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00:00Hello and welcome to this new Carrefour d'Information, it's time for the big news and we start with the headlines.
00:23The Arabian coup d'envoi of the 13th edition of the annual international conference of the Atlantic Dialogues, organized under the patronage of King Mohammed VI and the Policy Center for the New South.
00:37This year, special attention will be paid to the Moroccan Atlantic Initiative aimed at unblocking the economies of the Sahel countries in coherence with the will of King Mohammed VI.
00:53Yalavamos, all roads lead to Morocco, to Portugal and to Spain, officially designated by FIFA as the high country of the World Cup 2030.
01:06Twelve agents in charge of securing aid trucks in the Palestinian territory were killed this morning by Israeli strikes.
01:15About thirty people, for most of the children, were also injured.
01:24We start with the Arabian coup d'envoi of the 13th edition of the annual international conference of the Atlantic Dialogues, organized under the patronage of King Mohammed VI and the Policy Center for the New South.
01:37This year, special attention will be paid to the Moroccan Atlantic Initiative aimed at unblocking the economies of the Sahel countries in coherence with the will of King Mohammed VI.
01:52This is expressed in the royal speech on the occasion of the 48th anniversary of the Green March.
01:59This new formula also proposes to examine through what is called the look of the New South
02:07both the dynamics that are taking place around the Atlantic and the new issues of international cooperation.
02:12Among these manifestations, there will be the exploration of new initiatives aimed at shaping the future of the region,
02:19in the image of the Moroccan Atlantic Initiative, which aims in particular to help the Sahel countries to overcome the obstacles to their development,
02:28while accelerating their integration into the global economy.
02:33And it is the Moroccan-Spanish-Portuguese trio that will organize the World Cup 2030.
02:41No surprise, the solidity of the candidacy file presented by these three countries was officially validated yesterday by FIFA during its General Assembly in Zurich.
02:51A big day for Morocco, the world, but also for Africa, which will once again welcome this World Cup,
02:57which will also take place on two other continents, Europe and South America.
03:02Three matches of this international competition will be held.
03:06Hand in hand, Morocco, Spain and Portugal propose for the World Cup 2030, I remind you,
03:12a wide choice of sites of great quality distributed across 17 cities with varied profiles.
03:20The president of FIFA has officially announced the attribution of the World Cup 2030 organization to the Moroccan-Spanish-Portuguese trio,
03:30Gianni Infantino, which we will listen to.
03:33Right after, you will have the reactions of the presidents of the representatives of the football federations of the three high countries.
03:40And now we can officially confirm
03:46Allow me to officially confirm the high countries that will co-organize the World Cup 2030.
03:57Morocco, Portugal and Spain. Congratulations to all of you.
04:03I thank you for trusting my country, Morocco, as well as our two partners, Portugal and Spain,
04:16to organize together the World Cup 2030.
04:21This trust that you placed in my country, while retaining its candidacy within the candidacy of the three parties,
04:28once again testifies to the advanced achievements, both at the level of the specific preparations for the event,
04:35and at the level of the global development of the country, led by a enlightened vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist him.
04:44This will not only contribute to the success of the organization, but also to the realization of what we have always defended,
04:54namely that sport in general, and football in particular, form a lever of socio-economic and human development.
05:04Mr. President, dear colleagues, the candidacy of the three parties will forge a place in history.
05:12And not the least, this is the first time that this universal event is organized at the same time in Africa,
05:20the cradle of humanity, and on the old continent, Europe. I thank you.
05:26This consecration is the logical path of the enlightened vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist him,
05:35which allowed Morocco, in the candidacy of the three parties, with its Portuguese and Spanish friends,
05:43to organize this global event in 2030.
05:49Our thanks go to the President of FIFA, Mr. Gianni Infantino, to the President of the Federations,
05:58and to the operational teams of FIFA, who have accompanied us throughout this candidacy process.
06:07The appointment is taken for 2030, God willing. Let's go!
06:12We are proud to be officially chosen to co-organize the 2030 World Cup.
06:19This proves that we are able to organize such an event and to welcome so many people in our country.
06:28It is a historic moment for all of us to see Portugal, Morocco and Spain organize such a grand event together.
06:40We are happy and proud to be paid high for the 2030 World Cup. It is an honor for us.
06:47The last time we organized this sporting event was in 1982.
06:52Since then, our country has changed and evolved enormously, and you will certainly notice it by 2030.
06:59Thank you all for your support. Our respective football federations thank you for your trust.
07:08We continue in the Gaza Strip, where civil defense reports that 12 agents in charge of securing aid trucks in the Palestinian territory
07:17were killed this morning by Israeli strikes.
