Chahid El Hafed, October 05, 2016 (SPS) - Death of the child Sumiya Mahmoud Najem, and injured of two children, one of them seriously wounded following explosion  of cluster bomb  in Boukhzama area in Mheriz , liberated Territories, according to statement issued Wednesday by the Office of coordination of Sahrawi Mine Action (SMACO).
 

Bir Lehlu, Western Sahara, October 05, 2016 (SPS) - The Government of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic condemned the resumption of phosphate rock shipments from occupied Western Sahara to Lithuania.  A cargo of 75,000 tonnes is due to be received by the Lithuanian fertilizer company AB “Lifosa” in Klaipeda later this week.

Lisbon (Portugal), October 05, 2016 (SPS) - The deputy Carla Cruz of the Parliamentary Group of PCP and member of the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs and Portuguese Communities addressed a question, Tuesday, to the Portuguese government on "the situation of Saharawi political prisoners Gdeim Izik group ".
 

Chahid El Hafed,  October 05, 2016 (SPS) - The Prime Minister Mr. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, chaired on Tuesday a meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the festivals of cinema and culture and folk arts, in order to prepare for the launching of this famous cultural event.

New York, October 05, 2016 (SPS) - Twenty-five countries, including Algerie will submit, at the UN General Assembly meeting, a draft resolution on Western Sahara, in which they reiterate UN position over this decolonization issue.
The document is to be submitted to the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) on Wednesday at the latest, UN sources close to the case told APS.
The adoption of the draft resolution is expected next week.

New York, October 04, 2016 (SPS) –  Sahrawi Foreign Minister , Mr. Mohamed Ould Salek said that the Frente POLISARIO welcomes the judgment of the EU Court of Justice (CJEU) to annul the EU-Morocco trade and agricultural agreements as it does not apply to Western Sahara. Similarly, the Frente POLISARIO welcomes the legal opinion of the Advocate General of the CJEU that reaffirmed that Western Sahara is not part of Morocco and, as a result, agreements with Morocco that includes Western Sahara has no standing.

New York, October 04, 2016 (SPS) –  the Foreign Minister of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic SADR, Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Salek stressed that The status quo of the issue of Western Sahara is seen as a failure of the UN to keep its promise to the people of Western Sahara to undergo a process of decolonization via a self-determination referendum. Maintaining the status quo would result in grave consequences for the Saharawi people, the region and the African continent.
 

New York, October 04, 2016 (SPS) –  the Foreign Minister of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic SADR, Mr. Mohamed Ould Salek said that Morocco’s intention to join the AU must fulfill the requirements of the AU Constitutive Act and commit to upholding and respecting the principles including respect for borders as inherited the day of independence from colonial rule, and for the right to self-determination during his briefing today in New York.
 

New York, October 04, 2016 (SPS) –  Sahrawi Foreign Minister , Mr. Mohamed Ould Salek said that Morocco for over twenty-five years, has systematically reneged on agreements signed, and has hindered all efforts by the international community to secure the decolonization of Western Sahara and the right to self-determination of the Saharawi people during press conference Tuesday in New York.
 

New York, Oct 4, 2016 (SPS)- The Fourth Committee of the United Nations in charge of special political and decolonization issues reaffirmed its commitment to the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination by calling to the relaunch of the negotiation process between the Polisario Front and Morocco, stopped since 2012.
The Committee, which opened on Monday a five-day debate on the decolonization issues of 17 non-self governing territories, supported the holding of a referendum in Western Sahara to exercise this right.