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UN Secretary General Antonion Guterres highlighted in his annual report on the Sahara territory the relevance of Morocco’s Atlantic initiative to offer the Sahel access to the Atlantic. Guterres referred to the Royal initiative “for the Atlantic coastline becoming a gateway for trade and economic integration with Africa and the Americas by facilitating access for […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has highlighted in his report to the Security Council on the Sahara, published Thursday, the fundamentals of Morocco’s position on its Sahara, as expressed by King Mohammed VI in royal speeches over the past year. In this context, the Secretary General stressed that on November 6, 2021, on the occasion of […]
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced Friday the appointment of Alexander Ivanko of the Russian Federation as his new Special Representative for the Sahara and Head of the MINURSO. He succeeds Colin Stewart of Canada, whose mandate ends on October 31, 2021. Mr. Ivanko, who has served as Chief of Staff of MINURSO since 2009, […]
The Algerian regime has instructed its mouthpieces to criticize the UN Secretary General’s choice for the upcoming Envoy for the Sahara in a move that further reflects Algiers isolation in the international scene. Pro-military media including El Watan wrote diatribes attacking Antonio Guterres and accusing him of supporting Morocco by choosing former Romanian Prime Minister […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco held a phone conversation with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the situation in Guerguerat, where the Moroccan army ended a three-week blockade of international traffic by the Polisario militias. During the talks, King Mohammed VI said that Morocco took its responsibility in line with its legitimate right after the […]
UN Secretary General deplored that thousands of Sahraouis still undergo all sorts of rights violations under the yoke of the Polisario in the Tindouf camps, South Western Algeria. In a strong worded report, Guterres recalled that the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has pointed out in multiple reports this year to […]