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New York (UN), 18 October 2024 (SPS) - UN General Assembly (UNGA), Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee), in its 79th high-level session on Thursday, approved without a vote a draft resolution on Western Sahara, by referring to the principles set forth in the UN Charter UNGA Resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.

Algiers (Algeria) 17 October 2024 (SPS) - Swedish activists Benjamin Ladraa and Sanae Qutbi, who are advocating for the Sahrawi cause, arrived on Wednesday in Algeria as part of their awareness campaign "Bike for Western Sahara" to support the just cause of the Sahrawi people.

Nairobi (Kenya) 17 October 2024 (SPS)- The Communist Party of Kenya (CPK) strongly endorsed the recent ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) invalidating agreements between Morocco and the European Union (EU) that exploit the natural resources of Western Sahara.

In a statement issued by its Central Organizing Committee (COC) Yesterday and published on its official Website, the CPK described the ruling as a pivotal moment in the Saharawi people’s fight for independence and their inalienable right to self-determination.

Chahid El Hafed (Sahrawi Republic) 17 October 2024 (SPS) - Polisario Front reiterated its categorical refusal to discuss any proposal or idea outside the legal framework of the Sahrawi issue, in a communiqué that concluded the meeting of the Permanent Bureau of its National Secretariat Today.

Following is the full text of the Communique:

The Frente POLISARIO categorically rejects to discuss any proposal or idea that is outside the legal framework of the Western Sahara question

National Secretariat

New York (UN), 17 October 2024 (SPS) - The UN Security Council held closed-door consultations on Wednesday evening in New York regarding the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO).

Under the presidency of Switzerland, the Council heard a briefing from the UN Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, who presented the results of his activities over the past few months, including his visit to the Sahrawi side on October 3rd.

New York (UN), 17 October 2024 (SPS) - Algeria reiterated, in New York, its position of support to the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination and to the UN efforts to reach a political solution to the issue of Western Sahara, during two consecutive rights of reply by its permanent representative in the United Nations, Amar Bendjama.

Shaheed El Hafed, October 17, 2024 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, received the Algerian Minister of Mujahideen and Rights Holders, Mr. Laid Rebiga, in his office at the Presidency of the Republic.

Shaheed Al-Hafed, October 17, 2024 (SPS) - The Algerian Minister of Mujahideen and Rights Holders, Laid Rebiga, arrived Thursday at Raed Farraj Airport in Tindouf as part of a visit to the Sahrawi Republic.

Upon his arrival at the airport, the Algerian minister was received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Sidati, the National Director of Protocol, Mr. Bellahi, and the Wali of Tindouf, Mr. Daho Mustafa, along with civil and military authorities of Tindouf.

Algiers, 16 October 2024 (SPS) - Algeria encourages international humanitarian agencies and donors to "contribute" to the implementation of the support plan for 173,600 Sahrawi refugees in need, said Wednesday the Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations Office and international organizations in Geneva, Rachid Bladehane.

New York (United Nations), 16 October 2024 (SPS) - Algeria's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Amar Bendjama, called on Wednesday from New York, for international equality and justice regarding the decolonization of Western Sahara

Bir Lehlou (Sahrawi Republic), 15 October 2024 (SPS) - President of the Sahrawi Republic and Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr Brahim Ghali, addressed today a letter to the UN Secretary-General, Mr António Guterres, containing the position of the Sahrawi party on some elements contained in the Secretary-General’s report on the situation concerning Western Sahara. 

Full text of the letter of the President of the Republic as received by SPS:

H.E. Mr António Guterres

Secretary-General of the United Nations

United Nations, New York

Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) 15 October 2024 (SPS) – A high-level Sahrawi military delegation, led by Taleb Ammi Deih, the Central Director of Operations and Inspection at the Ministry of National Defense, participated in the first Conference of African Defense Ministers in response to an invitation from the Ethiopian Ministry of Defense.

Swakopmund (Namibia) 15 October 2024 (SPS)- Namibia and South Africa jointly welcomed the recent ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) regarding Western Sahara, during a meeting of the Political, Diplomatic, and Legal Committee of the Namibia-South Africa Bi-National Commission, held in Swakopmund, Namibia from October 14-15.

Wilaya of El Aaiun (Refugee Camps), 14 October 2024 (SPS) - The president of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente Polisario, Brahim Ghali, said the latest ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) had supported the truths about Western Sahara, stating that "Morocco has no sovereignty over the territory, which are two separate and distinct countries."

The President of the Republic dubbed the European court's decision "historic" and a "great victory for Western Sahara people and for law, justice and legality."

Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), 14 October 2024 (SPS) – Units of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) targeted a command post of the Moroccan occupier in the Mahbès sector, the Central Directorate of the Sahrawi Army’s Political Commissariat said on Sunday.

A command post of a hostile battalion belonging to the Moroccan army was bombed on Sunday morning in the Laakad region in the Mahbès sector.

Attacks by the APLS continue against the positions of the Moroccan occupying forces, causing heavy human and material losses.

Shaheed El Hafed, October 14, 2024 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente Polisario, Mr. Brahim Ghali, sent a congratulatory message on behalf of the Sahrawi Republic, its people, and government, as well as on his own behalf, to the newly elected President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, H.E.Taye Atske Selassie.

In his message, President Brahim Ghali expressed his wishes for the Ethiopian President's success and fulfillment in his noble duties, as well as for the Ethiopian people’s prosperity and well-being.

Kampala (Uganda) 14 October 2024 (SPS) – The Ugandan Solidarity Association with Western Sahara warmly welcomed the ruling by the European Court of Justice, which annulled the trade agreements between the European Union and Morocco concerning Western Sahara due to their violation of the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination and their rejection by the Sahrawi people and its legitimate representative, the Polisario Front.

Boujdour (refugee camps), October 13, 2024 (SPS) - The delegations participating in the International Forum for Education and Vocational Training affirmed their solidarity with the struggle of the Sahrawi people and their support for their just cause, reviewing their countries' experience in education and training and the stages they have reached in these two areas.

Boujdour (refugee camps) October 13, 2024 (SPS) - The International Forum for Education and Vocational Training was opened on Saturday evening in the wilaya of Boujdour, Sahrawi refugee camps,  in the presence of Prime Minister Mr. Bouchraya Beyoun and members of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front and the government and foreign delegations, in addition to executives from the educational and pedagogical system.

Brazil, October 13, 2024 (SPS)- The Brazilian Trade Union Federations (CTB) expressed its full solidarity with the Sahrawi people in their historic and just struggle to complete their sovereignty over their entire national territory.

The trade union group also expressed its satisfaction with the important victory achieved by the Sahrawi people and the ruling issued in favor of the Polisario Front by the European Court of Justice to annul trade and fishing agreements between the European Union and Morocco.