Rabat – Morocco’s new constitution stresses the importance of protecting human rights, especially those linked to cultural diversity, said, on Friday in Rabat, a UN expert in cultural rights.
Farida Shaheed, a UN independent expert in cultural rights, commended the constitutionalization of the Amazigh as an official language in the country and “the allocation of substantial funds to support different projects aiming at promoting the Amazigh culture and language.”
Shaheed, who was speaking at a press conference at the end of a visit to several countries in the kingdom, praised the support of the National Initiative for Human Development (INDH) to diverse cultural and social projects at regional and local levels.
She also highlighted the “significant” efforts made to promote education and fight illiteracy through the setting up of informal education programmes.
Farida Shaheed visited, on September 5-16, the cities of Rabat, Casablanca, Agadir, Marrakech, Meknes, Khemisser and Fez, and held talks with numerous high officials at national and regional levels working in the fields of culture, education, human rights and tourism.
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