Algiers, 7 October 2023 (SPS) - The President of the friendship and fraternity parliamentary group “Algeria-Western Sahara” Miloud Tissouh affirmed Friday, in New York, that the only acceptable framework for the decolonization of Western Sahara must be under the supervision of the United Nations, calling on it to honor its commitments towards this just cause.
Madrid (Spain), October 5, 2023 (SPS) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Volker Türk, indicated yesterday the existence of the right to self-determination when addressing the Sahrawi issue, calling for placing human rights at the heart of the settlement process.
Bogotá (Colombia), October 05, 2023 (SPS) - The President of Colombia, Mr. Gustavo Petro Orrego, received yesterday at the Headquarters of the State in Bogotá, the Sahrawi Ambassador, Ammah Yahdih who presented his credentials as Ambassador of the Sahrawi Republic to Colombia, in the presence of the Colombian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Álvaro Leva Duran.
During the credentials' ceremony, the Colombian President affirmed his support for the Sahrawi people in their struggle for their independence and national sovereignty.
Bir Lehlou (Sahrawi Republic), October 4, 2023 (SPS)- The President of the Republic and Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, sent a letter of congratulations to his counterpart, the President of the Republic of Botswana, H.E. Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi, on the occasion of the National Day of Botswana.
New York, October 4, 2023 (SPS)- Mexico called for respecting the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and supporting efforts aimed at reaching a just and lasting solution to the conflict in Western Sahara, in accordance with the relevant General Assembly and Security Council resolutions.
Mexico called before the Fourth Committee to support the efforts made by the Secretary-General and his personal envoy to reach a peaceful solution to the conflict in Western Sahara.
New York, October 4, 2023 (SPS)- Venezuela reaffirmed before the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly its strong and firm support for the inalienable right of the Sahrawi people to freedom and self-determination.
Venezuela called for a peaceful, just and lasting solution to the conflict in Western Sahara on the basis of the relevant General Assembly and UN Security Council resolutions.
New York (United States), October 3, 2023 (SPS) - The Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) of the United Nations General Assembly began its work, where it will consider reports and hear petitioners regarding the territories subject to decolonization, including the Sahara Western.
Kigali (Ruanda), 2 de octubre de 2023 (SPS) – Una delegación de la República Árabe Saharaui Democrática (RASD) se encuentra participando en los trabajos del Consejo Ejecutivo de la Unión Africana (UA) sobre la Agenda 2063 de la UA, celebrados en la capital ruandesa de Kigali, del 1 al 3 de octubre en curso.
Algeria, September 27, 2023 (SPS) - The Algerian Minister for Relations with Parliament, Ms. Besma Azouar, renewed on Tuesday, at the headquarters of her ministerial department, during receiving a delegation from the Sahrawi National Council, Algeria’s position in support of the Sahrawi issue and the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination in accordance with Security Council resolutions.
New York (United States), September 26, 2023 (SPS) – Ms. Nandi-Ndaitwah Netumbo ; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, reaffirmed her country’s principled support for the legitimate struggle of the Sahrawi people, stressing that Namibian people have also suffered from deprivation of their right to freedom, and therefore its position in support of the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and freedom is firm and enjoys the consensus of all political forces in the country.
Algiers, 24 September 2023 (SPS) - Several heads of State and Government reiterated, during the works of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, the right of the Sahrawi and Palestinian peoples to self-determination and independence.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune reaffirmed Algeria’s unchanging position in favor of just causes and in support of the oppressed peoples who are fighting for freedom, notably the Palestinian and Sahrawi causes.
Shaheed El-Hafed (Refugee Camps), 23 July 2023 (SPS) -The Sahrawi National Committee for Human Rights (CONASADH) expressed on Saturday its strongest condemnation of the continuous and atrocious criminal practices of the Moroccan occupation forces against Sahrawis, particularly human rights activists.
New York, 23 September 2023 (SPS) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Mozambique, Mrs. Veronica Macamo, reaffirmed her country's strong support for the legitimate struggle of the Sahrawi people for freedom and independence, and the imperative to accelerate decolonization in Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa.
Geneva, 23 September 2023 (SPS) - The French Movement against Racism and for Friendship between Peoples (MRAP) has expressed its concern over the excessive use of arbitrary detention by Morocco against Sahrawi political prisoners, calling on the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to visit these detainees.
In an oral presentation to the 54th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday, the organization expressed its concern about the increasing cases of arbitrary detention that Morocco is using in an excessive manner.
San Sebastian (Basque), 17 July 2023 (SPS) - President of the Sahrawi Body against the Moroccan occupation (ISACOM), Aminatou Haidar, reviewed at length and in detail, in a conference organized in the Basque region, Spain, the various gross violations of human rights in the occupied part of the Sahrawi territories, by the Moroccan occupation forces.
New York (United Nations), 15 September 2023 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, held a meeting with the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for Western Sahara Staffan de Mistura who committed to continuing his efforts to further the peace process as part of the implementation of the UN resolutions, in order to enable the Sahrawi people to exercise their right to self-determination.
New York (United Nations), September 12, 2023 (SPS) - The President of the Sahrawi Republic and Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, held talks on Monday with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres. These talks come within the framework of the ongoing dialogue between the Sahrawi Party and the United Nations Secretariat.
Bir Lahlou (Sahrawi Republic), September 12, 2023 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, congratulated his Brazilian counterpart, Mr. Lula da Silva, on the occasion of the celebrations commemorating the 201st anniversary of the independence of the Federal Republic of Brazil.
Occupied El Aaiun, 10 September 2023 (SPS) - Members of the Association for Surveillance of Wealth and Environmental Protection in Western Sahara informed the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, during his visit to the occupied territories of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), about the various violations committed by the Moroccan occupation against the rights of the Sahrawi people, as well as the plundering of their natural resources.
Boujdour (Refugee Camps), 9 September 2023 (SPS) - President of Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, affirmed on Thursday that the Sahrawi people will continue its struggle to snatch its freedom and establish its sovereignty over the entire territory of the Saharawi Republic.