December 2020

Algiers, 15 December 2020 (SPS) - Algeria reaffirmed Monday its solidarity with the right of the Sahrawi people and all peoples of non-self-governing territories to self-determination, on the occasion of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the resolution 1514 of the United Nations General Assembly on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, the Minister of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

New York (United Nations) 14 December 2020 (SPS)- Polisario Front recalled the United Nations, in a Press Release Today, of its responsibilities to decolonize Western Sahara, on the occasion of the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 on the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial countries and Peoples.

Shaheed El Hafed, 14 December 2020 (SPS) - The preparatory conference for the International Socialist League Congress reaffirmed its support for the Sahrawi people struggle to self-determination.
In the end of the preparatory conference for the Congress held on Saturday, the participants adopted a statement in which they affirmed their support for the Saharawi people struggle for self-determination and vigorously denounced "Morocco's new military aggression against the SADR, in the region of EL Guerguarat," added the same source.

Pretoria (South Africa) 14 December 2020 (SPS)- South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr. Naledi Pandor, stated that Trump’s proclamation in favour of Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara has no force or effect because it is a recognition of an illegality, in an answer to a question after she presented her government’s statement on international developments for the year 2020, in Pretoria Today.

New York, , 14 December 2020 (SPS) - Morocco cannot count on U.S. diplomatic support for its expansionist plans in Western Sahara beyond January 20, when U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes office, according to the Bloomberg agency, which says that the United States loses much more than it gains from Trump's decision.
"If it is politically awkward for President-elect Joe Biden to immediately reverse Trump's decision, he will certainly not accept it enthusiastically," according to an article published by the Bloomberg agency.

Brussels, 14 December 2020 (SPS) - European Inter-Parliamentary Conference for Solidarity with Sahrawi People on Saturday condemned US President Donald Trump's unilateral declaration on alleged Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara, stressing that the move is a serious violation of the UN Charter and all the international resolutions issued by the United Nations and the African Union.

Algiers, 14 December 2020 (SPS) - Representative of the Polisario Front at the United Nations Sidi Mohamed Omar affirmed Saturday that the adoption by the UN General Assembly of a new resolution on Western Sahara is a hard blow for the Moroccan occupation and its attempts to distort the Sahrawi cause. 

Algiers, 14 December 2020 (SPS) - Algerian Minister of Communication, Spokesman of the Government Amar Belhimer affirmed that the choice to normalize relations with the Zionist entity in return for the territory of Western Sahara is a “futile” choice in the face of the peoples’ invincible will.

Algiers, 14 December 2020 (SPS) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres underlined Saturday that the settlement of the conflict in Western Sahara isn’t dependent on the individual recognition of States, but on the implementation of UN resolutions.

Abuja (Nigeria) 14 December 2020 (SPS)- The Nigerian Movement for the Liberation of Western Sahara (NMLWS), considered in a Press Release Today, that the just solution for the conflict of Western Sahara  should be for the UN to recognize SADR as an independent State and force Morocco out of the last colony in Africa.

Pretoria (South Africa) 14 December 2020 (SPS)- South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Dr. Naledi Pandor, considered Trump’s recognition of Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara as a violation of the international legality and African Union Constitutive Act, in a statement on international developments for the year 2020, in Pretoria Today.

Bir Lehlou (Liberated Territories), 13 December 2020 (SPS)  - The Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) continued its intensive attacks on Moroccan military bases behind the wall of shame on Saturday and Sunday, said a military statement number 31 from the Ministry of Defence.
In its statement, the ministry "the units of the SPLA continued on Saturday, their strikes against the enemy positions in the region of Tinuachad (sector of Mahbes), the zone of Rous Aoudiat Ahdaydeh (sector of Farsiya)."

New York (United Nations) 13 December 2020 (SPS)- The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, affirmed yesterday that the solution to the conflict of Western Sahara does not depend on individual states’ recognitions, but on the implementation of UN’s resolutions.

Geneva, 13 December 2020 (SPS) - The Global Security Organization against Corruption (OMSAC) on Saturday condemned "without reservation" the position of outgoing US President Donald Trump on Western Sahara and reiterated its call achieving self-determination of the Sahrawi people, a press release said.

Paris, 13 December 2020 (SPS) - The position of outgoing US President Donald Trump on Western Sahara set "a precedent in the policy of the American administration with regard to the Sahrawi question "and constitutes a "flagrant violation of Sahrawi people right to self-determination," Polisario Front representative in France, Mohamed Sidati, said on Saturday.

Brussels, 13 December 2020 (SPS) - Western Sahara is "not for sale", said on Friday Pierre Galand, President of the European Coordination of Support and Solidarity with the Sahrawi People (EUCOCO), in reaction to the decision of US President Donald Trump on the alleged sovereignty of Morocco over the occupied territory.

Algiers, 13 December 2020 (SPS) – Algeria has reaffirmed that Western Sahara conflict is a question of decolonization which can only be resolved through the application of the international law, said Saturday a communiqué of Foreign Ministry.

Algiers, 13 December 2020 (SPS) - The international reactions continued on Friday denouncing the announcement of the outgoing American President Donald Trump of his recognition of alleged sovereignty of Morocco over Western Sahara, considering it a blatant violation of the right of the Sahrawi people and the international legality.
Through the voice of its Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, Russia said that Trump’s unilateral decision falls completely outside of the scope of the international law.

Moscow, 12 December 2020 (SPS) - The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denounced the position of U.S. President D. Trump on Western Sahara, considering it threatening regional stability and undermining the generally recognized international legal basis of the Western Sahara settlement, in a statement today, Saturday.  

Shaheed Al Hafed, 12 December 2020 (SPS) - The Palestinian Political Affairs Specialist, Dr. Chaker Chabat Abu Imad, indicated that normalizing ties between Israelí and Morocco in return for Trump’s recognition of Morocco’s alleged sovereignty over Western Sahara “is contrary to the international law”, adding that this proclamation “stirs the Saharawi people’s feelings.”
Speaking to SPS, the Palestinian academic called on the Saharawi people to show more determination to confront the Moroccan occupation.