Addis Ababa (African Union) 04 August 2024 (SPS)- The Permanent Representative of the Sahrawi Republic to the African Union, Amb. Lamin Baali, in his capacity as Dean of the North African Group, deposited the candidacy file for Morocco’s nominee for the position of Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission. The elections for the leadership of the Union are scheduled to take place during the summit in February 2025.

The file was submitted Friday 3rd August to the Office of the Legal Counsel of the Union, represented by the Legal Counsel, Dr. Gajer Gueldich.

Bir Lehlou (Liberated Territories), August 3, 2024 (SPS) - Advanced detachments of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army (SPLA) targeted Moroccan enemy bases in the Mahbes sector, causing heavy casualties in lives and equipment.

New York (United Nations), August 3, 2024 (SPS) - In his report (A/79/229) on Western Sahara submitted to the upcoming session of the General Assembly, the United Nations Secretary-General reaffirmed that the United Nations Security Council addresses the issue of Western Sahara as a matter of peace and security, and that the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) of the General Assembly and the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples a

New York (United Nations), 3 August 2024 (SPS) - The representative of the Polisario Front at the United Nations and the coordinator with the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), Sidi Mohamed Omar, affirmed that France's move to recognize the so-called "Moroccan autonomy plan" in Western Sahara, presented within the framework of Morocco's alleged "sovereignty", is "a serious escalation in its traditional aggressive stance towards the Sahrawi people and their inalienable right to self-determination and independence".

Brussels, 2 August 2024 (SPS) - The European Union said on Wednesday that its stance on Western Sahara remains “unchanged,” reaffirming its support for the UN Secretary-General and his personal envoy for Western Sahara to carry on the political process aimed at reaching a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution to the Western Sahara issue.

This EU declaration follows France’s announcement recognizing the so-called Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara territory as “the only basis for reaching a just political solution.”

Paris, 2 August 2024 (SPS) - The Socialist Party of France (PS) condemned Thursday “the abrupt diplomatic turn” of France's support to Morocco’s diplomatic autonomy plan for Western Sahara, reiterating its commitment to uphold the principle of “people's right to self-determination."

“The PS condemns the abrupt diplomatic turn executed without consultation,” said in a press release, highlighting that the party “committed to the Franco-Moroccan relations, condemns this unilateral decision, which was taken without any debate or consultation with the parliament.”

Algiers 2 August 2024 (SPS) – The Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad, Ahmed Attaf, said Wednesday that France’s recognition of the so-called Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara is “giving away what is not theirs to those without merit.”

There is a simple expression to describe the legal value of France’s recognition of Morocco’s so-called sovereignty over Western Sahara, which is “giving away what is not theirs to those without merit,” Attaf said during a press conference at the ministry’s headquarters.

Algiers, 2 August 2024 (SPS) - The Algerian minister of Foreign Affairs and National Community Abroad, Ahmed Attaf, said Wednesday in Algiers that the response of the president of the Republic, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, to France's new position on western Sahara issue was "firm, resolute and precise," adding that the French move would not contribute to the revival of the diplomatic process, but would instead fuel the impasse into which the autonomy plan has plunged the Saharawi issue for more than 17 years.

Algiers, 2 August 2024 (SPS) - The People’s National Assembly (Parliament’s lower house) condemned on Wednesday in a statement the French Government’s support for the Moroccan colonial plan as part of the so-called Moroccan sovereignty over the territory of Western Sahara, expressing its support for the Algerian State’s decisions in this regard.

New York (United States), 2 August 2024 (SPS) - The resolution of the Western Sahara conflict will be carried out “in line with the Security Council’s resolutions,” the spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Stephane Dujarric, underscored.

In a statement to the press on Tuesday in New York, Dujarric said that “the United Nations' efforts to resolve the conflict in Western Sahara will carry on in line with the Security Council’s resolutions.”