The annual session of the Crans Montana Forum, to be held from March 12- 14 in Dakhla, will place the economic development in the African continent at the center of its works, said Wednesday the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), co-organizer of this global summit.

The Crans Montana Forum "will be held in Dakhla, Morocco," said Friday in Rabat, president of this prestigious institution, Jean-Paul Carteron, noting that attacks by opponents of the territorial integrity of Morocco are part of the "buzz". "Obviously we're in Dakhla, Morocco," said Mr. Carteron at a press conference in Rabat for the presentation of this forum and its program, welcoming the "huge" efforts made by Morocco for the development of this city, "one of the most beautiful parts of the world."

Morocco condemned, on Tuesday before the UNHRC, the human rights abuse of populations in the camps of Tindouf, reiterating its call to conduct a census and lift the blockade imposed on them.

The bodies and organizations of civil society in the region of Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira welcomed the holding in Dakhla of the Crans Montana Forum (March 12-14) under the patronage of HM King Mohammed VI, in view of the positive impact that this event will have on the economic and development in this region.

The European Union welcomed the strengthening of the branches of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) in the southern Moroccan cities of Laayoun and Dakhla (the so-called Western Sahara), High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherni, said on Tuesday.