His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Sovereign of the Kingdom of Morocco, asked me to convey to the Assembly his greetings. He also asked me to deliver the following statement, prepared for the sixty-ninth session of the General Assembly:
“It gives me great pleasure to take part in the sixty-ninth session…
The phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters is not new. Regions such as Afghanistan and North Africa have been witness to it. It has recently taken a new dimension, particularly in the context of the Syrian and Iraqi crises.
This phenomenon, which began as a local, contained threat, has today beco…