September 2018

New York (United Nations), September 21, 2018 (SPS) - The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples reaffirmed that the Polisario Front remains the sole legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly, in its annual report for 2018 submitted to the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly.

New York (United Nations), September 21, 2018 (SPS) - The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, in its annual report of 2018 submitted to the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, has reaffirmed the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, as well as the legal status of Western Sahara as a decolonization issue.

Geneva Sept 20, 2018 (SPS) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres criticized in a report the human rights situation in the occupied Sahrawi territories, stressing that Morocco has violated the International Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Treatment or Punishment.
Antonio Guterres' services released the report on the occasion of the 39th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva from 10 to 28 September, media reports said.

Madrid, Sept 20, 2018 (SPS) - The delegation of the Frente POLISARIO to the Spanish State held a working meeting with the leadership of The Workers' Commissions , CCOO, to coordinate actions to support the struggle  of the Saharawi people, according to source from Frente POLISARIO representative in Spain

Algiers, Sept 20, 2018 (SPS) - The ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Algeria, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, receives the ambassador of Cuba, Clara Pulido, to exchange on topics of interest to both parties, with special emphasis on the constant and open cooperation between the Sahrawi Republic and the Republic of Cuba.

Belmopan, Sept 19, 2018 (SPS) - The Saharawi Republic represented by ambassador, Suleiman Tieb Henan, was received on Tuesday upon his arrival at the Belize airport by a Secretary of State, as Special Envoy of the Saharawi Government, in the Official Celebration Acts of the 37th Anniversary of Independence of that brother country, scheduled to be from Sept 18 to 21.

Bir Lehlou (liberated zones), Sept 18, 2018 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO Mr. Brahim Gali has congratulated H.E. Mr. Enrique Peña Nieto, President of the United States of Mexico, on the occasion of the 204th anniversary of the independence of Mexico.

Berlin, Sept 18, 2018 (SPS) - The German newspaper "Tagesspiegel" Monday published an important article on the question of Western Sahara highlighting the Sahrawi people long-duration refugee under the difficult circumstances.
The author of the article toured the origin of the Sahrawi conflict, which he described as "a forgotten conflict by the international community", emphasizing that Morocco illegally exploits the natural resources of the Saharawi territory.

Shaheed Al-Hafed, September 16, 2018 (SPS) - The new academic year (2018-2019) officially started on Sunday in the Saharawi refugee camps and liberated territories of the Sahrawi Republic, after the national conference on education held last week in the wilaya of Boujdour.
The Ministry of Education confirmed that the launch is conducted with the presence of members from the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front, the Sahrawi government, and regional and local authorities, and under the supervision of the Ministry of Education.

Bir-Lehlou, September 16, 2018 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Ghali, has sent a congratulatory message  to his Nicaraguan counterpart, H.E. José Daniel Ortega Saavedra, on the occasion of the 197th anniversary of his country's independence.

Bir-Lehlou, September 15, 2018 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, has sent a congratulatory message to his Honduran counterpart, H.E. Juan Orlando Hernández, on the occasion of his country's 197th Independence Day.

The two New Zealand companies Ravensdown and Ballance Agri-Nutrients, now the only two clients of phosphate rock from occupied Western Sahara in the world, are defending their purchases on social media. Here is what is wrong with what they claim.
Published: 13.09 - 2018 21:29    
The last couple of days, the two companies Ravensdown and Ballance Agri-Nutrients in New Zealand, both importing phosphate rock from a Moroccan state-owned company in occupied Western Sahara, have been busy trying to explain their trade.

CHARLIE MITCHELL
Last updated 18:57, September 12 2018
Refugees who blame New Zealand for a long-running stand-off in the Western Sahara have made a direct plea to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who is among the few Westerners to have visited their camps.

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) September 14, 2018, (SPS) - The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) takes part on Friday in an expanded meeting of the Council of African Union Foreign Ministers in Addis Ababa, it focus on partnership with the European Union, Pacific, beyond 2020 with the presence of the ministers responsible of group of the African states, Caribbean and Pacific Group and the European Union                

Geneva (Switzerland), Sept 14, 2018 (SPS) - The National Sahrawi Human Rights Commission (CONASADH), has called the panel on enforced disappearances to pay more attention to the issues of enforced and involuntary disappearances in the occupied Western Sahara territory, where non-governmental organizations related to this issue has reported more 800 disappearances case

Sesto San Romano (Italy) Sept 14, 2018 (SIS) - The Italian municipality of Sesto San Romano has reiterated its full support for the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and their just cause during a meeting with the representative of the Frente  POLISARIO, Dehan Abdelfatah  in Lombardy, Mr. de Stefano.
Sahrawi diplomat has broached his Italian interlocutor on the latest developments of the national issue at the international level, especially the United Nations, the Security Council and the African Union.

Geneva (Switzerland), Sept 14, 2018 (SPS) -The Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has referred in his report to the current 39th session of the Human Rights Council, in relation to cooperation with United Nations mechanisms, to the case of torture and reprisal which the Saharawi political prisoner of the Group of Gdeim Izik, Naâma Asfari Asfari , sentenced by Moroccan occupation courts to 30 years in prison, was being subject

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Sept 14, 2018, SPS.

Geneva, Switzerland, Sept 12,  2018 (SPS) – Wali of Aaiun Camps,  Mr. Mohamed Salim Bisset has reiterated the commitment of the Frente POLISARIO to support the efforts of the UN Special Envoy to Western Sahara, former German President Horst Köhler, voicing POLISARIO full readiness to resume direct negotiations with the Moroccan occupation state In good faith and without any preconditions.

Geneva (Switzerland), Sept 12, 2018 (SPS) - A Saharawi delegation composed of human rights activists and victims of Moroccan repression in Western Sahara has took part since yesterday in the work of the XXXIX session of the Human Rights Council.
The Saharawi delegation will present several topics of interest on the violation of human rights in the territory of Western Sahara, particularly, the suffering and systematic repression against the Saharawi population in the occupied territories by Morocco.