07:20Seven were killed in a strike in Arafat, five others in a strike in Khan Younes in the city.
07:25In the south of the Gaza Strip, about thirty people, mostly children, were injured.
07:32The trucks carrying flour were on their way to the UNRWA warehouses, the Palestinian Refugee Aid Agency.
07:43Israel's systematic policy continues to target all those who work with the United Nations.
07:48According to our correspondent in El Khots, Valérie Efferon, Israel's goal is indeed to aggravate famine among the civilian population.
07:58From the Gaza Strip, we listen to her.
08:00It is clear that the system put in place since the beginning of the war last year is striking.
08:07We do not need to be an expert to see what happened.
08:10From the beginning, Israel has systematically killed all members of the Palestinian police,
08:17but also all groups of the civil society,
08:22who want to replace the police in a certain way and, in general, maintain public order
08:29and, above all, ensure coordination with the United Nations for the distribution of humanitarian aid.
08:37We are talking about civil defense and groups called the Popular Committees,
08:43which were formed simply to protect the trucks entering the Gaza Strip,
08:49so that they are properly distributed among the populations.
08:55In fact, Israel has systematically, as we have seen in the last two strikes,
08:59also killed its civilians, engaged in a certain way as volunteers for the protection of humanitarian aid.
09:06What is left? Of course, there is a risk of total social chaos
09:11and, above all, the armed gangs, who, as we have seen over the months,
09:16pillage the trucks and, this time, the Israeli army lets them do it.
09:21These groups are therefore accused of working directly with the Israeli army
09:26and Israel is accused by the UN rapporteurs and the major international NGOs
09:33of using famine as a weapon of war.
09:37It should be noted that, at present, we have talked a lot about the famine,
09:41which was really real and early in the northern region of the Gaza Strip.
09:46The famine is currently affecting more than 2 million children and adults in the Gaza Strip,
09:52who are, in addition, homeless, deprived of medication, hospitals
09:57and concentrated in a more and more reduced portion of their national territory.
10:03The UN General has, on his part, claimed a very large majority.
10:07An immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza, a symbolic call rejected by Israel and the United States.
10:14We are grateful for this crushing support.
10:17The Palestinian ambassador to the UN, Riyad Mansour,
10:21we will continue to knock on the door of the Security Council and the Assembly
10:27until a ceasefire is put in place.
10:30The Palestinian diplomat who, during the debates,
10:33had called on the international community to put an end to the nightmares of the inhabitants of Gaza.
10:37The resolution adopted under the applause was adopted, I remind you,
10:43by 158 votes for, 9 against and 13 abstentions,
10:48demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire,
10:51as well as the immediate and unconditional liberation of all hostages.
10:55A formulation similar to the text blocked a few weeks ago
10:59at the Security Council by an American veto.
11:06We go to Syria with Israeli air strikes
11:09which targeted military sites belonging to the army of President Bashar al-Assad,
11:16in the provinces of Latakia and Tartus.
11:20This is what the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says,
11:23according to the OSDH, Israeli fighter jets continue to destroy
11:27what remains of the Syrian military arsenal
11:30for the fourth consecutive day since the fall of the old regime.
11:39A so-called historic agreement between Somalia and Ethiopia in Ankara.
11:44The Turkish president announced yesterday that Somali and Ethiopian leaders
11:47had found an agreement under his auspices to put an end to tensions,
11:51especially on access to the sea in Ethiopia.
11:53A historic agreement according to Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
11:56which was expressed at a press conference
11:58jointly with Ethiopian and Somali leaders.
12:01He added that this would be the first step towards a new beginning
12:06based on peace and cooperation between Mogadishu and Addis Ababa.
12:11Somalia, welcome.
12:15President Erdogan, I believe...
12:18Back to Morocco with the general review of the National Sheptel 2024,
12:23which began in the kingdom and according to the Ministry of Agriculture
12:27and the National Association of Ovint and Caprin Breeders,
12:31the objective is to help public authorities take adequate measures
12:35to preserve the national sheptel.
12:39Our livestock is our country's fortune.
12:41This is the slogan of this operation.
12:43This is a report by Meru Abed Halima.
12:45The story is signed by Yunus Ben Sena.
12:49In the region of Rabat Saleh Kenitra, more precisely in the rural municipality of Sehoul,
12:54the general review of the National Sheptel 2024 has just been launched.
12:59Initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture,
13:02the operation aims to help public authorities
13:04take adequate measures to preserve the national sheptel.
13:09The operation aims to provide updated data on the national sheptel of Ovint and Caprin,
13:21its composition and geographical distribution.
