New York, Oct 10, 2012 (SPS) - The Deputy Permanent Representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Ambassador Oscar León González reiterated his country's firm commitment towards decolonization of Western Sahara, urging Member States to "work together to end the last case of decolonization in Africa. "
Algiers, Oct 10, 2012 (SPS) - Member of National Secretariat- Ambassador to Algeria, Brahim Ghali has received on Tuesday at Saharawi Embassy the Norwegian Ambassador to Algiers, Arild Retvedt Øyen.
The Norwegian Ambassador asserted that the visit is part of the mutual cooperation and aims to be aware of the latest developments of the national cause, pointing out that his country follows the negotiations with anticipation and interest.
New York, Oct 9, 2012 (SPS) - Guatemala has expressed support to the efforts of the UN Secretary-General and his Special Envoy Christopher Ross to help the parties to the Western Sahara conflict, POLISARIO Front and Morocco, to find a just and lasting solution.
Addressing meeting of the UN Fourth Committee on Monday, First Secretary at Permanent Mission of Guatemala to the United Nations Mr. Gabriel Orellana ZABALZA expressed his country’s support to the UN efforts in Western Sahara.
Marrakech (Morocco), Oct 9, 2012 (SPS) - The Saharawi students in Moroccan University of Marrakech organized yesterday, Monday, a peaceful vigil commemorating the National Day of Saharawi Khayma (Tent), observes October 10th of each year, informed a source of the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.
New York, Oct 9, 2012 (SPS) - A number of interventions by representatives of various states from Latin America and Caribbean in favour of the process of decolonization have marked meeting of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization, which opened Monday, according to Saharawi diplomatic sources.
Boujdour (refugee camps), Oct 9, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the POLISARIO Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, oversaw Monday night the farewell of a Saharawi batch of pilgrims, who will head Tuesday to the Holy sites to perform Hajj rituals.
Algiers, October 8, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the POLISARIO Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, attended Monday the funeral of the former Algerian President Chadli Benjdid, who died Saturday at the age of 83 following a long illness.
The President Mohamed Abdelaziz paid today morning at the People’s Palace in Algiers the last tribute to memory of the deceased Chadli, third President of independent Algeria.
Palermo, Sicily (Italy), Oct 8, 2012 (SPS) - Delegations of several countries that took place in a conference on peace in the Mediterranean, held from 5 to 7 October 2012 in Palermo in Sicily (Italy), have voiced support to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination, condemning repression and oppression carried out by Morocco in Western Sahara, according to the Saharawi Representation to Europe.
The Conference was attended by several progressive parties and organizations around the Mediterranean.
Bir Lahlou (liberated territories), Oct 8, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, sent Monday a letter of congratulation to His Excellency Hugo Chávez, on his re-election as a president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
Algiers, Oct 7, 2012 (SPS) - The Ambassador to Algeria Mr. Brahim Ghali along with members of the Saharawi diplomatic corps accredited in Algeria paid at the People’s Palace the last tribute to body of the former President of Algeria Chadli Bendjedid.
Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), Oct 7, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, has reminded the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to the UN responsibilities to protect human rights and conduct a self-determination referendum in Western Sahara, highlighting that Moroccan government still evading its international obligations in a territory under the UN direct umbrella through the MINURSO.
Séville (Spain), Oct 7, 2012 (SPS) - Seminar on the Saharawi woman’s experience closed Friday at the University of Pablo de Olavide of Seville, Spain, in the presence of professors and researchers, informed a source of the Saharawi National Women Union.
These days were an opportunity to review the leading experience of Saharawi woman, through presentation of lectures, exhibitions and documentaries.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Oct 7, 2012 (SPS) - The Council of Ministers reviewed Saturday the most important stages and national merits ahead during next months of the year, stopping at the preparations under way for the UGTSARIO 7th Congress, Festival of Culture and Folk Arts, 6th edition of ARTIFARITI and double anniversary; 37th of National Unity Declaration and 2nd of Gdeim Izik epic.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Oct 7, 2012 (SPS) - Polisario Front has condemned the “aggressive and racist” acts carried out Wednesday and Thursday by Moroccans on Saharawi workers in the French southern city Médoc, warning the innocent Moroccan citizen from falling in a Makhzen’s game aiming at dragging him into a losing war against his peaceful Saharawi brothers, a source from the Saharawi Ministry of Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad told SPS.
Bir Lehlou (refugee camps), Oct 6, 2012 (SPS) - The President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, has expressed condolences, on his own behalf and on behalf of Saharawi people and government, to the Algerian counterpart Abdelaziz Bouteflika and people of Algeria as a whole, on the passing away of former Algeria’s President Chadli Bendjedid.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Oct 6, 2012 (SPS) - The preparatory conferences for the seventh congress of the Saharawi Workers Union (UGTSARIO) will kick off Monday in all wilayas and national institutions.
In a press conference held Saturday, the UGTSARIO Secretary General Mr. Mohamed Lehbib Mohamed Cheikh said that the conferences will conclude the preparation phase, pointing to the circumstances in which the Congress is held.
Tshwane, Pretoria (South Africa), Oct 6, 2012 (SPS) - Thousands of South African workers, including members of WFTY, gathered Wednesday outside Morocco’s embassy in Tshwane in Pretoria, South Africa, to register their “serious protest and indignation” at Morocco’s continued illegal occupation of Western Sahara.
The demonstration was held on the International Day of Action of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU).
Washington, Oct 6, 2012 (SPS) - The U.S. Department of State has sent a report to the Congress criticizing Morocco’s human rights violations in Western Sahara, confirming that the situation was a matter of “serious concern.”
The report, a copy of it obtained by SPS, was developed by the U.S. Department of State in line with a law passed on December 2011 by the U.S. Congress, which asked the Department of State to ensure respect for human rights in Western Sahara before providing any military assistance to Morocco.
Madrid, Oct 5, 2012 (SPS) - The Parliament of Aragon’s Spanish Province approved Thursday a motion, in which it insisted on the need to require the respect for human rights in Western Sahara by Morocco in any new agreement between Morocco and European Union, informed POLISARIO Office in Aragon.
Serious and in-depth discussions between the political parties were occurred at Aragon’s Parliament hall on the economic relations between the Kingdom of Morocco and the European Union, with regard to Western Sahara fisheries.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Oct 5, 2012 (SPS) - A Saharawi source from the Committee for the Referendum in Western Sahara told SPS that both the Personal Envoy and Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Western Sahara will present forthcoming November a detailed report on the negotiations between the POLISARIO Front and Morocco as well as the obstacles face work of the MINURSO in Western Sahara.