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The Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography visited Casablanca, Rabat, Meknès, Tangier and Marrakech from 28 February-3 March 2000, to study the issue of commercial sexual exploitation of children in Morocco. During her visit, she met with the Minister for Human Rights; representatives of the Ministries of Youth and Sports, Education, Tourism, Justice, Culture, Foreign Affairs and Planning, the Secretariats of State for Social Protection, Family and Children and for Solidarity and Humanitarian Affairs, representatives of the Royal Gendarmerie, the National Police (Sureté nationale), the Parliamentary Commission on Social Affairs, the Consultative Council on Human Rights (Conseil consultatif des droits de l'homme), the National Office for Monitoring the Rights of the Child (Observatoire nationale des droits de l'enfant); and representatives of the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations Development Programme and UNIFEM and of several non-governmental organizations (NGOs). |