13:28I call on all breeders to join this operation by providing all the necessary data.
13:35Research teams have been mobilized on the ground
13:39to collect data on the number of livestock heads
13:42according to breed, species and age categories,
13:45by meeting breeders and submitting the data in a form specially designed for this purpose.
13:53The collected data will help public authorities
13:57take adequate measures to preserve the national sheptel.
14:01It will also allow to implement a global and integrated development policy
14:07to promote the sector and strengthen its resilience capacity
14:12in the context of climate change.
14:16Another particularity of the research operation,
14:19it is part of the monitoring of the dynamics of the red meat industry
14:23and is part of the National Sheptel Protection Program
14:26and its restructuring adopted by the Ministry of Agriculture.
14:32It's time for the guest of the big news,
14:35spotlight on the Atlantic Dialogue International Conference
14:40which has just opened its doors in Rabat.
14:42A conference that honors the debate and transversal dialogue
14:45on issues of regional but also global interest
14:48to rebalance the South-North debate.
14:52It mainly aims at a new apprehension of the Atlantic dynamic.
14:57And to highlight the issues and objectives of this international conference,
15:02we are live from Rabat with Mr. Abdelhak Basso,
15:05Senior Fellow Policy Center for the New South,
15:08organizer of the 13th edition of this conference.
15:12Hello and welcome.
15:19So the Atlantic Dialogue International Conference
15:22takes place in Rabat.
15:23What are the objectives of this 13th edition?
15:54What is the purpose of this conference?
15:58If you want, it's time to do the assessment.
16:03It's time to do the assessment of the world
16:05and therefore, if you want, to compare
16:07what we have pointed out, what we have produced,
16:12with what other researchers have, other nationalities,
16:16other...
16:18It's not difficult, if you want.
16:22If you want, to get involved in the world policy.
16:25That's the first objective.
16:26Second objective.
16:28You know that as TICTANC,
16:31one of our major concerns, if you want,
16:34one of our major objectives, is to expand our network a little.
16:38And it's also an opportunity to expand the Policy Center network.
16:43Then, and maybe we'll talk about it later,
16:48towards the end of the year,
16:50it's a bit of a question of seeing what the state of the world is.
16:54And God knows if the world today,
16:56and especially this year, 2024,
16:59has not seen so much movement in the world.
17:02So, things that may need to be clarified
17:06or at least thought and studied.
17:09So, this conference is organized under the patronage of OURA Mohammed VI.
17:15An edition that coincides this year with the 10th anniversary of TICTANC,
17:19the Policy Center for the New South.
17:22How are you going to celebrate this anniversary, if I may say so?
17:32First of all, in humility, if you will,
17:36we say that compared to other TICTANC,
17:39compared to other institutions in the world,
17:42we are only 10 years old.
17:44So, we are quite young.
17:47It is also an opportunity to celebrate, if you will,
17:54by being a little happy with a certain degree of maturity
17:57that the Policy Center has reached,
18:01especially when we see, that is, the place we occupy,
18:06the place we occupy today,
18:09both in the Arab world, in Africa,
18:11as well as in the world,
18:13among the TICTANC.
18:16We had a meeting in July,
18:18that is to say, a meeting of all the frames
18:21to think a little about what we have done during these 10 years.
18:25These are the 10 years of construction.
18:28Now, it is now that our production will begin, if you will.
18:32It is now that we are going to start producing ideas.
18:36We are built,
18:38we have put a little, if you will,
18:41bricks on top of each other during these 10 years,
18:44but now we are going to start, for us,
18:47the time to review our programs,
18:50to review our ideas, to review our doctrine,
18:53to review our editorial line as well,
18:57and to want to start, if you will,
19:00another era,
19:02the one where we are heading towards more and more maturity of the Center.
19:08So, this year,
19:10in your 10 years,
19:11a particular intention
19:13is to refer to the Moroccan Atlantic Initiative,
19:17an initiative that aims, among other things,
19:19to unlock the economies of the Sahel countries.
19:22So, what are the specificities
19:25and approaches that will be devoted
19:28during this 13th edition?
19:32So, already, the first day contains two panels in full,
19:37which are devoted to Atlantic Africa
19:40and, within Atlantic Africa,
19:42to this initiative to unlock
19:45the Sahel countries.
19:48So, this unlocking of the Sahel countries,
19:51there will be an exchange of ideas
19:54by the experts,
19:56by the African experts,
19:59by some Europeans as well.
20:01How do they see it?
20:03Because this initiative,
20:05His Majesty said that it is an international initiative.
20:09International means that it is Moroccan,
20:12it is African,
20:14but it is also international,
20:16that is to say, everyone is interested.
