At the Security Council, the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara announced that he is preparing for a second «round-table», on the territorial dispute. Horst Köhler is bringing together the four parties for new talks in March.
Morocco is ranked first in North Africa by the recent Transparency International report which focuses on corruption. The Kingdom has managed to better is score in the annual report.
Morocco has cancelled at the very last minute a lecture that was expected to be chaired by Kuwaiti scholar Tareq Al Suwaidan. The latter hosted several conferences in Morocco in the past.