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June 2016

Sahrawi cause records diplomatic victory at UN

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Washington, June 19, 2016 (SPS) - The Sahrawi cause has recorded Friday “a diplomatic victory” at the United Nations (UN) with “the definitive recognition of the Polisario Front as the only legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people,” said the representative of the Polisaio Front at UN Ahmed Boukhari.

UN Security Council, Secretariat review progress in discussions on MINURSO return

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Washington, June 19, 2016 (SPS) -The United Nations Security Council reviewed with the Secretariat the progress achieved in discussions with Moroccan authorities on return of the MINURSO's civil staff expelled by Morocco in last March.
However, no information on this meeting, held behind closed doors upon request from Venezuela, has been given.
Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous Hervé Ladsous informed the Security Council of progress in discussions held with the Moroccan government on the civil staff of the MINURSO.

CARASO denounces continued plundering of Sahrawi natural resources by Moroccan occupier

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Paris (France), June 18, 2016 (SPS) - The Action and Reflection Committee for the Future of Western Sahara (CARASO) denounced, Friday, the continued plundering of Sahrawi natural resources by the Moroccan occupier, accusing France and Spain of complicity. 
“Western Sahara’s natural resources are daily transported to Europe,” said the CARASO in its communiqué, of which APS obtained a copy underlining that “long investigations were carried out because of the presence of a large number of foreign ships owned by multinational companies.”

UN 4th Committee: South Africa calls for implementation of UN and AU decisions to actualize right to self-determination of Sahrawi people

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Washington, June 17, 2016 (SPS) - The Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Kingsley Mamabolo, called upon the UN to expeditiously implement various UN and AU decisions to actualize without further delay the right to self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, in a statement Monday in a statement Monday on Western Sahara in the UN Special Committee on Decolonization.

UN 4th Committee: Namibia reaffirms inalienable right of Sahrawi people to self-determination

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Washington, June 17, 2016 (SPS) – The Permanent Representative of Namibia to the United Nations, H. E. Mr. Wilfried I. Emvula, reaffirmed full and unequivocal support of Namibia for the inalienable rights of the People of Western Sahara to self-determination and national  independence, in a statement Monday on Western Sahara in the UN Special Committee on Decolonization. 
The people of Western Sahara should be allowed to enjoy their inalienable rights to self-determination and national independence just like all other people, he added. 

UN Special Committee on Decolonization reaffirms Sahrawi people's right to self-determination

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Washington, June 17, 2016 (SPS) - United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, Committee of 24, has reaffirmed Sahrawi people's right to self-determination, and expressed concern over the standstill in the UN-sponsored peace process in Western Sahara, Africa's last colony.
During the ordinary session of the Committee in New York, Algeria's representative to the UN Sabri Boukadoum said that the Western Sahara conflict "is a decolonization issue that could only be resolved by granting the Sahrawi people their inalienable right to self-determination."

Return of MINURSO: Morocco tries to foil UN mission

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Washington, June 16, 2016 (SPS) - Morocco tried to foil a technical mission of the United Nations, dispatched in Laayoune, to negotiate the return of the staff of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINUROS), expelled by Morocco, said Ahmed Boukhari, representative of the Polisario Front at the United Nations.

A True Loss In The Muslim World: The Death Of President Mohamed Abdelaziz

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United States of America, 15 June 2016 (SPS) – the newspaper ¨the Daily Caller¨¨ has published an article written by the Chairwoman Defense Forum Foundation, Ms. Suzanne Scholte about the death of the president of Republic, Secretary General of Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz.
 

Danish Parliament adopted unanimously new resolution on Western Sahara

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Copenhagen (Denmark) 15 June 2016 (SPS) - The Danish parliament has recently unanimously passed a motion that urges Danish companies and the Danish public sector not to trade with Western Sahara. Danish MPs tell companies to avoid Africa's last colony.
 

The UN Security Council must assume its responsibilities towards the Saharawi people, brahim Gali

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Chahid El Hafed,  June 15, 2016 (SPS) - the responsible of  the political organization, a member of the National Secretariat Mr. Brahim Gali said on Wednesday that "the UN Security Council must assume its historical responsibility towards the Saharawi people", and work to ensure the solution enabling the Saharawi people to decide their destiny through referendum of self-determination.
 

Extraordinary Congress Preparatory committee holds a session to discuss committee reports

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Chahid El-Hafed (Saharawi refugee camps), June 14, 2016 (SPS) -The Preparatory committee of the Extraordinary Congress of the Polisario Front, "Martyr Mohamed Abdelaziz Congress" today holds a session chaired by the President of the Republic, Mr. Jatri Adduh.
This session is devoted to discuss the reports of commissions and distribution of its regulations and the Internal Regulations to all members of the Commission.
 

Cancellation of EU-Morocco agricultural agreement: CJEU facing credibility test

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Algiers, June 13, 2016 (SPS) - Sahrawi Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Salek revealed Sunday that the first hearing at the appeal trial on the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the cancellation of the EU-Morocco agricultural agreement will be held on July 19, adding that the CJEU will face a tough test to affirm its credibility.

Morocco Continues Occupation Of Western Sahara, In Defiance Of UN

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Morocco has illegally occupied the former Spanish colony for more than 40 years.
06/09/2016 12:19 am
Stephen Zunes
Professor of Politics and Coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco
As Morocco continues to defy the United Nations, the International Court of Justice, and much of the international community in its continued occupation of Western Sahara, the United States continues supporting that autocratic government.

New Saharawi Ambassador presents his credentials to Angolan President

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Luanda, June 11, 2016 (SPS) - New Sahrawi Ambassador Bah Mohamed Sheikh Deih handed Thursday his letters of credentials to the Angolan president, Mr. Eduardo Dos Santos, in his capacity as an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) to the Republic of Angola.
On this occasion, the Angolan President expressed "profound" regret for the loss of the late Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz, conveying his condolences to the Saharawi people and the family of the deceased.

Mozambican President: the memory of the late President Mohamed Abdelaziz will remain immortal

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Maputo (Mozambique) June 10, 2016 (SPS) - The President of Mozambique, Mr. Felipe Jacinto Nyusi said in a message of condolence to interim President of the Republic Khatri Aduh that the memory of the late President Mohamed Abdelaziz will remain immortal for his significant role in the struggle to achieve freedom and independence of the Saharawi people.
"We learnt with sadness the news of the death of leader Mohamed Abdelaziz, dear friend and great militant for the just cause of  his people," the president of Mozambique adds.

The President of Angola expresses his condolences to the Saharawi Government

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Luanda,  June 10, 2016 (SPS)  - The Angolan President, Mr.  Eduardo Dos Santos expressed his condolences to the Saharawi government following the death of Mohamed Abdelaziz
In a letter sent to Saharawi Prime Minister, Mr. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, the Angolan president regrets the physical loss of President Mohamed Abdelaziz.