New York, Oct 10, 2012 (SPS) – The United Nations peacekeeping chief arrived Wednesday in Laayoune to visit the MINORSO in Western Sahara, following which he will hold talks with both parties to the conflict; the Polisario Front and Morocco, said the UN News Centere.
The visit by Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Hervé Ladsous is the first by the head of UN peacekeeping to the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) in 14 years, the source indicated.
“I am thrilled to come here to MINURSO and to discuss with colleagues the challenges the Mission faces. I look forward to meeting our military observers in the team sites who under difficult conditions are doing a noble job,” said Mr. Ladsous.
While in Laayoune, Mr. Ladsous will be reviewing operations and meeting with staff from the Mission, which is headed by the Secretary-General’s Special Representative, Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber.
He plans to travel to two team sites, as well as to Tindouf and Rabat, where he will meet with officials from the Frente Polisario, as part of his three-day visit. (SPS)
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