The African Union hails the United Nations Secretary General’s visit to Western Sahara in order to end the prolonged suffering of the territory’s people
Addis Ababa, March 15, 2016 (SPS) - The Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, welcomes the visit of the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, to Western Sahara and the region, undertaken from 3 to 7 March 2016.
UN seeks solution based on "self-determination" of Sahrawi people
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.
UN SG visit to bring Security Council to reconsider Western Sahara issue
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."
Ban Ki-moon for solution allowing Sahrawi people exercise self-determination right
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.
My visit, an opportunity to see for myself forgotten tragedy
Shahid El-Hafed (Refugee Camps), 6 March 2016 (SPS) - United National Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Saturday in Shahid El-Hafed that his visit to the Saharawi refugee camps was an opportunity to see with his own eyes a tragedy forgotten by the international community.
Ban Ki-moon holds talks with SADR’s President, Polisario Front’s officials
Shahid El Hafed (Refugee Camps), 6 March 2016 (SPS) - The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon held Saturday, in Shahid el Hafed, talks with the President of the Saharwi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Mohamed Abdelaziz, also Secretary General of the Polisario Front, legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people, fighting against the Moroccan occupier for their independence. The talks to which also took part the officials of the Polisario Front took place at the headquarters of SADR’s presidency.
Ban Ki-moon arrives in Shahid El Hafed refugee camp
Shahid El-Hafed (Refugee Camps), 6 March 2016 (SPS) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived Saturday in Shahid El-Hafed, the second stage of his visit to Saharawi refugee camps after Smara. Ban Ki-moon was welcomed upon his arrival in Shahid El-Hafed by Saharawi Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar, before being received, for high-level discussions, with President of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Mohamed Abdelaziz, also secretary-general of the Polisario Front.
Ban Ki-Moon welcomed by Sahrawi people in refugee camps
Smara (Refugee Camps), 5 March 2016 (SPS) - The people of the Wilaya of Smara, Sahrawi refugee camps, welcomed Saturday UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-Moon and the delegation accompanying him on his visit in the region to relaunch the peace process stalled due to the Moroccan obstacles.
Ban Ki-Moon arrives in Sahrawi refugee camps
Smara (Refugee Camps), 5 March 2016 (SPS) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon arrived Saturday in the Sahrawi refugee camps in his first visit to the region. Mr. Ki-Moon was received in Tindouf airport by the Sahrawi authorities and then he headed to the Wilaya of Smara, Sahrawi refugee camps, where he was greeted by a large gathering of people. In the Wilaya of Smara, he will visit 17 June School that sponsored by the UN children's organization UNICEF.
Participating in Sahara-Marathon is another form of support to Sahrawi people’s fight
El Aaiun (Sahrawi Refugee camps) February 24, (SPS)- The participants in the 16th Western Sahara marathon (Sahara-marathon) said, Tuesday, that their presence in this competition, which became traditional, is another form of support to the fight of the Sahrawi people for their independence and right to self-determination.“It is our duty to show solidarity with the just causes such as the Palestinian cause and the Sahrawi cause,” underlined one of the greatest athletes present in this competition, Daniel, who came from France.