Princess Lalla Amina chairs meeting of Moroccan special Olympics committee

Morocco's Princess Lalla Amina has chaired here recently the meeting of the Special Olympics Committee that probed Olympic activities in 2003, the participation of Moroccan disabled athletes in international competitions and sports events held in Morocco.

The princess hailed in a statement the performance of the Moroccan athletes who obtained 25 medals in the international summer games 2003 in Dublin and highlighted the role of national and international sports competitions in the promotion of sports of the mentally-disabled, the committee said in a release.

Princess Lalla Amina announced that the national games will be organized in April 2004 and that experts in the promotion of the rights of the mentally-disabled will be associated to the event in conformity with the regulations of Special Olympics International.

She also issued instructions to prepare and submit Morocco's candidacy file for the international games of 2011 to the concerned agencies.