Nouakchott, Jan 25, 2014 (SPS) - The UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Mr. Christopher Ross, received today in Nouakchott, capital of Mauritania, by Dr. Moulay Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
Shaheed El Hafed (Sahrawi refugee camps), January 25, 2014 (SPS) - The visit of UN Secretary General Personal Envoy Christopher Ross in the region shows the interest the international community has for the Sahrawi issue, Speaker of the Sahrawi Parliament Khatri Eddouh said Thursday in Shaheed El Hafed (Sahrawi refugee camps).
Shaheed El Hafed ( Saharawi refugee camps), January 24, 2014 (SPS) - The Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz, on Thursday called on the UN to take the necessary steps to implement the commitments of Western Sahara decolonization, allowing the Saharawi people to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination and independence through the urgent organization of a free and fair referendum.
Shaheed El Hafed, January 23, 2014 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary- General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, received Thursday evening the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Mr. Christopher Ross.
During the meeting, the President of the Republic reiterated the readiness of the Polisario Front to boost the negotiations forward in order to achieve the self-determination of the Saharawi people through free, just and fair referendum.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Jan 23, 2014 (SPS) - Polisario Front’s Representative to the United Nations, Mr. Boukhari Ahmed, said Wednesday at Chahid Al Hafed , Saharawi refugee camps, that the region’s future “is closely linked to a just and definitive solution to Western Sahara issue.”
New York, Jan 22, 2014 (SPS) - Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced the continuous violation of human rights by Morocco in Western Sahara, citing the unfair trials and police violence against Sahrawi peaceful demonstrators claiming their right to self-determination.
Mheiriz (liberated territories), Jan 22, 2014 (SPS) - Teams of the Saharawi National Gendarmerie, operating in the 5th Military Region, have seized a total of 824 kilos of cannabis were to be smuggled to drug gang operating between Morocco and northern Mali, informed a Saharawi security source.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Jan 22, 2014 (SPS) - The Personal Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations for Western Sahara, Mr. Christopher Ross, holds in these moments at Dar Diaf (Guest House), in the Saharawi refugee camps, a working meeting with the Polisario Front’s delegation to the negotiations with Morocco.
Chahid Al Hafed (refugee camps), Jan 22, 2014 (SPS) - Polisario Front has reiterated willingness of the Saharawi party to cooperate “constructively” with the efforts being made by the UN Secretary General and his Personal Envoy Mr. Christopher Ross, aiming at decolonizing the Western Sahara.
Algiers, Jan 22, 2014 (SPS) - The Prime Minister of Algeria Mr. Abdelmalek Sellal has received Tuesday in Algiers the United Nations Secretary General's Personal envoy for Western Sahara, Mr. Christopher Ross, said Sellal's Office in a statement.
The audience, which took place in presence of Algeria's Minister for Maghreb and African Affairs Mr. Madjid Bouguerra, allowed the two sides to "discuss the situation in the region and issues of common interest," the source said. (SPS)
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Bir Lehlou (liberated territories), Jan 21, 2014 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz issued Monday a presidential decree providing for the installation of a national committee to suppervise the preparation of the election of members of the Saharawi National Council (Parliament), said a source from the Presidency of the Republic.
Addis Ababa, Jan 21, 2014 (SPS) - The African Union’s Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) has adopted the Annual Report of the African Union Commission for 2013, expressing support for "a solution to the conflict in Western Sahara which provides for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara."
Algiers, January 20, 2014 (SPS)- Algeria and Mali have reiterated their support for a "mutually acceptable political solution" to the question of Western Sahara "in accordance with the resolutions of the UN Security Council and General Assembly ."
Algiers, January 19, 2014 (SPS) - Former Algerian Prime Minister Ali Benflis expressed Sunday in Algiers his commitment to "support the organization of a referendum of self-determination under the auspices of the United Nations in Western Sahara".
Copenhagen, Denmark, January 19, 2014 - An International Conference about Western Sahara, jointly organized by the Danish United Nations Association (UNA) and the Metropolitan University College Saturday in Copenhagen. The Conference was attended by distinguished speakers and more than 150 participants.
Paris (France), January 19, 2014 (SPS ) - Members of the Saharawi community in France held Saturday a meeting to discuss the establishment of the first Sahrawi sports association abroad in Les Mureaux town, the outskirts of Paris, according to the Ministry of Occupied Territories and Community Abroad.
Murcia (Spain), Jan 17, 2014 (SPS) - The Regional Government of Murcia has decided to send specialized medical missions to the Saharawi refugee camps, in a meeting held Thursday between Mr. Mohamed Labat Mastafa, Polisario Front Representative, and Mr. Leopoldo Navarro, Director General of Social Policies in the Health and Social Policy Council of Murcia.
The two sides also discussed "vacations in peace" programme.