Algiers, 30 September 2021 (SPS) - The annulment of two agreements between the European Union (EU) and the Kingdom of Morocco on agreement and fishing by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is a “resounding victory for the legitimate cause of the Sahrawi people,” said Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ramtane Lamamra.
Brussels, 30 September 2021 (SPS) - Polisario Front's National Secretary member for Europe and European Union, Abi Bouchara Bachir, on Wednesday described the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) cancelling EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement, as a "great victory for the Saharawi cause."
Luxembourg, 30 September 2021 (SPS) - The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) affirmed on Wednesday that the Polisario Front is the only legal representative of the Sahrawi people who is regarded as having the capacity to bring an action before the Court on behalf of the Sahrawi people.
New York (United Nations), Sept 29, 2021 (SPS) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, reviewed with his Cuban counterpart the latest developments in the Sahrawi cause and the responsibility of the international community towards the Saharawi people.
Discussions took place at the headquarters of the United Nations (UN) on the sidelines of the work of the 76th session of the General Assembly (GA).
New York (United Nations) Sept 29, 2021 (SPS) - Minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ramtane Lamamra held talks Monday in New York with his Sahrawi counterpart, Mohamed Salem Ould Salek on the latest developments of the Sahrawi issue.
Geneva, Sept 29, 2021 (SPS) - The baseless allegations, spread by three pro-Moroccan NGOs at the Human Rights Council in Geneva about the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, are politically-motivated and they "deliberately conceal the reason that led Western Sahara people to flee their territory to seek refuge in Algeria," Algeria's mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva said.
Luxembourg, Sept 29, 2021 (SPS) - In a historic ruling whose implications will go beyond the economic, the General Court of the European Union has declared this Wednesday, September 29, illegal the commercial and fishing agreements signed between Brussels and Morocco in 2018 and 2019, respectively, for illegally including Western Sahara, the last non-autonomous territory in Africa that has waited for decades to exercise its recognized right to self-determination.
Brussels, Sept 28, 2021 (SPS) - The MEP of Unidas Podemos, Idoia Villanueva, has pointed out the importance of the candidacy of the Sahrawi activist Sultana Khaya for the Sakharov Prize for Human Rights as an opportunity to "make visible the mostly silenced and abandoned human rights violations, as is the case of the Sahrawi activist Sultana Khaya, a highly visible figure for the defense of the human rights of the Sahrawi people."
New York (United States), Sept 28, 2021 (SPS) - Algeria renewed its firm position in defending the legitimate causes of the peoples who fight and resist to regain their most basic rights and self-determination, especially in Palestine and Western Sahara.
New York, 28 September 2021 (SPS) - in the Statement of the President of the Republic of Timor-Leste, H.E. Dr. Francisco Guterres Lu OLO, before the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly delivered Monday on his behalf by Timor-Leste Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Mr. Karlito Nunes.
New York, 27 September 2021 (SPS) - The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and Nicaragua reaffirmed on Monday the imperative and sacred nature of the principle of self-determination and independence of all peoples and their equal rights to sovereignty and territorial unity.
Algiers, 27 September 2021 (SPS) - Regardless of the European Court’s verdict expected on 29 September, no foreign company has the right to invest in Western Sahara as part of an agreement concluded with Morocco, in accordance with judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered in 2016 and which clearly distinguishes between the Moroccan and Sahrawi territories, stressed the Polisario Front’s lawyer Gilles Devers.
Bir Lahlou, 26 September 2021 (SPS) - Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) carried out Sunday new attacks against the entrenchments of the Moroccan occupation forces in the Awsard sector, according to the military communiqué No. 319 of the Ministry of Defense.
The military communiqué stated that "the units of the Sahrawi People's Army carried out attentive attacks targeting the entrenchments of the Moroccan occupation soldiers in the areas of Kalb Al-Nass, Astila Ould Boukerin, and Adim Oum Ajloud in the Awsard sector.
New York (UN), 26 September 2021 (SPS) - The Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad met on Saturday with the Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, and the discussions focused on regional issues, in particular Western Sahara, Libya and Mali, a UN statement indicated.
"The Secretary General met today with Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Algeria. The Secretary General and the Minister discussed regional issues, including Western Sahara, Libya and Mali," the source said.
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New York (UN), 26 September 2021 (SPS) - Belize Prime Minister John Briceno reiterated on Friday "his support for the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination", urging "the parties concerned and the international community to support it in its efforts".
"The Sahrawi people is also prevented from exercising its right to self-determination. We urge the parties concerned and the international community to support it in its efforts," Mr Briceno stressed in an address to the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.
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Dili, (Timor-Leste) 25 September 2021 (SPS) - A Campaign was launched last Thursday by various Organisations from the Civil Society in Timor-Leste calling for urgent actions to save the life and free Sultana Khaya and her Family.
The Title of the Campaign is Morocco must free now the Saharawi human rights defender, Sultana Khaya from house arrest and together we can free and save life of Sultana.
New York (United Nations), 25 September 2021 (SPS) - Lesotho regretted Thursday that the inalienable right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination is still not guaranteed.
“It is regrettable that the persistent denial of the inalienable right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination has still not been resolved”, Prime Minister of Lusotho, Moeketsi Majoro, said on Thursday at the 76th session of the Assembly. General (GA) of the UN.
New York (United Nations), 25 September 2021 (SPS) - The head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sanchez, called on Thursday in New York, for "a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution" to the Western Sahara issue, in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions.
"Spain continues to defend the central role of the UN and we support the efforts of the Secretary General" regarding the Sahrawi issue, he recalled during the work of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly.
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New York, (United Nations), 25 September 2021 (SPS) - The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, reaffirmed Thursday in New York, the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination in accordance with the relevant decisions of the AU and UN Security Council resolutions.
"We reaffirm our position on the right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination in accordance with the relevant decisions of the African Union (AU) and the resolutions of the UN Security Council," said Cyril Ramaphosa during his speech at the UN.
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New York (United Nations), 25 September 2021 (SPS) - The president of Namibia, Hage G. Geingob, defended on Thursday in New York for the inalienable right of the Sahrawi people to freedom and independence, welcoming the appointment of Alexander Ivanko, the new special representative of the UN Secretary General in Western Sahara.
"It is now almost 50 years that the people of Western Sahara are still waiting to exercise their inalienable right to freedom and independence," the Namibian president lamented during his speech at the UN.