Algiers, Nov 12, 2013 (SPS) - The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) is "the only contemporary mission of peacekeeping without a mandate to monitor human rights," a diplomatic source reported.
This observation has been recalled in a message by U.S. NGO Robert F. Kennedy Center in a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, who will travel soon to Rabat.
Canberra (Australia), November 11, 2013 (SPS) - The Australia Western Sahara Association (AWSA) has expressed its ‘strong’ opposition to Morocco’s candidature for a position on the United Nations Human Rights Council, in a letter sent Sunday to Australian Permanent Representative to the UN, Mr. Gary Quinlan.
Algiers, November 11, 2013 (SPS) - Foreign Minister, Ramtane Lamamra, renewed Sunday in Algiers, Algeria’s request to be associated with the investigation into the violation against Algerian general consulate in Casablanca in Morocco, while "rejecting" the theses of "isolated act."
"Algeria, which has officially requested to be associated with the investigation, has all the reasons to reject the thesis of the isolated act. The visual evidences exist," Lamamra told a news conference jointly run with Minister of Communication, Abdelkader Messahel.
Bir Lehlou (Liberated Territories), November 11, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has congratulated the Angolan President, Mr. Josè Eduardo Dos Santos, on the occasion of the commemoration of the 38th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Angola, in a letter sent Sunday.
Algiers, November 10, 2013 (SPS) - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ramtane Lamamra, declared Sunday in Algiers that there is no divergence between Algeria and the U.S. on human rights issue in Western Sahara.
Lamamra told a press conference held jointly with Minister of Communication, Abdelkader Messahel, that "there is no divergence between the United States and Algeria on human Rights issue in Western Sahara," adding that "things are perfectly clear about this. "
Paris (France), November 10, 2013 (SPS) - A rally to demand the “unconditional” release of the Saharawi political prisoners, detained in the Moroccan jails, was held Saturday in Paris at the initiative of the League of Saharawi Students in France (LJESF).
Carrying Saharawi flags and photos of Saharawi prisoners, the demonstrators chanted slogans against the Moroccan government and claimed a referendum of self-determination under the aegis of the United Nations.
Shaheed El Hafed (Sahrawi refugee camps),November 10, 2013 (SPS) - The discovery of common graves in the occupied Saharawi territories has put back on the agenda of the crimes perpetrated by Moroccan authorities against Saharawi people, in defiance of international laws relating to respect of human rights.
Algiers, November 10, 2013 (SPS) - Algeria’s positions over Western Sahara issue are "consistent" and "firm," Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra said Sunday in Algiers.
"The positions of Algeria are consistent and firm. We clearly make distinction between Western Sahara question, which is a decolonization issue that is addressed by the United Nations, and our bilateral relations (with Morocco)," Lamamra told a news conference jointly held with Minister of Communication Abdelkader Messahel.
Algiers, November 10, 2013 (SPS) - The visit of US Secretary of State John Kerry was due to pay to Algeria has been postponed by mutual agreement," said Friday the Foreign Affairs ministry’s spokesman, Amar Belani.
"Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra received Friday afternoon a phone call from US Secretary of State John Kerry, who told him that President Barack Obama asked him to go to Geneva as part of the ongoing negotiations on the Iranian nuclear programme," Belani said.
Shaheed El Hafed (Sahrawi refugee camps), November 10, 2013 (SPS) - The Western Sahara issue has always been under United Nations (UN) which had, from 1963 to 1964, put the country on the list of non-autonomous territories to be decolonized, by dedicating through this status the right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination and independence.
Since then, the legitimate right was supported and endorsed by the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU), as part of its policy of total decolonization of the continent.
Paris, November 9, 2013 (SPS) - The General Secretary of the Association of Friends of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Régine Villemont, affirmed that in the recently- adopted Charles Tannock report by the European Parliament (EP), exists the conviction that the Sahel-Western Sahara issue is "exhaustive", which makes "urgent and legitimate" Sahrawis claim for self-determination.
Shaheed El Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), November 9, 2013 (SPS) - Saharawi Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Salem Ould Essalek said Friday that the speech of the King of Morocco on the occasion of the 38th anniversary of the Moroccan military invasion of Western Sahara "reflects the increasing isolation suffered by the Moroccan occupation."
Brussels, November 9, 2013 (SPS) – Member of the European Parliament, Spanish Raul Romega said that the agreement on fisheries between Morocco and the European Union "is illegal" as "contrary to international law," noting that Morocco is seeking "a European political support" to the occupation of Western Sahara.
Addressing the Committee on Fisheries and Agriculture of the European Parliament, Romega said that the fisheries agreement between Morocco and the EU "is illegal as contrary to international law."
Paris, November 9, 2013 (SPS) - A report by an international mission from July 7 to 20 in Morocco, as part of "solidarity" with the Saharawi prisoners in Morocco, which has just been released, reported numerous cases of human rights violations by the Moroccan security forces and "intimidation" against members of this mission.
El Aaiun (Occupied Territories ) November 9, 2013 (SPS) – The Moroccan occupation authorities suppressed Friday evening a peaceful demonstration in the occupied city of El Aaiun, organised by Coordination of Gdeim Izik for Peaceful Movement, to commemorate the third anniversary of the dismantling of the camp of Gdeim Izik , according to the Ministry of the Occupied Territories and Communities Abroad.
Algiers, November 9, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic Secretary General of Polisario Front Mohamed Abdelaziz said Thursday in Algiers that the content of the speech Moroccan king Mohamed VI delivered on Wednesday denotes "the blind obstinacy and the Moroccan injustice done to the Sahrawi people."
Algiers, November 9, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic Secretary General of Polisario Front Mohamed Abdelaziz expressed, Thursday, the wish that the visit of the US Secretary of State John Kerry to Morocco next week promotes a progress in the negotiation process between the Polisario Front and Morocco for the settlement of the Sahrawi issue.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Nov 8, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz received Thursday evening at the Presidency of the Republic in Chahid Al Hafed, Saharawi refugee camps, a Swedish delegation of the Olof Palme International Center and Swedish women.
This delegation is led by the Olof Palme Center’s external relations chairwoman.
Algiers, Nov 8, 2013 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, said Thursday that the content of the Moroccan king Mohamed VI’s speech, delivered on Wednesday, denotes “the blind obstinacy and the Moroccan injustice done to the Sahrawi people.”
Lima, Nov 8, 2013 (SPS) - A Saharawi delegation, led by the Minister-Delegate for Latin America Mr. Hash Ahmed and includes the ambassador in mission Mr. Ali Salem Sid Ezzain, held talks on Thursday with Mr. Freddy Otárola, President of the Congress of Peru, along with the Vice-President Mr. Carmen Omonte, as well as several leaders and parliamentarians from various political blocs, said a statement issued Thursday.