International Human rights center in Morocco
Morocco-UN, Culture, 4/30/1998

UNHCR (the UN's Higher Commission for Refugees) chairperson Mary Robinson has announced that King Hassan II of Morocco voiced support for the initiative to be launched by the UNHCR to relate between the international declaration on human rights and the Islamic views in this respect.

In a press conference she held on Wednesday in Casablanca at the conclusion of her visit to Morocco, Robinson added: "The aim of the initiative is to take into accounts the Islamic views in the articles of the Human rights declaration," noting the initiative will be put into actual practice before the end of the current year.

On Tuesday, King Hassan II received Robinson, who is also a former president of Ireland, in Rabat after she signed with Moroccan Human Rights Minister Muhammad Ojar an accord to establish a regional center for documentation, qualification and human rights protection in Morocco.

On Monday in Marrakesh, she took part in the inauguration of the first Mediterranean forum for national institutions human rights protection, including representatives from the West Mediterranean states.

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