During his stay in Geneva, the Moroccan minister had a series of meetings with top UN officials, including the Higher Commissioner for Human rights, Navanethem Pillay, with whom Fassi Fihri discussed Morocco's cooperation with her office.

    He also underlined King Mohammed VI's commitment to pursue human rights friendly actions in the political, civil, economic, social and cultural fields.

    The FM also met the United Nations high Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, who hailed Morocco's co-operation with all international organizations, especially those working in the field of human rights. Guterres also commended Morocco’s $ 500,000 contribution to the 2009 budget of the UN refugee agency.

    Fassi Fihri also had talks with Director-General of the Geneva-based UN Office, Sergei Ordzhonikidze, who commended Morocco’s active contribution to the success of the UN mission within the framework of the UN peacekeeping forces around the world.

Source: MAP
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