Moscow, April 13, 2016 (SPS) - The African Union’s advisory opinion, calling to respect human rights in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, and condemning the illegal exploitation by Morocco of Sahrawi natural resources, was examined in Moscow by the Sahrawi coordinator with MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara), M’hamed Khadad, and the Russian official Vasily Kuznetsov. 
 

Copenhagen (Denmark), 13 April 2016 (SPS)–  Copenhagen post newspaper wrote in article published Tuesday that at least seven banks and 20 pension companies from Denmark are investing in companies which, against international law, are taking part in the extraction of natural resources from Western Sahara.
 

Algiers, April 13, 2016 (SPS) - The Saharawi Ambassador in Algiers, Bouchraya Hamoudi Bayoune, said Tuesday that the Saharawi people hope that the statements of Secretary General Ban Ki Moon during his last visit to the Saharawi territories will lead to "practical and effective decisions "that allow Sahrawi people to exercise their right to self-determination.
 

New York, April 13, 2016 (SPS) - the UN Security Council on Wednesday will examine in a closed meeting the recent developments concerning the question of Western Sahara, at the request of Venezuela.
 
The meeting comes at a time of waiting the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki-moon to submit his report on the conflict in Western Sahara before the issuance of a new resolution on 28 April on the conflict in Western Sahara.SPS
 
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Madrid, April 13, 2016 (SPS)- Spanish party Ciudadanos (citizens) called on the government of his country to "support all political initiatives for a just and lasting solution to the conflict in Western Sahara through a referendum on self-determination."

Bern (Switzerland), 12 April 2016 (SPS) -A vast program of cultural and historical activities will take place during the solidarity week with the Sahrawi people, held in Bern by the Swiss committee for support to Sahrawi people (SUKS).

Copenhagen (Denmark) 12 April 2016 (SPS)– The member of Danish Parliament, Mr. Christian Juhl from the Red-Green Alliance Party through the Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee has raised 12 questions to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kristian Jensen related to the latest developments in occupied Western Sahara.
 

Madrid (Spain), April 12, 2016 (SPS) – the Spanish Party Ciudadanos has called the Spanish State to shoulder the historic responsibility towards the Saharawi people, urging it to work hard at the level of the European Union and other international forums to put an end to the conflict and the decolonization of Western Sahara.
 
 

National Police School (Saharawi refugee camps), April 12, 2016 (SPS) -The Minister of Interior, Mr. Hamma Salam, oversaw Monday , with the General Director of the National Police, Mr. Mahmud Abdi, the closing of a training course for the Regional Police Directorate of the Wilaya of Smara.
Said training course is part of the training plan of the Interior Ministry aiming at develop the capacities of members of the police in the different fields of their function as well as increasing the level of professionalism of the agents on the ground.

Moscow (Russia) April 12, 2016 (SPS) - Saharawi coordinator with MINURSO, member of the National Secretariat Mr. M'hamed Khadad was received  Monday by  the head of Centre for Islamic and Arabic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Mr. Vasily Kuznetsov accompanied by the Deputy Mr. Nicolai Sukov .