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.
New York, October 7, 2016 (SPS) - POLISARIO Front Representative to the UN, Ahmed Boukhari, indicated Thursday that the Security Council must assume its responsibilities towards the provocations of Morocco in the region of Elgaragarat, in his speech before the IV Committee of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Copenhagen (Denmark) 7 October 2016 (SPS) - Polisario Front's Representative to Denmark, Mr. Abba Malainin, was received Friday by Mr. Christian Juhl, member of Danish Parliament from the Red-Green Alliance Party.
The Saharawi diplomat briefed his interlocutor about the latest developments with regard to the issue of Western Sahara, the UN peace process, and the Moroccan government’s recent violation of ceasefire agreement of 1991 and its military escalation in Al-Guargarat area.
Chahid El Hafed, October 05, 2016 (SPS) - Death of the child Sumiya Mahmoud Najem, and injured of two children, one of them seriously wounded following explosion of cluster bomb in Boukhzama area in Mheriz , liberated Territories, according to statement issued Wednesday by the Office of coordination of Sahrawi Mine Action (SMACO).
Bir Lehlu, Western Sahara, October 05, 2016 (SPS) - The Government of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic condemned the resumption of phosphate rock shipments from occupied Western Sahara to Lithuania. A cargo of 75,000 tonnes is due to be received by the Lithuanian fertilizer company AB “Lifosa” in Klaipeda later this week.
Lisbon (Portugal), October 05, 2016 (SPS) - The deputy Carla Cruz of the Parliamentary Group of PCP and member of the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities addressed a question, Tuesday, to the Portuguese government on "the situation of Saharawi political prisoners Gdeim Izik group ".
Chahid El Hafed, October 05, 2016 (SPS) - The Prime Minister Mr. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, chaired on Tuesday a meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the festivals of cinema and culture and folk arts, in order to prepare for the launching of this famous cultural event.
New York, October 05, 2016 (SPS) - Twenty-five countries, including Algerie will submit, at the UN General Assembly meeting, a draft resolution on Western Sahara, in which they reiterate UN position over this decolonization issue.
The document is to be submitted to the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) on Wednesday at the latest, UN sources close to the case told APS.
The adoption of the draft resolution is expected next week.
New York, October 04, 2016 (SPS) – Sahrawi Foreign Minister , Mr. Mohamed Ould Salek said that the Frente POLISARIO welcomes the judgment of the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) to annul the EU-Morocco trade and agricultural agreements as it does not apply to Western Sahara. Similarly, the Frente POLISARIO welcomes the legal opinion of the Advocate General of the CJEU that reaffirmed that Western Sahara is not part of Morocco and, as a result, agreements with Morocco that includes Western Sahara has no standing.
New York, October 04, 2016 (SPS) – the Foreign Minister of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic SADR, Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Salek stressed that The status quo of the issue of Western Sahara is seen as a failure of the UN to keep its promise to the people of Western Sahara to undergo a process of decolonization via a self-determination referendum. Maintaining the status quo would result in grave consequences for the Saharawi people, the region and the African continent.
New York, October 04, 2016 (SPS) – the Foreign Minister of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic SADR, Mr. Mohamed Ould Salek said that Morocco’s intention to join the AU must fulfill the requirements of the AU Constitutive Act and commit to upholding and respecting the principles including respect for borders as inherited the day of independence from colonial rule, and for the right to self-determination during his briefing today in New York.
New York, October 04, 2016 (SPS) – Sahrawi Foreign Minister , Mr. Mohamed Ould Salek said that Morocco for over twenty-five years, has systematically reneged on agreements signed, and has hindered all efforts by the international community to secure the decolonization of Western Sahara and the right to self-determination of the Saharawi people during press conference Tuesday in New York.
New York, Oct 4, 2016 (SPS)- The Fourth Committee of the United Nations in charge of special political and decolonization issues reaffirmed its commitment to the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination by calling to the relaunch of the negotiation process between the Polisario Front and Morocco, stopped since 2012.
The Committee, which opened on Monday a five-day debate on the decolonization issues of 17 non-self governing territories, supported the holding of a referendum in Western Sahara to exercise this right.