Morocco to attend conference of emerging democracies in Yemen

A large Moroccan delegation will attend a conference of emerging democracies to be held this June 27-30 in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa.

The conference is cosponsored by Yemen and the U.S National Democratic Institute, with help from Japan, Canada and others. It will be attended by representatives of 17 countries to trade experiences on party-building, balancing political and economic reform, fighting corruption and other nitty-gritty of democracy building.

The Moroccan delegation will include an advisor of the prime minister, members of the parliament, a communal councilor, a leader of a women's organization and a member of a human rights organization.

The conference also invited Mohamed Jalal Essaid, speaker of the Moroccan chamber of advisors (upper chamber of the parliament).

Participating countries include Benin, Bolivia, El Salvador, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Macedonia, Malawi, Mali, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia and Nepal in addition to the host country, Yemen.