Freed

The response of the international community to the ignominy of Algeria and its relentlessness once morest the Al Quds Committee, because it is chaired by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, was immediate, straightforward and simultaneously both in Riyadh and in New York. . Indeed, the statement adopted Monday morning by the Executive Committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), meeting urgently in Riyadh, had the effect of a bomb that threw Algeria off its feet and consecrated its international solitude. . The OCI, on which the Al Quds Committee depends, quite simply rejected Algeria’s madness and consecrated the centrality of the Committee under the leadership of its President HM King Mohammed VI. Moreover, the central role of His Majesty the King, in His capacity as Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, resonated on Monday also in the Security Council during its quarterly debate on the Palestinian question. The ambassadors of several African, Arab and Islamic countries highly highlighted the importance of the Al-Quds Committee and greatly praised the action of the Sovereign to defend the Palestinian cause and the holy city and its inhabitants. Their statements constituted a resounding denial of Algeria’s lies once morest the Committee and a scathing disavowal of its hateful anti-Moroccan drift and its taking hostage of the Palestinian cause for the sole purpose of undermining Morocco. Thus, the representative of Gabon, member of the Security Council, hailed the role of HM King Mohammed VI as Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee in preserving the special status of the holy city as a symbol of the common heritage of humanity. , of peaceful coexistence between the followers of the three monotheistic religions, and as a place of dialogue and mutual respect. “It is necessary to preserve the particularities of Al-Quds as a city of peaceful coexistence as underlined in the Appeal of Al-Quds that HM King Mohammed VI had signed with His Holiness Pope Francis during his visit to Rabat March 30, 2019,” he said. For his part, the representative of the United Arab Emirates, also a member of the Security Council, highlighted the efforts made by the Al Quds Committee, under the chairmanship of HM the King, in favor of the preservation of the holy city and in support for its people. Same story with the representative of Egypt who stressed the need to rely on all the Arab and Islamic authorities concerned by Al-Quds, in particular the Al-Quds Committee chaired by HM the King Mohammad VI. The representative of Saudi Arabia, for his part, highlighted the important role played by the Al Quds Committee and its President in favor of the preservation of the particularities of the holy city and the protection of its populations. The same position is shared by Bahrain, whose representative underlined the importance of the role of this Committee in defending the Palestinian cause and the holy city. For her part, the representative of Qatar insisted on the importance of supporting the holy city and the Maqdessis, highlighting in this regard the role of the Al Quds Committee chaired by the Sovereign. In the same vein, the representative of Indonesia noted the important role played by the Committee in the preservation of the Holy City, recalling the Call of Al Quds signed by HM the King and Pope Francis in March 2019 in Rabat in favor of preserving the specific character of the city as a symbol of tolerance and mutual respect between the three monotheistic religions. The permanent observer of the Arab League, he emphasized the need to support the role of the Al Quds Committee. Finally, and the height of flagrant diplomatic offence, Algeria, which for a week astonished once morest the Al-Quds Committee and its President in all the meetings of the regional groups, fell into a culpable silence during the examination on Monday of the Palestinian issue before the Security Council. Indeed, all the delegations noted with great surprise that following blocking the statements of the Arab groups, the OIC and the Non-Aligned Movement, under the false pretext of wanting to request a meeting of the Al-Quds Committee, the Ambassador of Algeria did not dare, nor had the political courage to make such a request in his national declaration, thus revealing his real anti-Moroccan aims that the Member States of the United Nations know only very well.

The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) has reiterated the primary responsibility of the UN Security Council in the maintenance of international peace and security.

“In fulfilling its mandate, the Peace and Security Council (of the African Union) cooperates and works closely with the United Nations Security Council, which has the primary responsibility for the maintenance of peace and international security,” said the PSC in a statement issued Thursday and having endorsed an orientation program for elected and re-elected members of the PSC, including Morocco, held from March 23 to 25 in Maseru, Lesotho.

The main objective of the orientation program was to acquaint the newly elected members of the PSC with the mandate, functions, powers and works and working methods of the PSC, before the start of their respective terms of office on 1 April 2022. -we.

In addition to the UN Security Council, the program also focused on the working relationship between the AU PSC and the Regional Economic Communities and Regional Mechanisms for Conflict Prevention, Management and Resolution (RECs/RMs) , other related organs of the AU whose respective mandates include aspects related to the promotion of peace, security and stability in Africa, as well as the general welfare of the people of Africa, the African members of the United Nations Security Council (A3), the Political and Security Committee of the European Union and the Peace and Security Council of the League of Arab States, as well as civil society organisations.

Morocco was represented at this meeting by a delegation led by Ambassador Permanent Representative of the Kingdom to the African Union and UNECA, Mohamed Arrouchi.

In addition to Morocco, the AU PSC is composed of: Congo, Gambia, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Cameroon, Djibouti, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal.

The Institute of the Arab World (IMA) and the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation announced on Wednesday the launch of the call for applications for the 10th edition of the Prize for Arab Literature, one of the rare French awards distinguishing the creation Arabic literature.

Created in 2013 and endowed with 10,000 euros, the Prize for Arabic Literature promotes the work (novel or collection of short stories) of a writer from the Arab League, author of a work written in Arabic and translated into French (or directly written in French) and self-published between September 1, 2021 and August 31, 2022.

The selection of the six to eight finalist works will be announced at the beginning of September. The works selected will be submitted to the members of the jury – made up of eminent personalities from the world of media, arts and culture, as well as specialists from the Arab world – who will then meet to designate the winner, specify the organizers in a press release. .

Since its creation by the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation and the Arab World Institute, the Arab Literature Prize has been awarded in 2013 to Jabbour Douaihy (Lebanon), in 2015 to Mohammed Hasan Alwan (Saudi Arabia), in 2016 to Inaam Kachachi (Iraq), in 2019 to Mohammed Abdelnabi (Egypt), in 2020 to Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin (Sudan) and in 2021 to Jokha Alharthi (Oman) for his novel The Celestial Bodies. The submission of applications is open until June 30, 2022. For works scheduled for publication following June 30, 2022, publishers may, initially, only send the Foundation the proofs.

It should be remembered that the Arab World Institute was designed to establish strong and lasting links between cultures in order to cultivate a genuine dialogue between the Arab world, France and Europe. This multidisciplinary space is a privileged place for the development of cultural projects, often designed in collaboration with institutions, creators and thinkers from the Arab world.

The Arab World Institute is firmly rooted in the present. It aims to reflect all the energies of the Arab world. It thus intends to mark its unique place in the landscape of cultural institutions. No other establishment in the world offers such a wide range of events related to the Arab world.

Debates, symposiums, seminars, conferences, dance performances, concerts, films, books, meetings, language courses, civilization courses, major exhibitions allow the public of the IMA every day to confront this singular and bubbling world.