New York (UN), October 28, 2011 (SPS) - The Personal Envoy of the Secretary General of the United Nations to the Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, told Wednesday the UN Security Council that Morocco "blocks" a UN new round of negotiations between the parties to the conflict (Front Polisario and Morocco) since 2007 to enable the Saharawi people to self-determination, according to a diplomatic source.
During the meeting, the Security Council heard a presentation by Envoy Christopher Ross on the developments of the situation in the region and assessment of the efforts made by the United Nations, as well as the kidnapping Saturday night to Sunday of three European collaborators in the Sahrawi Refugee camps, reviewing the situation of human rights in Western Sahara and the necessity of presence of an independent mechanism to monitor them on the ground, according to the same source.
Ambassador Ross told the UN Security Council about his intention to visit in December the capitals of the Western Sahara group of Friends of the Secretary-General (the United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Russia, and France). (SPS)
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