Kingstown (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), May 20, 2017 (SPS) -Participants in the regional seminar of the Caribbean on decolonization held by the United Nations' 24 Committee called for the UN to speed up the decolonization process of Western Sahara and the organization of a self-determination referendum. 
The three-day seminar, held in Kingstown and devoted to the future of the 17 non-autonomous territories on the UN agenda, stressed the need to revive the UN special Committee for decolonization, alias Committee of 24, so that is can reach its goals.

Wilaya of Awserd (Refugee Camps), May 20, 2017 (SPS) - The celebration of the 44th anniversary of the outbreak of the armed struggle has been launched Saturday in the Wilaya of Awserd, refugee camps.
The celebrations were attended by President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, members of the National Secretariat, the Government, foreign delegations, and a large population of the Wilaya.

Salé (Morocco), May 19, 2017 (SPS) - The Moroccan court has postponed the trial of the Sahrawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik until June 5, according to a Sahrawi human rights source from the occupied territories.
According to the source, the court decided to postpone the judgment after two weeks of hearings that witnessed numerous violations of the right of the prisoners in a fair trial.

Brussels, May 19, 2017 (SPS) -  The Moroccan Council of Human Rights (CNDH), mentioned by the European Union (EU) in the questions of human rights violation in Western Sahara "has no jurisdiction" over this territory, under the international law, said MEP Paloma Lopez.

Bir lehlu (Liberated Territories), May 18, 2017 (SPS) - The Saharawi National Commission for Human Rights (CNSDH) has expressed its concern over humiliating and discriminatory treatment by the Moroccan security services during the long- Illegal trial against the activists of Gdeim Izik.
 

Kingstown (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), May 17, 2017 (SPS) - The Frente  POLISARIO Representative to the UN, Bujari Ahmed, invited by the UN Special Committee on Decolonization, has took part Tuesday at the Regional Seminar on decolonization, held this year in the Caribbean, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with the purpose of examining the situation in the Territories under colonial or foreign domination.

Brussels, May 16, 2017 (SPS-The European Commission has ruled out any funding of Morocco’s renewable energy projects in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, and stressed it would fulfil its commitment to informing European companies and citizens of the legal status of this territory whenever support is requested. SPS
 
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Algiers,  May 16, 2017 (SPS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Algeria is appealing for urgent donor support for refugees from Western Sahara as severe lack of funding has forced the agency in May to reduce food rations by almost 20 percent.

Shahid El-Hafedh, May 15, 2017 (SPS) Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Salek made Sunday appointments at level of the diplomatic corps, in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 8 / 2017.
On the basis of the powers under Presidential Decree No. 14/2012 of 22 September 2012 governing diplomatic work by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in particular Article 02, the Minister of Foreign Affairs decides as follows:
Article (1):
Decides to appoint functions of the following diplomatic missions to the continents of Africa, Latin America and Europe:

Shaheed El-Hafed, May 15, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, undertook Sunday some reshuffles at the level of the diplomatic corps, according to a decree of the Presidency of the Republic.
"By Presidential Decree No. 08/2017 and in accordance with the powers conferred upon it by the Constitution of the Republic, in particular Article 58, the President of the Republic enacts as follows: