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Dr. Abdelilah Benarafa, Deputy Director General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), participated on Monday (May 13, 2024) in the Fourth International Symposium on Social Sciences Spring, entitled: “Migration and Values ​​in the Context of Risk and Uncertainty: What Contribution of Social Sciences?”, organized by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Mohammed V University in Rabat, Al Akhawayn University, the Council of the Moroccan Community Abroad, and the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Migration and Citizenship Studies, and witnessed a high-level presence of officials, prominent figures and specialized researchers.

Dr. Benarafa delivered ICESCO’s speech during the opening session of the symposium, which is held over three days at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Mohammed V University in Rabat, where he addressed the phenomenon of migration and its significant role in value changes and enhancing cultural cross-fertilization between different ethnicities, thus contributing to building civilization as a physical embodiment of this cultural and value-based blending and fusion.

The Deputy Director General of ICESCO highlighted the “World Day of Mercy” initiative, issued within the recommendations of the International Conference on “Civilizational Values ​​in the Prophet’s Biography” organized by ICESCO, and approved by the Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in March 2022, and then submitted this initiative to the United Nations General Assembly to allocate a World Day of Mercy on April 21 of each year. He also referred to the cooperation and partnership agreement signed by ICESCO and the International Organization for Migration to implement a set of programs, projects and activities in areas related to migrants, and to raise awareness of the contents of international conventions for safe and regular migration in order to achieve the goals of sustainable development.

URL:https://icesco.org/ar/2024/05/14/الإيسيسكو-تشارك-في-الندوة-الدولية-لرب/