Tag: MINURSO

Chief of UN Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous visits Laayoune

October 23, 2016

After Rabat, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous flew to the southern city of Laayoune where he will meet local authorities and visit ... Read More

Chief of UN Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous in Morocco this Week

October 19, 2016

Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous said he would pay a visit to Morocco this week to meet Moroccan officials and visit the headquarters of ... Read More

MINURSO Full Functionality Not Fully Restored, UN Says

September 29, 2016

Three months following the UN-Morocco agreement to allow for the return of civilian staff of the MINURSO, the full functionality of the UN mission in ... Read More

UN Envoy Fears Return to Outright War in Sahara

September 27, 2016

The war scenario between Morocco and the Algerian-backed Polisario separatists was at the heart of talks separately held by the UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy ... Read More

Morocco Reiterates Commitment to Cease-fire Agreement, Shows Restraint in Response to Polisario Provocations

September 11, 2016

Morocco’s Permanent Representative at the UN headquarters in New York, Ambassador Omar Hilale, reiterated the Kingdom’s commitment to the UN-brokered 1991 cease-fire agreement in response ... Read More

Morocco Completes Asphalt Paving of Guergarat Road

September 10, 2016

Following a successful anti-smuggling operation to clear the border area of Guerguerat from all sorts of illegal commercial activities, Morocco completed the asphalting of the ... Read More

UN Fears a Full-blown War in Sahara

September 8, 2016

The UN has voiced fears over a full-blown war in the Sahara after the Polisario sent armed militiamen to the buffer zone in the border ... Read More

Tension Soars in Sahara as Polisario Violates Cease-Fire Agreement

August 30, 2016

The Polisario has violated the UN brokered cease-fire agreement in the Sahara by introducing armed units in the buffer zone near Gargarat, only 2500 meters ... Read More

UN Chief Voices ‘Deep Concern’ over Tense Situation in Sahara

August 30, 2016

Following the cease-fire violation of the Polisario, which introduced armed elements in the buffer strip, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern over the “tense ... Read More

Anti-Smuggling Operation: UN Vindicates Morocco, Refutes Polisario’s Allegations

August 20, 2016

The UN Spokesperson has categorically refuted the allegations propagated by the Polisario and Algerian media saying that Morocco mobilizes troops in preparation for a breach ... Read More