UEMF creates a chair on the Alliance of Civilizations with UNAOC

At the press conference organized by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Living Abroad, Mr. Nasser Bourita, and the High Representative of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), Mr. Miguel Angel Moratinos, marking the end of the 9th UNAOC Global Forum held in Fès, Mr. Moratinos announced that UNAOC will create a Chair on the Alliance of Civilizations at the Euromed University of Fes.

This chair was proposed by the president of UEMF, Prof. Mostapha Bousmina, during Mr. Moratinos’s visit to the University accompanied by high-level personalities to attend the session on recommendations formulated by youth regarding the alliance of civilizations. Indeed, UEMF hosted on its eco-campus from November 21 to 23 three hundred young people from 98 countries.

After three days of exchange, debate and reflection on intercultural and interfaith dialogue, living together, peace and the approach to be adopted in the fight against hate speech and xenophobia, the young participants at the 9th UNAOC Global Forum presented their final recommendations to the United Nations for a more tolerant, fairer and more inclusive world.

During this recommendations session, the young people exchanged, in several panels, with Mr. Miguel Angel Moratinos, as well as with other invited personalities, notably Mr. Adama Dieng, Former Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Mr. Viacheslav Fetisov, Legendary ice hockey champion, Russia, Mr. Christian Lali Kake Karembeu, Professional Football Player, France, Mr. Gilles Proux, mayor of La Courneuve, France, and the great film director, Mr. Amos Gitai.