Geneva (Switzerland), March 8, 2023 (SPS) – Algeria and South Africa expressed their condemnation of the continued Moroccan occupation of parts of Western Sahara, in their interventions at the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council.
In this context, Mr. Lazhar Soualem, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Algeria to the International Human Rights Council in Geneva, expressed his country's serious concern about the blockage of the political process and the resumption of armed conflict in Western Sahara between the two parties to the conflict, Morocco and Polisario Front.
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Ambassador Lazhar Soualem welcomed the High Commissioner's statement regarding his insistence on the occupying power to respect human rights, as well as Algeria's encouragement of the Commission's office to send technical missions to the territory of Western Sahara.
Lazhar Soualem Also renewed Algeria's encouragement to implement technical cooperation programs with the Polisario Front, as stipulated in paragraphs 8 and 22 of United Nations General Assembly Resolution No. 74/95.
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For his part, Mr. Mxolisi Nkosi, Ambassador Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations Office in Geneva, expressed South Africa's strong condemnation of the continued illegal Moroccan occupation of parts of Western Sahara, calling at the same time the High Commissioner for Human Rights to take concrete measures to organize visits to the Western Sahara region.
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