Brussels, April 17, 2014 (SPS) - A group of members of the European Parliament has sent a letter to the UN Secretary General and Security Council Member States, in which they called for expand the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to include the monitor of human rights situation on the ground.
MEPs recalled that several international human rights NGOs and the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Juan Mendez, described as “worrisome” the human rights situation in occupied Western Sahara.
Underlying that MINURSO could be a valuable international impartial observer of the human rights situation, the letter went on saying that human rights monitoring by MINURSO would be a “very important step to improve the situation” in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
Following is a complete list of the MEPs co-signers on the letter: Norbert Neuser, Angelilli Roberta, Antinoro Antonello, Arlacchi Pino, Baldassarre Raffaele, Balzani Francesca, Berlinguer Luigi, Borsellino Rita, Cancian Antonio, Caronna Salvatore, Chountis Nikolas, Clark Derek Roland, Cofferati Segio Gaetano, Cornelissen Marije, Costa Silvia, Cozzolino Andrea and De Angelis Francesco, De Castro Paolo, Domenici Leonardo, Evans Jill Eickhout Bas, Fidanza Carlo, Fisas Ayzela Santiago, Garces Ramon Vicente Miguel, Garcia-Perez Iratxe, Tavarez Rui, Toia Patrizia, Ulvskog Marita, Vajgl Ivo, Vaughan Derek, Weidenholzer Josef, Westlund Asa, Wils Sabine, Gozes Ana Marias, Gualtiei Roberto, Greze Catherine, Hassi Satu, Henin Jacky, Irazablbeitia Inaki, Kiil-Nielsen Nicole, Kleva Kekus Mojaca, La Via Giovanni, Lambert Jean Le Hyaric Patrick, Lösing Sabine, Lövin Isabella, Masip Hidalgo Antonio, Matias Marisa, Mazzoni Erminia, Meyer Willy, Miranda Ana, Milana Guido, Pallone Alfredo, Papanikolaou Georgios, Perello Rodriguez Andres, Pirillo Mario, Pittella Gianni, Prodi Vittorio, Rivasi Michèle, Rivellini Crescenzio, Romeva i Rueda Raül, Ronzulli Licia, Salatto Potito, Sargentini Judith, Sassoli David-Maria, Schlyter Carl, Scholz Helmut, Scurria Marco, Silvertris Sergio Paolo Francesco, Smith Alyn, Sosa Wagner Franceisco, Sousa Alda, Staes Bart, Susta Gianluca, Tabajdi Csaba and Tatarella Salvatore. (SPS)
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