The issues under consideration by the 2014 Special Political and Decolonization Committee are: child labour; and corporate influence in Africa. The Kingdom of Morocco is pleased to announce our full commitment to supporting efforts to resolve both issues. Morocco recognizes the concerns and considers them our first priority.I. Child labor In 2004, Morocco updated its legislation relating to child labour. The 2004 Labor Code was published in the Bulletin Officiel on December 8, 2003 and came into force on June 7, 2004. The new Code raised the minimum age for employment from 12 to 15 years and illegalized working hours. of work exceeding 10 hours. Furthermore, the Government of Morocco has ratified the ILO Convention No. 138 on the minimum age for working children on 6 January 2000 and the ILO Convention no. 182 on the worst forms of child labor on 26 January 2001. Both international treaties prohibit the economic exploitation and employment of children in work that could be dangerous, interfere with their education or harm their health, safety or development. The work rate of children in Morocco is decreasing as younger children choose to stay in school due to the limitation of work opportunities proposed by the Labor Code. Unfortunately, child labor has always been an important role in Moroccan society and problems still remain. The problem is inevitable as it stems from the poverty that afflicts Morocco. However, Morocco has shown great progress in poverty reduction. Only 9% of Morocco's total population of 32 million is considered poor, compared to 16.7% in the last decade. Morocco has worked hard to reduce the rate of child labor and increase school enrollments. Have a primary school enrollment of 116% and a primary school completion rate of 9...... middle of paper...... to participate in supporting other African countries. Morocco is aware of the importance of creating an economic structure necessary for the future and building businesses for a country to become independent. It goes without saying that eradicating all corporate influence would be quixotic and detrimental to the economies of other African countries. Instead, the delegation's intention is for African countries, with the support of other African countries, to grow more power and control over corporate influences and make them less harmful. This way, even if corporate influences are not removed, the affected countries will have less impact and benefit from the improved economy created by corporate influences. This will strengthen African businesses and may even, one day, give them a level playing field with Asian and Western businesses.