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The Permanent Mission of Morocco to the UN in New York organized, Monday, an international research seminar on the theme “Territorial autonomy: The promotion of foreign direct investment”. The seminar drew eminent experts, researchers and academics from Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Denmark, Indonesia and Tanzania. It was attended by around fifty diplomats, including several ambassadors in New York, senior UN officials and media accredited to the United Nations. This meeting made it possible to compare the Autonomy initiative proposed by the Kingdom of Morocco for the Sahara region with other autonomy experiences in the world, particularly with regard to the promotion of foreign direct investments in the autonomous regions and stimulating the economic development of local populations. International experts shared experiences from the Islands of Madeira, Aceh, Zanzibar, Faroe Islands and the Crown Dependencies. Marc Finaud, Senior Advisor at the “Geneva Security Policy Center”, recalled in his intervention the provisions of the Moroccan Autonomy initiative which guarantee the socio-economic development of the Sahara region, in particular its article 13 which stipulates that the region will have the financial resources necessary for its development and will benefit from funds allocated by the State in line with the principle of national solidarity. He...