The proceedings of the Arab Social-Democratic Forum concluded with the Rabat Declaration

The proceedings of the Arab Social-Democratic Forum concluded with the Rabat Declaration, the text of which is as follows:“We, the parties, members of the Arab Social-Democratic Forum, gathered on 24 and 25 June at the invitation of the Socialist Union of Popular Forces and in implementation of the decision of the Cairo meeting of 20 January 2013, express our complete satisfaction and pride regarding the high level of partisan representation of the 12 social-democratic and socialist parties of the Arab world, which has constituted a historic event in the path of our common activism.We also welcome the frank and in-depth debate that enriched the Forum's sessions, whether regarding its political identity and organisational lists, or concerning the structuring of its bodies relating to women and youth.We recall that our initiative for the creation of this Forum is part of the Arab dynamic…