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Burundi, Comoros and Gambia have expressed support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty in the Sahara at a UN meeting saying that the Moroccan autonomy proposal to settle the Sahara issue represents a win-win solution. “The delegation of Burundi considers that Morocco’s autonomy initiative stands as a compromise solution in conformity with international law, […]
The United Nations Human Rights office Tuesday urged Egyptian authorities to conduct an independent investigation into the death of ex-President Mohamed Morsi who died Monday during a hearing in a court. Egyptian authorities buried Morsi Tuesday at the government’s cemetery in the Nasr City district, under tight security and behind closed doors. The former leader […]
An attack on an ambulance in Tripoli on Wednesday that has critically injured the head of emergency services in Libya’s war-torn capital, along with two paramedics, has been strongly condemned by UN humanitarians as an abhorrent attack. Health workers and civilians have not been spared in heavy clashes that erupted in early April between the […]
The UN Security Council has dealt a hard blow to the Polisario thugs, the Algerian and South African leaders, with the adoption last Tuesday of resolution 2468 with a large majority. In this resolution, the Council underlined, once again, the importance of respecting fully its commitments in order to maintain the momentum of the political […]
The United Nations has announced that it will grant Cyclone-hit Mozambique and the Comoros Islands about $13 million in emergency funds. Cyclone Kenneth has left five dead in Mozambique as of Sunday as rescuers struggled through floods to reach stranded people. The flooding is worst in the northern port city of Pemba, where 4,500 people […]
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 […]
Libya’s internationally recognized leader Sunday opposed solutions to the political crisis that will propose power sharing, militarization as well as exclusion, in reference to the military land grabbing Libyan National Army (LNA) of the east-based rival administration. Addressing the 30th summit of the Arab League, in Tunis, Faiez Serraj without mentioning them, took aim at […]
The UN High-Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, Ms. Fekitamoeloa ‘Utoikamanu has praised Morocco’s contribution for the integration of landlocked African countries into regional trade. Speaking in Marrakech at the mid-term review meeting of the African Region of the Vienna Program of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for […]
Major General Zia Ur Rehman of Pakistan has been appointed as Force Commander of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, the UN announced in a statement. Major General Ur Rehman succeeds Major General Xiaojun Wang of China, whose tour of duty ended on 17 […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Tuesday, Feb.19, the appointment of Moroccan activist Najat M’jid and six other expert members to the Civil Society Advisory Board on the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse. The board aims to promote “closer interaction with civil society and external experts and organizations as part of the UN’s efforts […]