Montevideo (Uruguay) February 15, 2014 (SPS) - The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay, Mr. Luis Almagro , emphasized the need to assign the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to monitor human rights, during a meeting Thursday in Montevideo with the Saharawi Ambassador, Mr. Abbas Sheibani .
During the meeting held at the Foreign Ministry headquarters, Mr. Almagro expressed concern about the fact that the mission is the only one in the world that does not carry out the tasks of monitoring and reporting on human rights.
He also reiterated his country’s firm stance in support of the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination, deploring Moroccan violations of human rights in the occupied Sahrawi territories. (SPS)
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