Addis Ababa, March 18, 2016 (SPS) - The African Union (AU) welcomed the visit of the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to Western Sahara and the region, hoping that this visit will promote the peace process and allow the Sahrawi people to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination.
 

Washington (United States), March 18, 2016 (SPS) - The United Nations said it would not withdraw its mission for a referendum in Western Sahara, MINURSO, following Morocco's decision to end its financial contribution to the peacekeeping mission in reaction to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's position on western Sahara conflict.SPS
 
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Washington, March 18, 2016 (SPS)-The United Nations Security Council will hold Thursday an urgent meeting following Morocco's decision to stop its financial contribution to the United Nations Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara (Minurso),  a source close to the issue told APS Thursday.  
 
The Security Council will meet at the request of the United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-moon to assess impact of this decision on Minurso.
 

Shahid El Hafed (Refugee Camps), 6 March 2016 (SPS) - The Sahrawi coordinator at the United Nations Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) Mohammed Kheddad said Friday, in Shahid El Hafed, that the Sahrawi people hope that the negotiations for the settlement of the conflict in Western Sahara will be relaunched before the end of Ban Ki-moon’s term as UN secretary general.
 

 
Algiers, 6 March 2016 (SPS) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday started visit to Algiers, as part of his tour to the region in a bid to relaunch the negotiations for the settlement of Western Sahara conflict, opposing Morocco and Polisario Front.
Upon arrival at Houari Boumediene International Airport of Algiers, the UN chief was greeted by Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra.

Shahid El Hafed (Refugee Camps), 6 March 2016 (SPS) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon said Saturday in Shahid El Hafed in the Sahrawi refugee camps that it is necessary to find solution that allows the Sahrawi people to exercise its right to self-determination.
 

Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), 6 March 2016 (SPS) - The Polisario Front representative to the United Nations Ahmed Boukhari said that the visit of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to the liberated territories of Western Sahara and the refugee camps will bring the Security Council to reconsider the Sahrawi question, noting that "the future strategic vision will support this cause."
 

Algiers- President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika received Sunday in Algiers United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is on an official visit to Algeria.
 
The audience took place in the presence of Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra and Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and Arab League Abdelkader Messahel.
 

Algiers, 7 March 2016 (SPS) - The United Nations seeks to find a "political, just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution" based on the "self-determination" of the Sahrawi people, said Sunday in Algiers the UN chief, Ban Ki-moon.
 
"As regards Western Sahara, we have exchanged views on what is being done by the UN for a political, just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution, based on the self-determination of the Sahrawi people," said Ban following the audience granted to him by President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

Algiers, 7 March 2016 (SPS) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday in Algiers that he asked his special envoy to Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, to "resume his tours" to restart talks between Morocco and the Polisario Front in a bid to settle the Western Sahara issue.