The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, arrived in Marrakesh Sunday to take part in the Intergovernmental Conference that will adopt formally the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. The UN Chief, flanked by President of the General Assembly María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for International Migration Louise Arbour will open the high-level conference on Monady Dec.10. The UN expects the presence of at least twenty Heads of State and Government at the Marrakech Conference that it considers “a stepping stone”. The two day Conference features a plenary debate, during which Member States will confirm their political commitment to the Global Compact for Migration. This naturally opens the way for the implementation of the Global Compact in the country”, he said.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 09, 2018 19:18 UTC