DOver the past 25 years, Moroccan diplomacy has enjoyed great success, raising it to a prominent place on the international scene. In 2024, thanks to bold and visionary royal diplomacy, the Kingdom not only shone through its diplomatic successes, marking major strategic advances in territorial integrity and regional integration, but also consolidated its position within international organizations. leading international and regional companies. This success is not the result of chance, but of a thoughtful strategy, adapting the country’s foreign policy to the challenges of a constantly changing world.
Territorial integrity, a diplomatic triumph
The Moroccan Sahara issue saw significant progress in 2024. Influential states, such as France, have officially recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over its Saharan provinces, while others, notably in Africa and the West, have reaffirmed their support explicit to the Moroccan autonomy initiative.
“Royal diplomacy has placed Morocco at the center of the interests of international actors as a major regional actor capable of preserving its interests, developing its alliances and demonstrating transparency, realism and mutual respect,” affirms Mohamed Bouden , university professor, expert in international relations and president of the Atlas Center for the analysis of political and institutional indicators. The year was also marked by an unprecedented feat: Morocco obtained a 100% success rate in its 67 applications for vacant positions within international and regional organizations, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This performance reflects the confidence that the international community places in the Kingdom and its balanced vision of international relations. Notable successes include his election to the seat of President of the United Nations Human Rights Council, thus strengthening his voice in the defense of universal rights. Morocco was also promoted to the position of president of the Board of Directors of the World Food Program (WFP) and was elected, by majority, vice-president for the Africa region, within the executive committee of Interpol, demonstrating its ability to actively contribute to major global issues, whether economic development or transnational security.
According to Mohamed Bouden, these achievements demonstrate assertive leadership, supported by diplomacy which combines strategic rigor and pragmatism. This allows it to gain recognition and respect, going from East to West, and from North to South. At the same time, he highlights 5 main assets of this diplomacy.
• “First of all, it has proven its ability to meet challenges with the required rigor, while having the ability to open new chapters in Morocco’s international relations, according to clear parameters.
• Then, it enjoys great popularity in international circles thanks to the international influence of His Majesty the King Mohammed VI and the dynamism of Moroccan participation in various international forums, which reflected the confidence of a number of countries around the world in Morocco’s positions and initiatives on certain important issues.
-• Moroccan diplomacy is characterized by the association of words with actions, and this characteristic has materialized in numerous moments of solidarity of the Kingdom of Morocco with its brothers and friends, particularly in the Arab world and in Africa.
• It believes in the opportunities that come with challenges, and therefore Morocco, with its usual realism, dares to seize them to diversify its options. In this context, the Royal Atlantic Initiative, which includes the Sahel countries, and the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project can be considered an example of this creative and promising diplomatic logic.
• Finally on international issues, this diplomacy is based on a method oriented towards consensus, peaceful solutions, collective action, defense of the objectives of international law, and sometimes dissociation when the situation requires it.
As the world enters a period of change and uncertainty, Morocco is charting its course with confidence, working to consolidate its achievements and establish its international image.
Moroccan Sahara: What Mohamed Bouden, expert in international relations, says about it
“Experience has proven that Moroccan candidacies for leadership positions in international and regional organizations and specialized mechanisms benefit from broad international support, and from different parties. Since His Majesty King Mohammed VI decided in 2007 to present a proposal aimed at granting autonomy to the Southern Provinces within the framework of national sovereignty, which represents a historic opportunity for the different parties, the international movement of support to the Autonomy Initiative was accentuated at the level of the Security Council, where various actors provided strong testimony to the failure of the thesis hostile to the rights of Morocco. The Security Council has repeatedly confirmed the relevance, seriousness and credibility of the Moroccan plan. The latter benefits from the support of around 110 countries around the world. Furthermore, 164 countries in the world do not recognize the Polisario Front, and 30 countries have already opened their consulates general in Laâyoune and Dakhla.
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