This high-level event, initiated by Morocco and the United Nations, is broadcast live on the United Nations Web TV, as well as on YouTube and social networks.
The event brings together high-level speakers including the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations, the President of the United Nations General Assembly, the Deputy Secretary-General of the UN and Chair of the UN Group on Sustainable Development and the Director-General of UNESCO.
The sixth edition of the International Congress of the Argan Tree is to be inaugurated during this event. The Congress that runs until May 13 brings together Moroccan and international scientists to discuss new discoveries from the tree and how it can help sustainability worldwide.
On March 3, 2021, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 10 May the International Day of Argania.
The resolution, submitted by Morocco, was co-sponsored by all member states of the United Nations and adopted by consensus.
The proclamation by the UN of the International Day of Argania is an international recognition of Kingdom’s efforts, under the Guidance of HM King Mohammed VI, in protecting and promoting the Argan tree.
This celebration crowns Morocco’s efforts in promoting the Argan tree as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity and an ancestral source of resilient and sustainable development.
Source: Agency Morocaine De Presse