particular, we support committed and complementary cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union in every area, from strengthening peace and security to dealing with climate change and countering violent extremism, especially in the Sahel and other parts of Africa.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“Mr. Hilale (Morocco) (spoke in French): I am particularly pleased to reiterate the Kingdom of Morocco’s sincere congratulations to our brother country of Gabon and to you personally, Sir, for your presence among us, for the time you have taken to preside over Council meetings and especially for your wise leadership of the Council’s work for the month of October. I also want to thank Secretary-General António Guterres and Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, for their insightful briefings. Morocco has always been linked to its African roots by historical and secular relations of fraternity and solidarity. The creation of the Organization of African Unity, which later became the African Union, was the result of Africa’s desire to liberate itself, develop and prosper.”
2022-10-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9149 (2022) · source
“Sixth, there has been full cooperation with international bodies in strengthening our national system for combating money-laundering and terrorist financing and bringing it into line with the provisions of international conventions. Seventh, we have ramped up information-sharing and financial intelligence at the regional and international levels. Lastly, we have provided assistance to and cooperated and shared our expertise with countries of the region and all others wanting to do so. In conclusion, the Kingdom of Morocco reaffirms its firm commitment to combating and pursuing regional and international cooperation with a view to eliminating the sources of financing of armed, terrorist and separatist groups and promoting peace and stability in Africa and throughout the world.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“Third, in 2022, among other things, the presidency of the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force prioritized pursuing the implementation of the action plan agreed on with the Financial Action Task Force, consolidating the governance foundations within the group, improving evaluation processes and monitoring and strengthening the group’s role in various international bodies and activities. Fourth, in May Morocco hosted the ninth ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition against Da’esh, the first to be convened in Africa, bringing together 84 countries, with a session dedicated to Africa, including on aspects related to financing. Fifth, the Security Council sanctions regimes for the financing of terrorist activities and armed groups have been rigorously implemented.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“In that context, I should like to outline some of the measures my country has taken to combat the financing of terrorism, including through the illicit exploitation of natural resources. First, we have implemented a multidimensional and proactive strategy combining both a holistic approach and cutting-edge initiatives, integrating legal, institutional, financial and security aspects. Second, we have upgraded the national mechanism responsible for this area with the establishment in 2021 of a national commission under the aegis of the National Financial Intelligence Authority, which is responsible for monitoring and implementing the sanctions imposed by the relevant Council resolutions, that is, resolutions 1373 (2001), 1267 (1999) and 1540 (2004).”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source
“In that regard, I commend the important achievements of the Office of Counter-Terrorism and UNODC in combating those scourges and definitively drying up their illicit sources of financing. Similarly, the commitment of the international community and the consensus reached by the Security Council in line with its primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, as well as the role of regional and subregional organizations, have been fundamental and decisive in blocking armed and terrorist groups from illicitly exploiting natural resources, particularly in Africa. In upholding its international obligations, Morocco, which is a State party to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, considers the financing of terrorism a serious crime in its national legislation and regulations.”
2022-10-06 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9147 (2022) · source