October 2016

Chahid el Hafed (Sahrawi refugee camps), 13, 2016 (SPS) - The United Nations reaffirmation of the inalienable right of Sahrawi people to self-determination and the nature of the Western Sahara question as a decolonization issue "is a new failure for Morocco's attempts to mislead the international public opinion," said the Sahrawi Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement, A copy of which obtained by the Sahrawi news agency (SPS).

Brussels, October 13, 2016 (SPS) -  About twenty European parliamentarians called on Tuesday the head of the European diplomacy Federica Mogherini to exert pressure on Morocco to put an end to the “illegal detention” of the Sahrawi political prisoners of “Gdeim Izik” group and to “quash” all the accusations made against this group’s members, tried by a Moroccan military court.

Dakhla (Sahrawi Camps), October 13, 2016 (SPS) - The celebration of the 41st anniversary of the National Saharawi Unity conveys a message that nothing can undermine Western Sahara people's will and determination to meet their "lofty and noble goals," Front Polisario's secretary general, Brahim Gali, said Wednesday in the Dakhla Saharawi refugee camp. 

Dakhla (Sahrawi refugee camps), October 13, 2016 (SPS)- Sahrawi people will continue their legitimate struggle to exercise their right to independence and the establishment of an independent State, said Wednesday Sahrawi President and Polisario Front's Secretary General Brahim Gali.
 

Dakhla, October 12, 2016 (SPS) – Ambassador of South Africa to Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Mr. Dennis Thokozani Dolmo on Wednesday renewed his country's support to the struggle of Saharawi people to self-determination and independence, in his intervention during the celebrations of the anniversary of the 41th National Unity in the camps of Dakhla.
 
“We will remain on the side of people of Western Sahara until they get independence and freedom.” South African ambassador said in his speech
 

Dakhla, October 12, 2016 (SPS) – the celebrations of the anniversary of the 41th National Unity has started today morning in the Camps of Dajla with the presence of the president of Republic , Secretary general of the Frente Polisario, accompanied by members of the National Secretariat and the government and a large gathering of Dakhla´s  masses.
 

New York, October 11, 2016 (SPS) - Algeria’s permanent representative to the UN Sabri Boukadoum called on Monday in New York for the resumption of talks between the Polisario Front and Morocco to end the stalemate in the UN peace process.
Following the debate of the UN Fourth Committee on Special Political and Decolonization, the Algerian representative said that the Sahrawi question is still "deadlocked" and "there are attempts to take over the peace process."

Dakhla, October 11, 2016 (SPS) - the 13th edition of International Film Festival in Western Sahara, known as FiSahara will start tomorrow in the camps of Dakhla under the theme “people under occupation, with the presence of more than 400 supporters with the Saharawi people and their just cause.
 

New York (United Nations), October 10, 2016 (SPS) - UN General Assembly Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) adopted Monday in New York a resolution reaffirming Saharawi people's right to self-determination.
The resolution, adopted at the end of a several-day general debate on decolonization, reiterated UN general Assembly's support of the negotiation process initiated by the Security Council to reach a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution ensuring Western Sahara people's right to self-determination.

Shaheed El Hafed, October 10, 2016 (SPS) The National Secretariat of the Polisario Front called on Spanish government to assume its historic, legal, political and moral responsibility for urgent decolonization of Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa.

Shaheed El Hafed, October 10, 2016 (SPS) Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar received Monday Ambassador of South Africa accredited to the Saharawi Republic, Dennis T. Dlomo.
The meeting focused on bilateral relations between the two countries and the latest developments of the question of Western Sahara.
Mr. T. Dlomo underlined that South Africa has always supported the just cause of the Sahrawi people, and will remain faithful to its support to the peoples of Africa in their struggle for freedom, prosperity and progress.

El Aaiun (occupied territories), October 10, 2016 (SPS) The Moroccan authorities deported Sunday three Spanish researchers Carlos Martin, Gloria Guzman and Arantcha Chacon from the airport of the occupied city of El Aaiun, indicated a Saharawi media source.
The aim of the visit was to participate in awareness days about violations of human rights in occupied Western Sahara, organized by the Saharawi Association of Victims of Grave Violations of Human Rights Committed by the Moroccan State (ASVDH), according to the source.

Shaheed El Hafed, October 9, 2016 (SPS) The National Secretariat of the Polisario Front has demanded the United Nations Security Council to take “urgent and critical” concrete measures to put an end to the intransigence of the Moroccan party and the urgent resumption of the UN/AU settlement process to organize a self-determination referendum for the Saharawi people.

New York, October 9, 2017 (SPS) - Debates of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) expressed the international community's strong support to self-determination referendum in Western Sahara.
During the debate on decolonization of non-autonomous territories, participants showed a great interest in the Sahrawi issue following the recent developments in the occupied territories.

New York, October 8, 2016 (SPS) - Permanent Representative of the Republic of Namibia to the United Nations, His Excellency, Wilfried I. Emvula, has called for bring an end to the Saharawi decolonisation process, before the UN Special Political And Decolonization Committee.

New York, October 8, 2016 (SPS) – Mauritius has called for a solution to the question of Western Sahara that will provide for the self-determination of the Sahrawi people, at the UN Special Political and Decolonization Committee.
  
“My delegation  supports  the  endeavour  of  the  Secretary  General and  his  Special  Envoy  for  Western  Sahara  in  order  to  find an  acceptable  solution  to  the  problem  of  Western  Sahara,” affirmed Mauritius before the UN Special Political and Decolonization Committee.

New  York, October 8, 2016 (SPS) -  The  Permanent  Representative  of the  Republic  of  Trinidad  and  Tobago to  the   United  Nations  Her  Excellency  Penelope  Beckles has reaffirmed support to self-determination of Sahrawi people at the UN Special Political and Decolonization Committee. 

New  York, October 8, 2016 (SPS) -  The  Representative  of  the  Republic  of  South  Africa to  the   United  Nations  Dr.  Wouter  H.  Zaayman has reiterated support to Sahrawi people’s struggle for self-determination and independence, at the UN Special Political and Decolonization Committee. 

Lusaka, October 8, 2016 (SPS) - Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, who is on a working visit to Zambia, was received Friday by President Edgar Lungu Chagwa. 
President Edgar Lungu assured the Sahrawi Minister that Zambia will continue to promote relations between the Sahrawi Republic and the Kingdom of Morocco so that both parties to the conflict engage in dialogue in order to find a just and definitive solution, indicated a statement of the Zambian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

New York, October 7, 2016 (SPS) - POLISARIO Front Representative to the UN, Ahmed Boukhari underlined Thursday that "the people of Western Sahara will not abdicate their fight for self-determination" in his speech before the Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.