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Special Committee on Decolonization reaffirms Polisario Front sole legitimate representative of Sahrawi people

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New York (United Nations), September 21, 2018 (SPS) - The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples reaffirmed that the Polisario Front remains the sole legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly, in its annual report for 2018 submitted to the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly.
Referring to the note on Western Sahara, which contained a letter from the representative of the Polisario Front to the United Nations, the report devoted a special paragraph (para. 112) to the clear reference to the speech by the representative of the Polisario Front to the United Nations, Dr. Sidi Mohamed Omar, before the Committee on the issue of Western Sahara, stressing unequivocally that the speech of the Sahrawi representative was made in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, including resolution 34/37 of 21 November 1979, which confirms and establishes by explicit wording that the Polisario Front is the sole legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people.
In addition to the reaffirmation by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the Saharawi people's right to self-determination and the legal status of Western Sahara as a decolonization issue, this strong and frank position that strengthens the position of the Polisario Front as the sole and legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people represents another serious blow and a major setback to the diplomacy of the Moroccan occupying state, which resorted to all methods of pressure, extortion, deception and fraud, in order to dissuade the members of the Committee from reiterating this firm and consistent position with international legitimacy and relevant United Nations resolutions. (SPS)
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