New York, Oct 11, 2017 (SPS) - The Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) adopted on Tuesday a draft resolution reiterating the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination.
The Fourth Committee welcomed "the efforts of the UN Secretary-General and his personal envoy (to reach) a mutually acceptable solution that guarantees self-determination of Western Sahara people," said the draft resolution, which recalled the responsibility of the United Nations towards the Sahrawi people.

New York, Oct 10, 2017 (SPS) – The Panamanian delegation at the General Debate of the Fourth Committee on Decolonization expressed its strong support for a "just, durable and mutually acceptable political solution, providing for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, within the framework of provisions in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations. "

Chahid El Hafed (Sahrawi refugee camps), Oct 11, 2017 (SPS) - More than 100 NGOs demanded in an open letter from the President of the International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) to send delegates to the Sahrawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik, sentenced to heavy penalties by a Moroccan court last July in a trial,  deemed unjust and contrary to international law.
 

Brussels, Oct 10, 2017 (SPS) - The head of European diplomacy, Federica Mogherini of Italy, clarified in a response on behalf of the European Commission that "Western Sahara remains a Non-Self-Governing Territory" and that the final status of said territory, "be settled through a process of negotiations sponsored by the United Nations".

New York, Oct 10, 2017 (SPS) - The Permanent Representative of the Republic of Angola to the United Nations, Ambassador Ismael Gaspar Martins, reiterated at the Fourth Committee (Decolonization) that "the General Assembly has the full responsibility of culminating the process of decolonization of Western Sahara via free expression of the Saharawi people and that" Western Sahara remains one of the Non-Self-Governing Territories that are on the agenda of the Special Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations  responsible for decolonization.

Johannesburg, South Africa, October 10, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali praised South Africa's position in supporting African peoples for national liberation and peaceful coexistence.
 

New York (UN), Oct 9, 2017 (SPS) - Mr. Carlos Costa, Minister Plenipotentiary at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Mozambique to the United Nations, has said that the lack of progress in the decolonization of Western Sahara continues to be a cause for grave concern to Mozambique, in his statement to the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) of the 72nd Session of the General Assembly.

Shaheed El-Hafed, Oct 9, 2017 (SPS) - The members of the high-level delegation from the Canary Islands, who are on a visit to Sahrawi refugee camps, organized Sunday a sit-in in solidarity with the Saharawi political prisoners in Moroccan jails, at the headquarters of the national television, in the presence of the staff members and executives of the Ministry of Information. 

New York (UN), Oct 8, 2017 (SPS) - Nigeria’s Ambssador Hussein Abdullahi has reiterated call to set a date for the holding of the self-determination referendum for the people of Western Sahara, in a statement to the UN General Assembly Fourth Committee General Debate on Decolonization.

Johannesburg (South Africa), Oct 8, 2017 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary- General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, arrived Sunday morning in Johannesburg, South Africa, to attend as guest of honour the opening of the 5th Ordinary Session of the Pan-African Parliament, to be held on Monday, under the theme "Harnessing the demographic dividend through investments with the youth”.