New York (United Nations), October 15, 2015 (SPS) – the representative of South Africa, Mr. Oyama Mgobozi said in the general debate of the Special Political and Decolonization, on Wednesday that Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara constituted a challenge to the principles of the United Nations Charter.
The liberation of the “Sahrawi people” was a priority for Africa, he said, recalling that in August 2015, the African Union had issued a landmark legal opinion stating that Morocco had no right to explore and exploit any natural resources in the occupied Territory.
The South African representative expressing concern that MINURSO remained the only peacekeeping mission without a human rights monitoring mechanism . (SPS)
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