Morocco's Saharan provinces are the focus of a constant commitment by the Kingdom of Morocco - the number one local investor and employer - to the well-being and development of the people of these regions.

 

Morocco is dedicating considerable efforts to the expansion of its energy portfolio its Southern Provinces. While the electrical capacity in 1975 did not exceed 7 megawatts, it now reaches more than 1700 MW, of which more than 1300 MW comes from renewable energy sources.

    

More than 7,997 associations listed today in the Southern Provinces of Morocco operate in the field of civil and political rights. Further, they also protect fundamental rights and freedoms.

 

The autonomy initiative presented by Morocco to solve the artificial dispute over the Sahara is the "most credible and reasonable" solution, said former Spanish Minister of Defense and former head of the intelligence services, José Bono.

The ambassador, permanent representative of Morocco to the UN, Omar Hilale, said, Monday in New York, that Algeria kidnaps and tortures the sequestered populations of the Tindouf camps, which it is supposed to protect.

The opinion issued by the UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) condemning Algeria confirms that the Tindouf camps are a "lawless" area that should be legally denounced, said essayist and lecturer in constitutional law at the University of Paris Cité, Jérôme Besnard.

The former founding member of the "polisario" separatist movement, Mahjoub Salek, slammed, Monday in New York, "the absolutism" and the "corruption" of the leaders of the "polisario", while calling on the international community to support the autonomy plan for the Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty as the only solution that can put an end to this dispute.

Laayoune-born associative activist Khadija Ezaoui highlighted, Monday in New York, the dynamics of reforms taking place in the southern provinces, thanks to the new development model launched by His Majesty King Mohammed VI.