Speaker of House of Representatives Receives Resident Representative of United Nations Population Fund to Morocco

Speaker of House of Representatives Habib El Malki held talks, on Wednesday, February 17^th, 2021, at the House's headquarters, with the Resident Representative of the United Nations Population Fund in Morocco, Luis Mora.

At the start of their meeting, Mr. Mora lauded the historical relations linking Morocco to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), noting that the Kingdom is one of the leading countries in the Arab world in managing the affairs related to populations. In the same respect, he added, “it is the first Arab country to elaborate a plan on this matter during the reign of the late His Majesty King Hassan II.” Mr. Mora also commended the evolution of the Kingdom of Morocco in this area.

The UNFPA Resident Representative in Morocco highlighted the importance of building cooperation and partnership ties between the Fund and the House. Such relations would enable both institutions to achieve the sustainable development goals and find the best means to deal with the new population phenomena and the transformations marking the structure of Moroccan families and society during the recent years.

For his part, Speaker of the House of Representatives Habib El Malki affirmed the House's keenness to consolidate its cooperation ties with the UNFPA, commending the Fund's accompaniment of several population-based projects and issues in the Kingdom of Morocco. The Speaker of the House underlined that Morocco has been focusing, since the 1960s, on population-based affairs, which have always been at the center of an active social debate. In the same context, he also noted the rapid transformations marking the current juncture at the economic, cultural, social, and familial levels.

Mr. El Malki noted that Morocco had taken important measures in improving its economic and social indices by adopting a transparent approach that reflects the real conditions of its people. The Speaker stressed that Morocco has the necessary qualifications to progress in the path of prosperity and development.