Rabat – The government is looking into a number of medium- and long-term projects to proactively deal with water stress, in order to guarantee drinking water supply to all regions of the Kingdom, Minister Delegate in charge of Relations with Parliament, Government Spokesperson, Mustapha Baïtas, said Thursday.
The government has undertaken a series of measures aimed at accelerating the pace of completion of planned projects having an impact in the medium term, through building several dams and hydraulic basin interconnection projects, Baïtas underlined at a press briefing following the weekly cabinet meeting.
These measures, he pointed out, are in addition to a series of actions and programs, such as the national program of seawater desalination plants, the program for the reuse of purified wastewater and the program of water saving at the level of drinking water supply and distribution networks.
In this regard, Baïtas recalled that the government has adopted a series of measures relating to water managemen
t in the short term, including the guarantee of the optimal mobilization of resources, particularly in dams, wells and desalination plants, the establishment of emergency equipment for the transfer and supply of water, as well as measures to limit the use of irrigation water and the reduction of distribution flow if need be.
The National Drinking Water Supply and Irrigation Program (PNAEPI) 2020-2027, carried out under the supervision of HM King Mohammed VI, for a budget of 143 billion dirhams, aims to support the growing demand for water resources, to guarantee water security, to cope with the effects of climate change, to develop water supply, and to strengthen the supply of drinking water in rural areas, he pointed out.
Source: Agency Morocaine De Presse
GENEVA: UN human rights experts today urged the international community to increase pressure to end grave crimes unfolding during the ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza.
The experts welcomed the order rendered on 26 January 2024 by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for provisional measures in the case concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel).
“However, much more needs to be urgently done in order effectively and measurably stop any further carnage in Gaza,” they asserted.
The experts continued, “Today, we call on the international community to step up, as a matter of the highest priority, its efforts to ensure full and measurable compliance with international humanitarian law and international human rights law obligations in Gaza.”
They further urged States to use all available legal means under international law, including the jurisdiction of national courts over international crimes, to investi
gate and bring to justice those responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity since the outbreak of the Israeli war on Gaza.
The experts are: Morris Tidball-Binz, Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; Alice Jill Edwards, Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; Aua Baldé (Chair-Rapporteur), Gabriella Citroni (Vice-Chair), Angkhana Neelapaijit, Grazyna Baranowska, Ana Lorena Delgadillo Perez, Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances ; Dorothy Estrada Tanck (Chair), Claudia Flores, Ivana Krstic, Haina Lu, and Laura Nyirinkindi, Working group on discrimination against women and girls.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA