Algiers, Feb 4, 2015 (SPS) - Algeria and Benin have reaffirmed their support to the efforts of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and his special envoy Christopher Ross, in finding a political solution guaranteeing the Sahrawi people’s self-determination, said a joint communiqué published Wednesday at the end of Beninese president Thomas Boni Yayi visit to Algeria.
During this visit, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and his Beninese counterpart have “reaffirmed their support to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and his special envoy Christopher Ross, in finding a political and mutually acceptable solution, which provides for the self-determination of Western Sahara people, in line with the Resolutions of UN Security Council and General Assembly,” the same source said.
Registered since 1963 on the list of Non-Self Governing territories and therefore eligible for the application of Resolution 1514 of the UN General Assembly containing a declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, Western Sahara is the last colony in Africa which is occupied by Morocco since 1975 with the support of France. (SPS)
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