Morocco will host 2003 World Youth Congress

Originally published November 1, 1999

Morocco was unanimously selected Friday to play host to the 2003 World Youth Congress (WYC) by participants to WYC for the millennium, which wound up works in Hawaii.

The head of the Moroccan delegation, Driss Guerraoui, said the kingdom will spare no effort to make of the congress of the new millennium the one of peace, democracy, human rights, lasting development, solidarity and tolerance.

Twenty youths and a seven-member staff represented the kingdom in this event, which was attended by more than a hundred countries.

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