Moroccan Delegation to Take Part in 50th Francophone Parliamentary Assembly in Paris
The program for this session includes meetings of the APF Bureau, the network of women parliamentarians and young parliamentarians, as well as the four committees: the Political Committee; the Parliamentary Affairs Committee; the Committee on Education, Culture and Communication as well as the Committee on Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs, says a press release from the House of Representatives.
The Parliamentary Assembly is set to convene in plenary session on Saturday and Sunday to debate several issues relating to the French-speaking world, as an essential pillar in the midst of current international transformations and crises, in order to promote dialogue, cooperation and solidarity and contribute to peace, stability and sustainable development in the same sphere.
The Moroccan delegation includes MPs Hassan Benomar, Lhoussaine Ouallal and Latifa Lablih, and councillors Reda Lahmini, Youssef Alaoui, Mohamed Zidouh and Mina Hamdani, the same source points out.
Founded in 1967, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie is an international organization comprising 95 members from parliaments and parliamentary organizations on five continents.
It strives to promote democracy, human rights and the rule of law among its members, as well as to encourage inter-parliamentary dialogue and exchange of experience, and to support linguistic and cultural diversity, contributing to sustainable development, economic cooperation and solidarity in the Francophone realm, through joint parliamentary initiatives and recommendations addressed to governments and international organizations.
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