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Sahara : UN Adopts Electronic System to Monitor Humanitarian Aid in Tindouf

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has decided to deploy an electronic system in the Tindouf camps to monitor the international humanitarian aid and prevent its embezzlement by the Polisario in connivance with some Algerian officials. The move is the first of its kind made by the United Nations to combat the misappropriation and diversion of […]

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Omar Hilale: Polisario Must Understand the world has Changed

The polisario and its mentors must understand that the world has changed and that the era of separatism is bygone, said, on Tuesday in New York, Morocco’s ambassador to the UN Omar Hilale, affirming that autonomy remains the only solution to the Sahara regional conflict. Speaking to journalists at the UN headquarters following the adoption […]

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France Reiterates Support to Autonomy Plan as a “Serious, Credible Basis” for Negotiations on Sahara

The autonomy plan presented by Morocco is a “serious and credible basis” for negotiations aimed at reaching a final political solution to the Sahara issue, said France on Tuesday. “It is important for the four delegations (Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and Polisario) to continue their discussions in a constructive spirit of compromise with a view to […]

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UN Security Council Extends MINURSO Mandate; Calls for Realism & Compromise

The UN Security Council decided on April 30 to extend the MINURSO mandate for six months, while it once again recognized the credibility of the Morocco-proposed autonomy initiative to settle the Sahara conflict. The Security Council “decides to extend the mandate of the MINURSO until 31 October 2019,” reads the text of resolution 2468. The […]

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Sahara: UN to Extend MINURSO Mandate & Reaffirm Algeria’s Status as “party to the conflict”

Members of the UN Security Council started on Monday consultations on the draft resolution tabled by the United States on the Sahara for the renewal of the MINURSO mandate, which expires on April 30. According to diplomatic sources cited by Hespress web site, the draft resolution includes the same provisions as those of resolution 2414, […]

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Sahara: New Draft Resolution Does not Include Human Rights Monitoring

The New draft resolution on the Sahara that the Security Council is expected to adopt at the end of April is like the previous one. It focuses on the renewal of MINURSO’s mandate for another six months and does not include a human rights component as requested by the Polisario and its Algerian and South […]

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Sahara/UN: Rabat Stands Firm & Rejects U.S. Draft Resolution

It seems that Morocco is dissatisfied over the latest developments at the Security Council regarding the Sahara issue. This is apparent from the statement made lately by spokesman for the Government Mustapha El Khalfi who said that Foreign Affairs minister Nasser Bourrita has briefed the Govt. council on the Kingdom’s positions on this subject matter. […]

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Sahara: Moussa Faki Reaffirms AU Support to UN Process

Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has reaffirmed the African Union’s full backing to the decision adopted by the African summit of Nouakchott on the Sahara and UN efforts made to reach a mutually acceptable political solution to this regional conflict. The report submitted by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the Security […]

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Sahara: UN SG Reports on Protests in Tindouf Camps; Polisario’s Violations of Military Agreements & UN Resolutions

The UN Secretary General reported to the UN Security Council the repeated protests taking place in the Polisario-run Tindouf camps in Algeria, with the participation of hundreds of people living in these camps and the continuous violations by the separatist front of the Military Agreements and the Security Council Resolutions as well as its hampering […]

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UN Chief: Sahara Settlement Requires Strong Political Will

The resolution of the Sahara conflict would require “strong political will, not just from the parties and neighboring states, but also from the international community”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday in his report to the Security Council. “A solution to the conflict is possible”, he stressed in his report that takes into account the […]