Morocco renews need for increased cooperation to fulfill social development objectives
Morocco-Regional, Politics, 2/14/2003

Morocco, speaking on behalf of the G77 group, renewed on Monday the need for increased cooperation to fulfill the social development goals as developing countries are increasingly facing shortcomings of globalization.

Morocco's assistant permanent delegate to the UNO, Mohamed Loulichki, told a meeting of the UN social development commission increased international cooperation is needed to fulfill the development goals set by the 1995 Copenhagen world summit. He further argues that international solidarity consolidation depends on unconditional, considerable and increased assistance from the international community to developing countries in order to achieve social development goals and eliminate poverty.

International cooperation also requires improving developing countries' capacities and the creation of structures allowing them to participate in an effective and fair manner in globalization, the Moroccan diplomat insisted. For Morocco, he went on, the success of social development policies is intrinsically linked to a transparent definition and implementation of these policies, equal access to jobs for men and women and the respect of human rights and civil liberties.

Furthermore, he urged for increased financial and technical backing to developing countries, calling the United Nations Organization to enhance its data-collecting and analysis task.

It is also the responsibility of non-governmental organizations and the private sector to establish creative partnership, said Loulichki who urged for financially supporting the civil society and private sector efforts to fulfill development objectives.

He cited the NEPAD program (New Plan for African development) which is a strategy conceived by Africans for Africans and said the initiative ought to be supported and encouraged by the international community. Morocco further called the private sectors, particularly multinationals, to play a role in settling social problems linked to unemployment, social welfare, training and most vulnerable social categories.

After he recalled that the heads of state and government present at the Copenhagen summit committed to focus their governments' strategies and policies on job-creation and promotion of appropriately-remunerated jobs, he said it is now the international community's duty to honor its commitments and set forth the decisions adopted to achieve social development and secure the well-being of the present and future generations.

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