UNJournal Jon Lee | “Moroccan Sahara is a successful model of autonomy in action in the Maghreb and Africa, just as Jeju is a successful model in Asia,” said Amb. Chafik Rachadi of the Kingdom of Morocco to Korea on Nov. 24.
Delivering an address Amb. Richadi said, “The Broad Autonomy Initiative for the Sahara Region, presented by Morocco in 2007, qualified as “serious and credible” by the UN Security Council and the international community, has proved to be not only a basis for peace, but a springboard for development. The region is becoming an economic hub, a leading center of cooperation, and a geostrategic space dedicated to stability and shared prosperity.”
![ Amb. Chafik Rachadi of the Kingdom of Morocco to Korea delivers an address at the Symposium on “Autonomy as a Relay for Development - Comparative Approach” held at the Ambassador Seoul Pullman Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul, on Nov. 24.](http://wunnews.mediaon.co.kr/data/photos/20231250/art_1702356792487_f16767.jpg)
![ Amb. Chafik Rachadi of the Kingdom of Morocco to Korea (12th from the left, front row) and participants in the Morocco symposium on “Autonomy as a Relay for Development - Comparative Approach” pose for a group photo.](http://wunnews.mediaon.co.kr/data/photos/20231250/art_17023567991968_fb7af7.jpg)
![ The Morocco symposium on “Autonomy as a Relay for Development - Comparative Approach” gets underway with attendance of a moderator and panelists.](http://wunnews.mediaon.co.kr/data/photos/20231250/art_17023567557998_113e55.jpg)