October 2014

Shaheed Elhafed (Refugee Camps), October 12, 2014 (SPS) - The Saharawi people celebrated Sunday the 39th anniversary of declaration of the National Unity, October 12, 1975 in Ain Bentili, coincides this year with the fourth anniversary of the epic of the protest camp of Gdeim Izik.

Several festivities and activities were organized in the Saharawi refugee camps, the occupied territories of Western Sahara and the Saharawi community abroad on this occasion.

Belgium, October 12, 2014 (SPS) - Saharawi community in Belgium commemorated Saturday evening the 39th anniversary of national unity, in the presence of the Secretary General of Saharawi Women’s Union Ms. Fatma El Mehdi, and the representative of Polisario Front in Belgium Mr. Mohamed Ali Zerwali.

By the way, Saharawi community in Belgium discussed variety topics concerning the national cause, and how can they play a useful role in its favor.

Chahid Al Hafad, October 12, 2014 (SPS)- The Egyptian Political Dr. Hassan Nafaa has stressed, during two day visit to the Saharawi refugee camps, that “the issue of Western Sahara is an issue of decolonization, and the Saharawi people should enjoy the right to self-determination”.

New York (United Nations) -The Polisario Front has demanded Friday in New York from the Security Council to clarify the mission entrusted to MINURSO, claiming that the UN body silence on this issue is "synonymous with abdication of responsibility."

"You and particularly the members of the UN Security Council must clarify whether the mission assigned to the MINURSO is that of a guard of an illegal occupation," said Ahmed Boukhari, Polisario Front representative to the Special Political and Decolonization Committee.

Occupied El Aaiun, October 11, 2014 (SPS)- Moroccan occupying forces has expelled Friday evening, four Saharawi human rights activists from entering the occupied city of El Aaiun, coming from the occupied Dakhla.

The four activists exposed to a deep inspection by dozens of Moroccan security forces, and they mistreated and repressed, while they were heading to the occupied city of El Aaiun, before they forced to go back to occupied city of Dakhla.

Madrid, October 11, 2014 (SPS) - MEP and member of the North Africa Commission, Teresa Rodriguez, expressed the commitment of her political party to the right of self-determination of the Sahrawi people.

 The MEP of "Podemos" made ​​the remarks Friday during her reception at the headquarters of the Polisario Front in Andalusia by Mr. Bushraya Beyun, member of the National Secretariat of the Polisario and the Polisario Front representative to Spain.

Paris, October 11, 2014 (SPS)- the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic has signed Saturday morning in Paris, seven agreements with the Australian company “Hanno Resource Limited” to explore for minerals in the liberated region of Tires, with a total licenses of 14 thousand square kilometers.

New York, October 11, 2014 (SPS) - Polisario Front Representative to the United Nations Mr. Bukhari Ahmed confirmed that Morocco has over time converted the MINURSO mission to the umbrella of a colonial occupation, during his intervention before the UN General Assembly Fourth Committee.

"The MINURSO came to Western Sahara to maintain peace and to organize a referendum on self-determination that Morocco accepted and signed. The facts prove that Morocco has increasingly converted it gradually to the umbrella of a colonial occupation," said Bukhari Ahmed.

Bilbao (the Basque) , October 11, 2014 (SPS)- The Spanish Association “Askapena” cooperating with the Saharawi community abroad “Disabi” has organized a sit-in of protest in front of Moroccan consulate in Bilbao Spain, against Moroccan repression policy in occupied Western Sahara, according to a source of Polisario Front representation there.

New York (United Nation), October 11, 2014 (SPS) - Petitioners made appeals for the holding of the self-determination referendum, through which the Sahrawi people can freely decide their own future, during their interventions Thursday before the UN Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization).

Awserd (Refugee Camps), October 10, 2014 (SPS) - Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar has reiterated the adherence of the Sahrawi people to struggle to regain its legitimate rights,  in speech commemorating the 4th anniversary of Gdeim Izik.

The Prime Minister underlined that Gdeim Izik was a “strong” message for the Moroccan occupation which is buying time in its plans, refuses mediation of Special Envoy Christopher Ross and impedes the international efforts to resolve the conflict in Western Sahara.

New York (United Nations), October 10, 2014 (SPS) – former Algerian athlete Hassiba Boulmerka called in her speech Tuesday before the UN Fourth Committee, Special Political and Decolonization, for the holding of the self-determination referendum in Western Sahara.

As a sportsperson and as a woman, she said she hoped “to raise her voice against the illegal occupation by Morocco and the fostering of a referendum that would allow the people to exercise their right to self-determination.”

New York (United Nations), October 10, 2014 (SPS) – Ali Sahel, the Algerian National Association for Youth Exchange (ANEJ), called in his speech Tuesday before the UN Fourth Committee, Special Political and Decolonization, for a solution to the question of Western Sahara.   

Mr. Sahel said “the hopes prompted by the ceasefire turned out to be an illusion and the insurrection of 2010 along with other demonstrations had been repressed with bloodshed and abuse measures like torture by the Moroccan authorities.”

New York (United Nations), October 10, 2014 (SPS) – President of the Algerian Foundation for Strategic and Security Studies (FAESS), Mhand Berkouk, called in his speech Tuesday before the UN Fourth Committee, Special Political and Decolonization, for enabling the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to organize self-determination referendum of the Sahrawi people.

New York (United Nations), October 10, 2014 (SPS) – Smail Debeche, Algerian National Committee of Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (CNASPS), called for the implementation of United Nations resolutions on Western Sahara in his speech Tuesday before the UN Fourth Committee, Special Political and Decolonization.

“The people of Western Sahara were waiting for the United Nations to put into action its resolutions and decisions for self-determination and a referendum,” said Mr. Debeche.

New York (United Nations), October 10, 2014 (SPS) – Said Ayachi, Algerian National Committee of Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (CNASPS), called in his speech Tuesday before the UN Fourth Committee, Special Political and Decolonization, for the holding of the referendum on the self-determination of the Saharawi people.

“By signing the ceasefire agreement in 1991, the Saharan people had expressed their confidence in the United Nations, which had determined that a referendum on self-determination should be held in 1992,” said Mr. Ayachi.

New York, Oct 9, 2014 (SPS) - International Association of Jurists for Western Sahara (IAJUWS) said the United Nations is obliged before this unjust situation in Western Sahara to force the Kingdom of Morocco to comply with international law, including if necessary recourse to Chapter VII of the UN Charter.

New York, Oct 9, 2014 (SPS) - Permanent Ambassador of Uruguay to the UN, Gonzalo Koncke, said Tuesday, before the UN Fourth Committee, it is crucial to resume conversation between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Polisario Front, calling for respect of the right of self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.

New York, Oct 8, 2014 (SPS) - “The people of Western Sahara should be allowed to express their aspirations freely,” said Tuesday the Permanent Representative of Algeria to the UN, in his intervention before the UN Special Committee on Decolonization on Tuesday.


Recalling that Western Sahara is a Non-Self-Governing Territory, Algeria said is puzzled by the Moroccan representative’s effort to reinterpret the right of self-determination.

New York, Oct 8, 2014 (SPS) - Permanent Ambassador of Mexico to the UN, Ricardo Alday Gonzalez, has indicated that the right to self-determination is a “guiding principle” of his country (Mexico), emphasizing the need for a “lasting and fair” settlement to the Western Sahara conflict in line with UN resolutions.