Princess Lalla Meryem chairs regional session of the Child Parliament

Morocco's Princess Lalla Meryem, chairwoman of the National Observatory for Children Rights, presided, here On Friday, the opening of the regional session of the Child Parliament.

During the ceremony, a documentary on the main activities of Princess Lalla Meryem regarding the promotion of children issues was presented.

The session was also an occasion to review the activities and achievements of past regional meetings of previous Children Parliaments which had discussed issues, notably on the protection of children from violence, mistreatment and exploitation. Previous Children Parliament sessions also tackled issues relating to school charter and the expansion of the competences and mechanism intervention of the Children Parliament. The Marrakech Children Parliament session heard presentations on the agenda and action plan of this institution, as well as explanations of the provisions of the UN convention on children rights.