Morocco on Wednesday announced the abolition of all form s of discrimination against women.
King Mohammed VI made the historic announcement to lift his country's reservations about the International Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, in a message presented to a special meeting held in Rabat during the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
"These reservations have become null due to advanced legislations that have been adopted by Morocco," the Moroccan sovereign stressed in his message presented to the meeting of the Advisory Council of Human Rights.
King Mohammed also announced the ratification by Morocco of the International Convention on the Protection of Disabled Persons and the preservation of their dignity.
"Thanks to these developments, these processes and other works we have begun, and thanks also to the respect of subscribed commitments, our country has become an international actor of which the progress and daring initiatives in this matter
are readily recognized," the King said in his message broadcast on Thursday by the local media.
"Morocco continues to assiduously have close cooperation and constructive dialogue with international authorities and bodies working in the area of human rights."
King Mohammed said Morocco had made a proposal for the adoption of an international declaration on education and training in the area of culture of human rights and a resolution presented about the role of the Ombudsman and mediation institutions in the promotion and protection of human rights.
He stressed the importance of the promotion of economic, social, cultural and environmental rights, which are given priority by Morocco. "That is why we have placed on top of our concerns the fight against poverty, exclusion, ignorance and illiteracy," he said.
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Source: afriquenligne