February 27th School (Saharawi refugee camps), Oct 12, 2011 (SPS) - The Saharawi people has celebrated Wednesday the double anniversaries 36th of the Declaration of National Unity in 1975 and first of the establishment of Gdeim Izik camp on 2010, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz, along with members of the National Secretariat and SADR government, in addition to national and foreign delegations.
In his speech on the occasion, Mr. Babia Shia, minister of transport and chairman of the preparatory committee, stressed that the celebration of the National Unity Day “is an opportunity to evoke the sacrifices of the parents in order to close ranks and abort the colonial attempts to split the Saharawi society, as well as to meet the legitimate demands of our people for freedom and independence.”
The ceremony was marked by presenting testimonies of eyewitnesses who attended the historic meeting in Ein Bentili on October 12, 1975. These testimonies confirmed the importance of the event in formulating the unity and cohesion of the Saharawi people in face of the colonial attempts aiming to suppress the Saharawi identity, reaffirming adherence of the Saharawis to the Frente Polisario “as a sole and legitimate representative of the Saharawi people.”
The event, which was held Wednesday morning at the February 27th School (Saharawi refugee camps), was attended by foreign delegations participating in the annual International Encounter of Art in Western Sahara (acronym ARTIFARITI), delegation comprising 40 human rights activists from the occupied Western Sahara and representatives of national, Algerian and Spanish media. (SPS)
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