Final Declaration: Humanity faces major challenges that require new cooperative global order

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The major challenges facing humanity today require the establishment of a new global order of cooperation founded on principles of justice and equity for all nations of the world, in particular those of the South, the participants in the Parliamentary Conference on South-South Cooperation stressed on Friday in Rabat.

In the final declaration issued at the conclusion of their discussions, the participants called on the international community to promptly bolster confidence in global development cooperation pathways and to enhance international solidarity, with the aim of facilitating a significant developmental shift in countries of the South and narrowing the economic gap with the countries of the North.

They highlighted the importance of joint efforts by all countries to foster global stability across its myriad dimensions as the cornerstone for enduring peace, underscoring the necessity for concerted regional and international endeavors aimed at ensuring a stable world free from the specter of conflict and separatist inclinations

The Declaration underscores that “any meddling in the internal affairs of states constitutes a breach of the United Nations Charter and the principle of good neighborliness, stressing the paramount importance of upholding the unity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of nations, as well as the need for peaceful means for conflict resolution.”

Similarly, “the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza were condemned and the international community called upon to stop it immediately in accordance with international law, to spare the blood of innocent people and to ensure international stability and peace”, reads the Declaration.

The participants also stressed the need to reinforce the endeavors of Arab, African and Latin American parliaments, including senates and equivalent councils, in all their pluralistic structures and enriched compositions, in order to enhance their oversight of government actions and compliance with national and international commitments, and to play their part in enacting legislation to promote economic and trade cooperation between Africa, the Arab world, Latin America and the countries of the South.

Under the High patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, this two-day conference focused on the “Role of National Parliaments and Regional and Continental Parliamentary Unions in Africa, the Arab World, and Latin America in Enhancing Strategic Partnerships and Achieving Joint Integration and Development”.

The meeting, held at the initiative of the House of Councillors in collaboration with the Association of Senates, Shoora, and Equivalent Councils in Africa and Arab world (ASSECAA), is part of the Kingdom of Morocco’s leadership, under the enlightened guidance of HM King Mohammed VI, in launching all development and solidarity initiatives aimed at strengthening South-South cooperation.