20:19And with the quality of the experts that we have today
20:22for these Atlantic Dialogues,
20:26I believe that the idea will only get richer.
20:29Moreover, when I speak of the idea,
20:31in fact, it is two ideas in one.
20:34The first concerns Atlantic Africa,
20:36all of Atlantic Africa,
20:38with the 23 countries
20:41that Morocco is trying, if you will,
20:44to put in an institutionalized structure.
20:49Why an institutionalized structure?
20:53It would allow the African countries of the Atlantic
20:58to address the world by being united.
21:01Because we have the Mediterranean experience
21:05where the phase, if you will,
21:08the African side speaks to the European side
21:11in a dispersed way.
21:13Because there is no, if you will,
21:15integration structure
21:17of North Africa or Maghreb.
21:19So, this time,
21:21the Atlantic,
21:23if the 23 countries get together,
21:26it will allow them to speak in one voice
21:29and therefore to have, if you will,
21:32their place, to have the place they deserve,
21:35not only in the Atlantic basin,
21:37but also in the world.
21:39The second idea that is inserted in this Atlantic Africa
21:42is that of disengagement of the Sahel country
21:47or, if you will, to allow the Sahel country
21:51to multiply the ways of disengagement.
21:55Because these countries,
21:58today, import and export
22:00by other West African ports.
22:03So, perhaps we should emphasize
22:05the fact that the Moroccan initiative
22:07does not compete with the ports
22:10that already disengage the Sahel.
22:13But it will allow the Sahel
22:15to multiply these ways,
22:17to make them more important
22:19and to give them more consistency.
22:21So, it is very interesting what you say,
22:24you say, Abdelhakar Basso,
22:26you speak precisely of these different ways,
22:30to multiply the ways of disengagement
22:34concerning the economies of the Sahel.
22:37So, the view of the New South,
22:39it is one of the new formulas
22:41used by this conference.
22:43The South, as you just said, Abdelhakar Basso,
22:46are plural, they are unequal in their identity.
22:50How, through the debates,
22:53it will be necessary to help the Sahel countries
22:56to overcome the obstacles to their development
22:59but also to accelerate their integration
23:01in the global economy?
23:09You are right.
23:11Concerning this South,
23:13because we hear a lot about a global South.
23:16So, when we speak of a global South,
23:19as if it were in the world
23:21only one South.
23:24Is there only one South?
23:26There is a South,
23:28which today, for example,
23:31has a certain rebellion
23:34towards the West,
23:36which is a bit hostile to the West,
23:40which wants to open up to new emerging powers
23:43but in a certain hostility to the West.
23:46But there is another South.
23:48The other South is the one
23:50that I would call South,
23:52both new and open.
23:54New, insofar as it offers to the West
23:58another kind of partnership,
24:01that is, another way of being partners,
24:04another way of cooperation,
24:06of renewing, of taking into account
24:08the fact that the South today
24:10is not the South of the 60s
24:12or the South of the last century.
24:14It is also open
24:16to emerging powers.
24:19So, a South that is open
24:21to emerging powers,
24:23that wants to renew its relationship with the West,
24:25that no longer wants it to remain as it was.
24:27And not a global South,
24:29and that is in this sense
24:31that we speak of a South,
24:33if you will, plural.
24:35And this initiative
24:37of disengagement of the Sahel countries
24:40integrates into this idea.
24:42And in fact, in two concepts,
24:44I believe, that His Majesty the King
24:46has made a masterpiece,
24:49the South-South,
24:51and the winner-winner.
24:53This South-South and winner-winner,
24:55I believe, is what can sum up
24:57this Moroccan initiative
25:00of wanting to give to these Sahel countries
25:04the opportunity to multiply
25:07their voices of disengagement.
25:11This initiative is not only
25:13part of the South,
25:15but also in the spirit of Moroccan solidarity.
25:18Because let us not forget that
25:20the preamble of the Moroccan constitution,
25:22which divides the world into five parties,
25:24when it comes to the African part,
25:26it speaks of Africa and the Sahel,
25:28and it speaks of cooperation
25:30and solidarity towards
25:32the African brotherly peoples.
25:35This will be the final word.
25:38Solidarity towards the African brotherly countries.
25:44Thank you very much, Abdelhak Bassou,
25:46for being with us.
25:48I remind you that you are Senior Fellow
25:50at the Policy Centre for this 13th edition
25:53of the Atlantic Dialogue conference,
25:56which opens its doors today in Rabat,
25:59under the high patronage of His Majesty
26:01the King Mohammed VI.
26:02Good luck with this edition.
26:11And thank you.
26:13This is the end of this newspaper.
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