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King Calls for Conference to Share Water Expertise
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Joint Publications Research Service, June 19, 1991
Morocco: King Calls for Conference to Share Water Expertise
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<p>[London, Al-Sharq Al-Awsat in Arabic, 15 May 91, pp. 1, 4].
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<p> The Moroccan monarch, King Hasan II, called for the
convocation of an international conference, with the
participation of all countries of the South and the advanced
North, to study medium- and long-range water problems and to
formulate a technical and financial aid program for developing
countries threatened by a water shortage.
</p>
<p> The Moroccan monarch, in his speech to participants in the
Seventh International Conference on Water Resources held in
Rabat, also called for the establishment of a special
international fund to finance programs to protect world water
reserves from pollution, help developing countries to mobilize
their water, and to transfer information and techniques needed
to develop the Third World Countries' self-reliance in building
firm foundations in this area. King Hasan II, who was followed
by his representative at the conference, Dr. Azzedine Laraki,
the Moroccan prime minister, recommended the designation of a
portion of the debts owed by developing countries to finance
this fund.
</p>
<p> He also called in the countries of the world to realize, now
more than ever, that water is everyone's property, and that
everyone must help each other and exchange expertise and
technologies that ensure the regulation of natural systems and
the complicated problems stemming from them.
</p>
<p> The Moroccan monarch stated that if God has destined Morocco
to be situated geographically in a semiarid zone, he has
prepared Morocco for this by sowing the seeds of national
solidarity. He stated that the government's order to establish
formulas to ensure the transport of water from rain-rich areas
to rain-poor areas takes into account current needs and the
needs of future generations.
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<p> He declared his country's full willingness to share its
experience with neighboring countries in the scope of
international solidarity.
</p>
<p> The Moroccan monarch reviewed the directions and philosophy
pursued by Morocco based on its awareness of the effective role
of water in generating economic and social development, from
the construction of dozens of dams of different sizes and
thousands of wells to irrigate millions of hectares and provide
drinking water to residents, to the formulation of an ambitious
program to research artificial rains with a view toward
strengthening Morocco's water reserve.
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