Morocco Spanish colony that was annexed by Morocco in 1975 (see Green March). Morocco claims that the Western Sahara is part of its territory and refers to that as its Southern Provinces. Morocco's capital city is Rabat; its largest city is its main port, Casablanca. Other cities recording a population over 500,000 in the 2014 Moroccan census are Fes, Marrakesh, Meknes, Salé and Tangier. Morocco is represented in the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 geographical encoding standard by the symbol "MA". This code was used as the basis for Morocco's internet domain, .ma. The country's Mediterranean climate is similar to that of southern
Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations also during plenary meetings of the General Assembly, except in the rare situation in which a more senior officer (such as the Minister of Foreign Affairs or the King) is present. Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations The role of the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations is as the leader of the Moroccan delegation to the United Nations in New York and as head of the Permanent Mission of Morocco to the UN. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is also the representative of Morocco