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The United Nations Security Council decided on Wednesday to extend the mandate of the MINURSO until April 30 next year, calling upon all involved parties in the Sahara conflict to engage constructively in resumed talks planned for the end of 2018. The Council adopted resolution 2440 (2018), welcoming the decisions by Morocco, Algeria, Polisario and […]
Spanish Foreign Minister has just dealt a hard blow to the Polisario, saying he supports UN efforts to settle the Sahara conflict and European Union’s agreements with Morocco. He also affirmed that Spain has no legal or administrative responsibility in Western Sahara, deflating thus the Polisario’s claims. The Spanish Socialist Government’s Foreign Minister, José Borrell, […]
Morocco on Thursday condemned Thursday the incursion of armed elements of the polisario in Mijek, a locality east of the Moroccan defense system, in a buffer zone, where they besiege a position of MINURSO. “These provocations reflect the separatists’ disarray and are doomed to failure,” said the government’s spokesman in a briefing at the end […]
The UN Fourth Committee adopted without a vote a resolution reiterating support for the UN-led political process to settle the Sahara issue after Morocco protested at keeping the artificial dispute on the agenda of the Committee. Moroccan permanent representative said it is an anomaly to list the Sahara issue on the decolonization agenda of the […]
The disagreements between the GCC countries were irrelevant when it comes to expressing support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over the Sahara. All Gulf countries have expressed their full support for Morocco’s unity before the UN Fourth Committee, saying that the autonomy initiative offered by the Kingdom stands as a serious and credible solution. […]
Morocco has strongly protested against maintaining the Sahara issue as part of the decolonization agenda of the UN’s fourth committee. In an address before the committee, Morocco’s permanent representative to the UN in New York, Omar Hilale, called for withdrawing the Sahara issue from the agenda of the fourth committee on grounds that it violates […]
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 […]
Several petitioners took the floor before the fourth committee of the UN General Assembly to denounce the corruption of the Algeria-backed Polisario separatists and their embezzlement of the international aid destined for the sequestered Sahrawis in Tindouf Camps, Algeria. One petitioner said the sequestered Sahrawis in the Tindouf camps are held against their will by […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres estimated at 90,000 the population held against their will in the Polisario-run camps in south-western Algeria, a figure that is much lower compared to the inflated count put forward by the separatists and their mentor. In a report to the Security Council, Guterres said the UN Humanitarian Agencies have continued […]
In a new report to the Security Council, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has once again rebuked Polisario for lack of cooperation with the UN mission in the Sahara, MINURSO. Guterres expressed to the Security Council his “great concern” over the refusal of the “Polisario” to receive in Rabbouni camps in eastern Algeria, his Special […]