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Navi Pillay declaration in Morocco (29 mai 2014)

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Opening remarks by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay at a press conference in Rabat, Morocco, 29 May 2014 Good morning and thank you for joining us here today. As you know, this is my first official visit to Morocco as the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. I would like to thank His Majesty King Mohamed VI for his invitation and for all the courtesies and hospitality that I have enjoyed over the past three days. I have had an audience with His Majesty the King and met with the Prime Minister, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Justice and Freedoms, Interior, and the Inter-Ministerial Delegatation for Human Rights. I also met with the Speakers of both Houses of Parliament, a number of women judges, members of the National Council for Human Rights (CNDH), the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, as well as civil society representatives. The purpose of my visit was to deepen the cooperation between my Office and the Government of