November 2013

Mieres (Asturias), November 30, 2013 (SPS) – ‘The encounter with the Saharawi culture,’ which has been held since November 20, in Mieres (Asturias) Spain, Closed friday, according to the Department of Culture in the POLISARIO Front Representation in Spain.

The event inaugurated with a speech by Paz Andrès, President of the Asturian Association of Friends of the Saharawi People , Diego Fernandez, cooperation councilor of the municipality of Mieres and Yahya Edjil, the POLSARIO Front representative in Asturias.

Balearic Islands (Spain), November 30, 2013 (SPS) – The Representative of the POLISARIO Front in Spain , Boushraya Beyun, urged Friday the Spanish political parties, trade unions and civil society to intensify  their support for the ‘just’ cause of the Saharawi people, during his speech at the closing session of the IV university days on the conflict in Western Sahara, in the Balearic Islands, according to Sahrawi diplomatic sources.

Shaheed El hafedh (Sahrawi refuge camps), November 2013 (SPS) -  “It is necessary for the United Nations to assume its  legal responsibilities towards the protection of the Saharawi resources as  it did in similar cases in East Timor and Namibia,” said the Saharawi Natural Resource Watch (SNRW) in a report Tuesday.

Brussels, Nov 28, 2013 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Natural Resources Watchdog called on the European Parliament (EP) to vote against the fisheries agreement with Morocco which includes Western Sahara “an illegally occupied territory by the Kingdom of Morocco.”
 

In a letter sent to the European Parliament and released Tuesday, the Sahrawi watchdog, a non-governmental organization (NGO) urged the European deputies to reject this fisheries agreement dubbed “unfair.”
 

June 9th School (Saharawi refugee camps), Nov 28, 2013 (SPS) - “The Saharawi people’s experience of struggle is unique, because they were able to set up a full-institution state in exile,” stated Mr. Abdelkader Abdellaoui, vice-president of the Algerian National People’s Assembly (APN), in a speech during ceremony held today in the Saharawi refugee camps to celebrate the 38th anniversary of Saharawi Parliament.

June 9th School (Saharawi refugee camps), Nov 28, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has reiterated Saharawi people’s will to consolidate their gains in order to recover their national sovereignty, calling on the Saharawi people to unite and mobilize around the national institutions.

June 9th School (refugee camps), Nov 28, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has attended the ceremonies marking the 38th anniversary of the creation of the Saharawi National Council (Parliament), took place today morning in the June 9th School in the Saharawi Refugee Camps.

June 9th School (refugee camps), Nov 28, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has attended the ceremonies marking the 38th anniversary of the creation of the Saharawi National Council (Parliament), took place today morning in the June 9th School in the Saharawi Refugee Camps.

Paris, Nov 28, 2013 (SPS) - French Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ official spokesman, Romain Nadal, indicated that his country with the view that the status quo in Western Sahara “is not in anyone’s interest.”


“The status quo is not in anyone’s interest. We have long supported a fair, lasting and mutually political solution agreed upon by the two parties, under the auspices of the United Nations and in accordance with Security Council resolutions,” he said during a press conference.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Nov 27, 2013 (SPS) - Eighty three years have passed since the creation of the Saharawi National Council (Parliament), formerly the interim Saharawi Council, on 28 November 1975, an event which laid the foundation of the Saharawi State, as regional and international truth.


Ceremonies marking the occasion began yesterday, Wednesday, across all the wilayas and institution of the Saharawi Republic (SADR) and expected to end today, Thursday.

Pretoria, Nov 27, 2013 (SPS) - A vigil to protest Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara was organized today, Wednesday, outside the Moroccan embassy in South Africa, said a source from Saharawi Republic’s embassy in Pretoria.
The vigil, organized by the African National Congress (ANC), is part of a programme annually held by the South African movement of solidarity with the Saharawi people.

Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), Nov 27, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has sent a letter of congratulation to His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, on the 53rd anniversary of the independence of his country, celebrated on November 28th each year.

Brussels, Nov 27, 2013 (SPS) - The Greens has criticised, in a press release issued Wednesday, the vote by European Parliament’s fisheries committee on the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement, to be voted on next December 10th.


EP’s fisheries committee voted today, Wednesday, in favour of a new EU-Morocco fisheries agreement, which includes the territorial waters of Western Saharta.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Nov 27, 2013 (SPS) - The Saharawi Natural Resource Watch (SNRW) will present next Saturday its first report on the plundering of Western Sahara natural resources by Morocco, and a list of the countries and foreign companies involved in this process, said its General Coordinator Dr. Ghali Zubair.


The report entitled “Saharawis: Poor People in a Rich Country”.

Brussels, Nov 27, 2013 (SPS) - European Parliament hosted Tuesday a seminar about the fisheries agreement between the European Union and Morocco, expected to be voted on next December 10th.


This seminar was attended by the Saharawi Minister for Europe Mr. Mohamed Sidati, Polisario Front’s Representative to Brussels Mr. Mohamed Ali Zarouali, in addition to a Saharawi delegation from the occupied Western Sahara, which includes activists and trade unionists.

Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps),Nov 27, 2013 (SPS) - The Saharawi Minister of Equipment Mr. Sid Ahmed Batal revealed that his institution has engaged since 4 years ago in a new strategic orientation in order to create a set of light industries in the fields of nutrition and hygiene, in the aim to provide self-sufficiency and youth employment, highlighting willingness to broaden the scope of such experience to include new areas.

Melbourne (Australia), Nov 27, 2013 (SPS) - The documentary "Sons of the Clouds: the Last Colony" will be screened on Tuesday, 3rd December, at 7 p.m. at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), said a press release issued by the Australia-Western Sahara Association.


The documentary will be screened in collaboration between the Australia Western Sahara Association (AWSA) and independent group "Filmoteca".

Boujdour (refugee camps), Nov 27,2013 (SPS) -The eighth Religions’ Dialogue for Peace, held from 24th to 26th November in the Wilaya of Boujdour (Saharawi refugee camps), called upon the United Nations to put into action the international legitimacy and decolonization of Western Sahara.

Algiers, Nov 27, 2013 (SPS) - Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) along with other 8 African countries will take part at the first African regional workshop on the “right to education for everyone,” to kick off today in Algiers, said Monday the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a communiqué, quoted by the Algerian Press Service (APS).


This three-day workshop will be organized by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR).

Algiers, Nov 26, 2013 (SPS) - A delegation of the Algerian National People’s Assembly (APN), led by Abdelkader Abdellaoui , vice-president of the APN, will participate in festivities marking the 38th anniversary of the creation of the Saharawi National Council (Parliament).