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Morocco and the United Nations will celebrate next Monday in Agadir, the first International Day of Argania.
On this occasion, a high-level event will be held under the chairmanship of minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests, Aziz Akhannouch, said a statement by the National Agency for the Development of Oasis and Argania (Andzoa).
Organized in a hybrid format, this event will be followed around the world, live on the United Nations web TV, as well as on YouTube and on social networks.
It will bring together high-level officials including ambassador Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN, VolkanBozkır, President of the UN General Assembly, Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the UN and Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group, Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, Anita Bathia, Deputy Executive Director of UN-Women, Maria Henela Semedo, Deputy Director-General of FAO, and Yannick Glemarec, Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund.
A resolution adopted by consensus of all member States and by which Morocco has mobilized the international community over the cause of safeguarding and development of Argania.
This UN resolution recognizes the colossal contribution of the sector of Argania to the implementation of the 17 objectives of the 2030 Agenda and the achievement of sustainable development in its three dimensions: economic, social and environmental.
It also highlights the role of this sector in the empowerment and emancipation of rural women, strengthening the solidarity economy, poverty eradication and human development through the support and promotion of the role of cooperatives and other forms of agricultural organization active in the sector of Argania.
