Marrakech – Morocco is an active member of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) which is tasked with the promotion and the protection of human rights worldwide, said, Tuesday in Marrakech, UN coordinator and resident representative of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Morocco Bruno Pouezat.
Morocco has committed itself to submitting to the UN body a periodic report on the progress and advances made in the Kingdom in terms of the protection and promotion of human rights, he said at a regional consultation meeting within the framework of the development of the national mid-term report on the recommendations of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).
Pouezat also welcomed the participatory approach adopted by the Inter-ministerial Delegation for Human Rights (DIDH) for the preparation of this report which will be submitted in May to the UN Human Rights Council.
He also commended the constructive partnership between UN agencies and the Moroccan institutions for protection and promotion of human rights.
