Dajla (refugee camps), April 29, 2015 (SPS) - Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar said UN’s credibility and seriousness remain “dependent” on how to put into reality the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination, renewing appeal to the Spanish Government to assume its historical and moral responsibility vis-à-vis the decolonization path in Western Sahara.
Speaking at the opening of the Festival on Wednesday evening, Saharawi Prime Minister said the credibility and seriousness of the United Nations remain “dependent” on finding a solution that ensures self-determination of the Saharawi people, adding it must establish neutral mechanisms to monitor human rights and guarantee the respect for international law with regard to the exploitation of the natural resources of Western Sahara.
He, in this respect, called upon the UN to put a “decisive end” to the rejected delays and manoeuvres of Moroccan regime, adding that the Saharawi people “will not be deterred by Moroccan obstacles to moving forward in the realization of their legitimate goals of freedom and self-determination.”
He, on other hand, praised the positions of solidarity, sympathy and support to the Saharawi just cause by free people across the world, of which governments, political parties and civil society components.
Saharawi Premier also hailed Algeria’s firm and principled position of support to the struggle of the Saharawi people, noting that Algeria has remained keen to the values of its revolution in standing by the side of peoples’ right to self-determination.
Mr. Abdelkader renewed his appeal to the French government to stop backing and protecting Moroccan occupation, and to stop thwarting the efforts aimed at monitoring, neutrally and impartially, the situation of human rights in Western Sahara.
He, in the same regard, requested France to support a political solution based on the exercise by the Saharawi people to their right to freedom and self-determination.
He, therefore, demanded the immediate release of all the Saharawi political prisoners currently languishing in Moroccan occupation’s jails, calling for unveiling the whereabouts of more than 651 Saharawi missing persons, their fate remains unknown since Morocco’s military invasion of Western Sahara on 31 October 1975.
Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar welcomed the advanced position taken by the African Union to organize activities of political and economic nature in the liberated zones as a form of solidarity with the right of the Saharawi state to have sovereignty over its territory. (SPS)
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