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News: Headlines from the Moroccan Press: Monday, June 14, 2021

AUJOURD'HUI LE MAROC
Rate cuts: A false good idea? :
It will be one year to the day since the central bank lowered its key rate to 1.5%. One year later, questions are being raised about the real impact of this measure. As Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM) prepares to hold its second board meeting of the year, an update should be made on the monetary measures decided by the central bank since the outbreak of the health crisis...

147,000 Moroccan children aged 7 to 17 engaged in economic activity:
"In Morocco, there are 147,000 economically active children among the 7,469,000 children aged 7 to 17. The figure, down 26.5% from 2019, is specified by the High Commission for Planning which, on the occasion of the World Day against Child Labor celebrated each year on June 12, has just presented the salient features of the phenomenon of working children according to data from the national employment survey of 2020. The objective is to raise awareness of the plight of child workers in the world...


LE MATIN DU SAHARA:
Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs: "The Morocco-Libya strategic partnership is crucial for the whole region in order to fight against extremism and terrorism:
The strategic partnership between Morocco and Libya is of paramount importance for the whole region to address a set of challenges, at their head the fight against extremism and terrorism, said Friday in Rabat the Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Najla Mangoush. The Libyan diplomatic chief, who was making her first official visit to the Kingdom, praised the efforts of HM King Mohammed VI and the Kingdom of Morocco, which hosted the Libyan political dialogue in Skhirate in 2015, as well as the Kingdom's continued actions to date, through the hosting of several rounds of negotiations between the Libyan parties with a view to unifying Libyan institutions, and the support of the Libyan Government of National Unity...

Third term of the UMT in the Governing Body of the International Labour Organization:
The Moroccan Labor Union (UMT) keeps its seat as an assistant member in the Governing Body, the executive body of the International Labor Organization (ILO) for the term 2021-2024. Indeed, the votes cast yesterday allowed the secretary general of the inter-banking union USIB and deputy secretary general of the UMT, Amal El Amri, to be reappointed to the position of deputy member she has already held for two successive terms 2014-2017 and 2017-2024...


LES INSPIRATIONS ECO
Resolution of the European Parliament. A firm and unanimous rejection:
Neither the national parliamentary diplomacy, nor the official one, intend to remain unmoved by the attempts to Europeanize the bilateral crisis between Morocco and Spain. The resolution adopted late last week by the European Parliament has caused a strong reaction in both institutions. At the end of an emergency meeting, held on June 10 under the chairmanship of Habib El Malki, president of the House of Representatives, the members of the bureau of the House and the presidents of the groups thus discussed the adoption by the European Parliament of a non-legislative resolution on unaccompanied minors and the migration issue...

Health sector. A new strategy to protect human resources:
More than ever, the health crisis has demonstrated the urgency of implementing an integrated vision that protects workers in the health sector from the risks associated with the performance of their duties. Aware of the need to accelerate the process of developing a national strategy for the health sector, the supervisory department has indicated that an initiative in this direction is on the agenda, in order to "strengthen the development of the national human capital in the health field, primarily the civil servants working in the various services...


LIBÉRATION
The Covid danger is still omnipresent. Health authorities are responding to an obvious release:
No more masks. The barrier gestures have been put in the drawer of oblivion. In public transport, cafes and beaches, the vigilance and sense of responsibility of citizens have frayed over time...

Signature of a memorandum of understanding between the House of Representatives and the CNDH:
The House of Representatives and the National Council for Human Rights (CNDH) signed Thursday an updated memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation between the two institutions. Signed by the President of the House of Representatives, Habib El Malki, and the President of the CNDH, Amina Bouayach, this updated memorandum of understanding aims to implement the contractual mechanisms approved by the Kingdom or to which it has acceded in the field of human rights, said Saturday a statement from the House of Representatives...