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Youth exchange programme between UESARIO and German Group

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Awserd (refugee camps), April 29, 2012 (SPS) - A seven-day exchange between young people and students from the Saharawi Republic and Germany closed Saturday in the Wilaya of Awserd, under supervision of the Saharawi Student Union (UESARIO) and the German Group “Projektgruppe Westsahara”, according to the organizers.

Rabat recklessly acts in absence of UN effective mechanism to monitor human rights in Western Sahara (President Mohamed Abdelaziz)

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Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), April 29, 2012 (SPS) - “Rabat still deals with the violations of human rights in the Saharawi occupied territories with disregard and recklessness in the absence of a UN effective mechanism to monitor human rights in a territory, which is under direct responsibility of the UN pending the decolonization,” underlined the President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, in a letter sent Saturday to the UN Chief Ban Ki-noon.

MINURSO ready to implement Security Council resolutions on self-determination right of Saharawi people, confirms UN Official

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Shaheed Al Hafed (refugee camps), April 28, 2012 (SPS) - The Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for Western Sahara, Mr. Hany Abdel-Aziz, emphasized Saturday that the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) “is ready to accelerate the implementation of Security Council resolutions that provides for the self-determination of the Saharawi people,” in a meeting with the President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, before the end of his duties to the region.

Saharawi activist to aware about human rights of Western Sahara in Australia

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Melbourne, April 28, 2012 (SPS) - The Sahrawi human rights activist Malak Amidane will visit Australia on the forthcoming May to aware about the situation of human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.

Malak will visit Melbourne, Adelaide, Canberra and Sydney. She will meet with politicians, NGOs, trade unions leaders and press to advocate for greater support for Western Sahara. And she will also give public talks and present lectures about dire situation of human rights in occupied Western Sahara at various universities in Australia.

UK supports a solution ensuring Saharawis people’s right to self-determination

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London, April 27, 2012 (SPS) - “UK supports a political solution that provides for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara,” said the UK Under Secretary of State for the Middle East and North Africa, Mr. Alistair Burt, replying to a question by Lan Lucas, British Labour Party MP.

President of Republic congratulates elected president of Timor-Leste

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BirLahlu (liberated territories) April26, 2012(SPS) President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Polisario Front,Mohaned Abdelaziz, Thursday, congratulated Mr. Taur Matan Ruak, on occasion of his election  as president of Repoblic of Timor Lest.
 

“It should be borne in mind that despite transitions within the region, the issue of Western Sahara still remains unchanged” says representative of SA to Security Council

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 New York, april26, 2012(SPS) the permanent representative of South Africa to Security council, Ambassador B Sangqu, Monday expressed regret that the Security Council of the United Nations failed to find out a mechanism to protect human rights in the occupied territories of Western sahara and to solve this problem of decolonization. In his explanation speech after the adoption by the Security Council on resolution 2044 concerns Western Sahara.

Polisario Front expresses readiness to continue cooperating with UN for achieving a lasting and fair solution to Saharawi conflict

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New York, April 25, 2012(SPS) the reprehensive of the Polisario Front to the United Nations, Bukhari Ahmed, expressed Monday the readiness of the Polisario Front to continue cooperating with efforts of the United Nations to reach a fair and lasting solution to the conflict in Western Sahara to enable the Saharawi people for their right to self-determination.  
 

Western Sahara: Self-determination solution reaffirmed by the Security Council

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New York (UN), April 24, 2012 (SPS) -The Security Council of the UN adopted Tuesday a resolution on Western Sahara in which it reaffirmed the solution allowing "self-determination of the Sahrawi people," while stressing the need for complete freedom of movement for MINURSO.

 

Unanimously adopted, the resolution 2204 (2012) points out that the Security Council "reaffirms its commitment to help both parties to the conflict to achieve a fair, lasting, and mutually acceptable solution, allowing the self-determination of the people of the Western Sahara."

Security Council should urgently extend MINURSO mandate to include monitoring of human rights in Western Sahara, confirms SGF

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Accra, April 23, 2012 (SPS) - The Socialist Forum of Ghana (SFG) has called on the UN Security Council to extend as a matter of urgency the mandate of MINURSO to include the monitoring of human rights in Western Sahara and to take all other measures necessary for the Saharawi people to enjoy their right to self-determination, in a letter sent on April 12, 2012 to the UN Secretary General.

United Nations bears direct responsibility in Western Sahara (communiqué)

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Madrid, April 23, 2012 (SPS) - Parliamentary Groups “Peace and Freedom for the Saharawi People” has reaffirmed on the inalienable right of the Saharawi people to free expression in accordance with the UN Resolution 1415, pointing, in a communiqué concluded a meeting held end of last week at Basque parliament headquarters, to the direct responsibility of the UN regarding the decolonization of Western Sahara and ensure that the people of Western Sahara express their aspirations and hopes.

IUSY urges UN to assume its full responsibilities towards Saharawi people (communiqué)

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Asunción, April 23, 2012 (SPS) - The International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) has called on the United Nations to assume its full responsibilities towards the people of Western Sahara, urging it to extend the task of MINURSO to include the monitoring of human rights in the Saharawi occupied territories, in a communiqué concluded works of its 29th Congress held April 20-22 in Asunción, capital of Paraguay.

CEE Alliance calls on Security Council to consider UN resolutions on Western Sahara when reviewing MINURSO mandate

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Budapest, April 23, 2012 (SPS) - The Central and Eastern European Alliance for Solidarity with the Saharawi People (CEE Alliance) called Monday on the Security Council to address the question of Western Sahara on the basis of the implementation of UN resolutions and international legality, when reviewing tomorrow the mandate of MINURSO, in a letter sent to UN chief Ban Ki-moon.

UJSARIO elected as vice-president of the International Union of Socialist Youth

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Asunción (Paraguay), April 23, 2012 (SPS) - The Saharawi Youth Union (known as UESARIO) elected Sunday as one of vice-president of the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY), at Congress held from 20-23 April 2012 in Asunción, the capital of Paraguay.

A delegation representing UJSARIO, led by member of National Council and Representative in Diaspora Dr. Brahim Ghali Abdalfatah, took part in the Congress.

Ninth edition of FiSahara on May 1-6 in Saharawi refugee camps

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Madrid, April 22, 2012 (SPS) - The ninth edition of the International Film Festival in Western Sahara, known as FiSahara, presented Thursday in Madrid in the presence of its co-directors, Jose Taboada and Guillermo Toledo, and POLISARIO Representative to Madrid.

According to the organizers, the Festival will be organized from May 1st to 6, 2012 in the Wilaya of Dajla (Saharawi refugee camps), and will be attended by several international famous figures like the Spanish actress Aitana Sánchez-Gijón.

Frente Polisario guest at meeting of European left-wing parties in Madrid

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Madrid, April 22, 2012 (SPS) - Frente Polisario took part Saturday, as a guest of the struggled peoples, at a meeting of the European left-wing parties organized in Madrid under the theme: “for a social Europe”, in the presence of more than 30 parties and French parliamentarians, informed PILSARIO representation to Madrid.

Organizers invited POLISARIO representative to Madrid to participate at the meeting, which was held at Rafael Atocha’s hotel (Madrid), on behalf of the struggled peoples.

TUCA condemns the violations of human rights in occupied Western Sahara

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Brazil, April 22, 2012 (SPS) - Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) has strongly condemned “the gross and systematic violations of human rights and pillaging natural resources carried by the Kingdom of Morocco in occupied Western Sahara,” in a resolution approved by its second conference held Agatha Vith’s city (Brazil) from April 17 to 20, according to the Saharawi embassy of mission to Brazil.