United Nations General Assembly Seventy-eighth session

Mr. Lyazidi (Morocco) said that Morocco had adopted a clear vision for protecting and promoting children’s rights, exercised in part through its national observatory on the rights of children. Through its Constitution, Morocco provided for equal legal protection and equal social and moral support for all children, regardless of family situation. Morocco had acceded to all international legal instruments on the protection and promotion of children’s rights, had been one of the first countries to ratify all three optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and was committed to harmonizing its domestic legislation with international human rights law. Morocco had ratified the Principles and Guidelines on Children Associated with Armed Forces or Armed Groups, the Vancouver Principles on Peacekeeping and the Prevention of the Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers and the Safe Schools Declaration. PDF