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Geneva Round Table on Sahara, an Opportunity for Confidence-Building Promotion?

The round table on the Sahara, scheduled for Dec.5-6 in Geneva, offers the opportunity to promote confidence-building, said Monday the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Mounia Boucetta. Security Council Resolution 2440, adopted on 31 October 2018, marks a significant step forward, especially as it stresses the need to open a new chapter in the […]

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Germany Calls for Constructive Attitude at Round-table on Sahara

Germany has called on stakeholders in the Sahara issue to have a constructive attitude at the round table to be held in Geneva December 5-6. The call was launched by German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas at the end of talks Thursday in Berlin with his Moroccan peer Nasser Bourita. The German official stressed the “paramount […]

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UN Petitioners Commend Planned Round-Table on Sahara & Morocco’s Autonomy Plan

Several Delegates and petitioners took the floor before the fourth UN Committee, hailing the round table discussions on Sahara planned in Geneva in December and the autonomy plan offered by Morocco for the resolution of this regional conflict. Cameroon’s delegate expressed support for the ongoing efforts made by Horst Köhler, Personal Envoy of the UN […]

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Sahara: Morocco Accepts UN Envoy’s Invitation for Round Table in Geneva

Morocco will take part in the round table on the Sahara issue to which Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario were also invited, Moroccan government spokesman Mustapha Khalfi said. At the end of September, UN envoy for the Sahara Horst Kohler sent an invitation to the three north African countries in addition to the Polisario separatists […]

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Horst Köhler Briefs UN Security Council, Morocco Scores Points

The Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Moroccan Sahara, Horst Köhler, briefed on Wednesday the UN Security Council on his second tour in the Maghreb region that led him to Algeria, Mauritania and Morocco from June 23 to July 1. While in Morocco, after the talks he held in Rabat on June […]

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UN Envoy Meets Human Rights Activists in Sahara

UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Horst Kohler, who paid a visit to the Sahara met with members of the regional commissions for human rights (CRDH) in Laayoune who briefed him on their work and the human rights conditions in the region. President of the CRDH in Laayoune said the meeting with Kohler […]

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Sahara: Horst Köhler Starts New Tour in the Region Saturday

The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Horst Köhler, will begin a ten-day visit to the region on Saturday (June 23), it was officially announced in New York Thursday. “I can confirm that Horst Köhler, the Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara will conduct a new tour of the region from June 23 to […]

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Sahara: UN Slams Polisario Attempts to Undermine Buffer Strip Status Quo

Following the growing provocative incursions of the Polisario armed militiamen in the Guerguerat buffer zone, UN Security Council has denounced these hostile acts made by the Algeria-backed separatists, in a bid to undermine peace and stability in the region, making it clear that “there should be no change in the status of the buffer zone”. […]

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Lisbon Talks on Sahara were “Rich, Fruitful”, Says Foreign Minister

The bilateral talks held Tuesday in Lisbon between the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy for the Sahara, Horst Kohler, and a Moroccan delegation, led by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, were “rich” and “fruitful”. The description was made by Nasser Bourita who pointed out that “overall, the discussions took place in an atmosphere of serenity and the debates […]

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Moroccan Delegation Meets UN Envoy for Sahara in Lisbon

A Moroccan delegation, led by Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, met UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Horst Köhler in Lisbon this Tuesday. The Moroccan delegation comprises Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Omar Hilale, President of the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region, Sidi Hamdi Ould Errachid, and President of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region Ynja […]