EURO-AFRICAN PARTNERSHIP FOR MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT
RABAT DECLARATION
(Original in French)
We, Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Ministers responsible of Migration and
Development and other representatives from partner countries: Austria,
Belgium, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cap Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Congo, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia,
Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea-Bissau,
Guinea, Guinea Equatorial, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Ivory Coast,
Latvia, Liberia, Libya, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Mali, Malta, Mauritania,
Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Congo,
Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Togo, Tunisia, and the United Kingdom and the European
Commission ;
Gathered, following the Kingdom of Morocco's invitation, on July 10th and 11th
2006 in Rabat, in the framework of the Ministerial Euro-African Conference on
Migration and Development ;
Thanked the Kingdom of Morocco, as host country, for the excellent
organisation of the Conference and for its hospitality, as well as for its active
participation and joint initiative with Spain and France ;
Expressed their consideration to the Republic of Senegal for its active
commitment, in particular for the excellent organisation of preparatory
meetings in Dakar ;
Thanked all the countries which have contributed to the draft of the Action
and of the Final Declaration ;
Thanked as well the regional and international organisations present during
the Conference ;
Aware that the destinies of our countries are linked and that only the
development of an effective, rapid and tangible solidarity embodying both the
imperatives of sustainable development and security for all will be able to offer
a lasting answer to the management of migratory flows ;
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