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London, July 7, 2018 (SPS)  – NGO Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) warned on Thursday the arrangements included by the European Commission to the EU-Morocco deal, including Western Sahara occupied territories. 
The Commission tries to misguide the Member States concerning the consultation process launched to "comply" with the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in December 2016, which had rejected the inclusion of Western Sahara in the EU-Morocco Association Agreement.

Geneva, July 7, 2018 (SPS) – The ambassadors of 16 countries from the five continents called Thursday on the UN Human Rights Council to attach greater importance to the human rights situation in Western Sahara occupied cities.
The diplomats have also placed more emphasis on the need to support the report of the UN Envoy who assessed on the ground the Sahrawis’ conditions in the Refugee camps and in the occupied cities, in the absence of a solution to the Sahrawi question which would guarantee the people’s right to self-determination.

Vienna (Austria), July 5, 2018 (SPS) - The Austrian Saharawi Association (ÖSG) has appealed Morocco to respect human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara that witnessed brutal interventions by the Moroccan occupation forces against peaceful Saharawi demonstrators during the visit of the UN Special Representative, Horst Köhler.

Acireale (Italy), July  05, 2018 (SPS) - The mayor of Acireale, (Sicily), received, today, in his office, a group of Sahrawi children, the latter  have arrived to Italy within the framework of the Vacation Program for Peace, sponsored by the associations of friends of the Saharawi people in Italy.
The Mayor, accompanied by some of his advisers, welcomed the small ambassadors and assured them that in his prime council with the authorities of his municipality will deal with the Saharawi question and the forms of aid to the Saharawi people.

Bir Lehlou (liberated zones), July 05, 2018 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali has sent a letter of congratulation to the President of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria Mr. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, on the occasion of the 56nd anniversary of independence and youth day.

Nouakchott, July 05, 2018 (SPS) - Sahrawi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ould Salek affirmed that the 31st Summit of the African Union Heads of State and Government was a turning point in the handling of the Sahrawi issue, stressing that the summit marked “ the beginning of the countdown” for Morocco.

Bir-Lehlu, July 04, 2018 (SPS) -  President of the Republic Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, has sent a congratulatory message to President of the United States Donald J. Trump, on the occasion of Independence Day on July 4.
“I write on behalf of the people of the Western Sahara to extend to you and to the American people our warmest congratulations upon the anniversary of the United States independence,” said the President of the Republic.

Bir Lehlou (Liberated Territories), July 3, 2018 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali, sent a congratulatory message to H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, on the occasion of the Liberation Day of this sister country.

Nouakchott, July 04, 2018 (SPS) - President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO Brahim Gali said that the Sahrawi people draw their strength from their fair cause, the legitimacy of their struggle and their legendary resistance in the face of the Moroccan occupier.

Nouakchott, July 04, 2018 (SPS) -The African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government on Monday adopted a decision to set up a mechanism supporting UN efforts to resolve the Sahrawi issue.

Nouakchott, July 03 ,  2018 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali, has ended his visit to Mauritania during which he took part in the 31st Ordinary Session of the Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the African Union held in Nouakchott on 1 and 2 July.

Bilbao (Basque Country), July 03, 2017 (SPS) - The Saharawi Representative  in the Basque Country in coordination with the Saharawi Community and all the solidarity movement at Euskadi level, organized yesterday a rally in front of the Consulate of Morocco in Bilbao against the brutal repression of Sahrawi people by the Moroccan military and security forces in occupied Western Sahara.
The demonstrators chanted slogans such as “enough of repression and impunity, no to occupation, yes to independence and self-determination”

Nouakchott (Mauritania), July 2, 2018 (SPS) - Sahrawi Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Salem Ould Salek denounced Monday, in Nouakchott (Mauritania), the blocking by Morocco of the organization of the referendum on self-determination for the independence of Western Sahara.
“Morocco blocks, since 27 years, the organization of a referendum on self-determination for the independence of Western Sahara, which has an impact on peace and stability in the region,” he said in a press conference.

Nouakchott (Mauritania), July 2, 2018 (SPS) - The setting up of an African mechanism to enable the African Union to provide "efficient support" to the UN-led process, based on the UN Security Council resolutions, in order to reach self-determination of Western Sahara people has been recommended Sunday in Nouakchott by the AU Commission president Moussa Faki.
Faki made this recommendation in his report on Western Sahara question, APS obtained a copy on the occasion of the 31st Summit of the AU Heads of State and Government.

Bir Lehlu (Liberated Territories), July 2, 2018 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario front, Brahim Ghali, on Monday called on the United Nation for the protection and defense of the Sahrawi population in the occupied cities of Western Sahara from the unleashed violence and repression against Sahrawi protesters.

Nouakchott (Mauritania) -The 31st Summit of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government kicked off Sunday in Nouakchott (Mauritania) with the participation of President of Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali.
The Summit is themed “Winning the Fight against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa's Transformation.”

Nouakchott, June 30, 2018 (SPS) – Upon his arrival at Oumtounsy International Airport in the Mauritanian Capital, Nouakchott, the President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, held separate talks, on Saturday at the presidential wing at the airport, with Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz,.
The talks, which later included members of the two delegations, discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations and African integration.

El Aaiun (occupied territories), June 30, 2018 (SPS) - The Association for the Monitoring of the Natural Resources and for the Environment Protection in Western Sahara (AMREPNWS) held Friday a meeting with UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Horst Koehler, at MINURSO headquarters in the occupied city of El Aaiun, in the presence of the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Western Sahara, Head of MINURSO, Colin Stewart.

El Aaiún (occupied territories), June 30, 2018 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Human Rights Violations Committed by the Moroccan State (ASVDH), held Friday a meeting UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Horst Köhler, at the headquarters of MINURSO in El Aaiún, the occupied capital of Western Sahara.
The meeting was attended by ASVDH members of the Executive Bureau, and Colin Stewart, UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Western Sahara, Head of MINURSO, according to ASVDH statement.

El Aaiún (occupied territories), June 30, 2018 (SPS) - Representatives of the Collective of Saharawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA) held Friday a meeting with UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Horst Köhler, in the presence of Colin Stewart, UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Western Sahara, Head of MINURSO, according to a CODESA press release.