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Rome - Two Moroccan locations are among the 24 new Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), which received, Monday in Rome, the certificates of official recognition of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Rabat - The International University of Rabat (UIR) and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed, on Monday, a memorandum of understanding aiming at establishing, at the UIR campus, a Center of Excellence in Aeronautics and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Rabat - Fouad Arif, appointed by HM King Mohammed VI as Director General of the Maghreb Arab Press Agency (Maroc Radar), was installed on Saturday during a ceremony chaired by the Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid.

Rabat - Fouad Arif, whom His Majesty King Mohammed VI appointed, Friday, Director General of the Moroccan News Agency (Maroc Radar), holds a diploma of Higher Specialized Studies from the King Fahd Higher School of Translation in Tangier, obtained in 1993.

United Nations - Morocco's disaster risk management strategy 2020-2030 was highlighted in New York at a high-level event organized by the United Nations General Assembly.

Santo Domingo - Morocco is participating in the 118th session of the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) being held from May 16-18 in Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic.

Rabat - The time has come to amend the 2016 Code of the press and publishing to decide legally on the organization of the electronic media, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid said Tuesday at the House of Councillors.

Addis Ababa - The second Kofi Annan Road Safety Award will be hosted in Marrakech on September 25th-26th, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) said.

Rome - The initiative on ''education for the prevention and fight against violent extremism leading to terrorism'', recently launched by Morocco and the European Union (EU), advocates a "singular" approach that arouses a "particular" interest at the international level, said the Italian media "InsideOver".

Rabat - The governments of Morocco and the United Kingdom signed, Tuesday in Rabat, a Strategic Framework for Cooperation on climate action, clean energy and green growth.