El Aaiun (occupied territories), March 23, 2013 (SPS) - The UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy, Ambassador Christopher Ross, met Friday evening at MINURSO HQ in the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara, with a delegation representing the Collective of Saharawi Human Rights Defenders (CODESA), as part of a regional tour from March 20th until April 3rd, 2013.
The meeting with CODESA is the first in a series meetings Ross expected to hold with components of the Saharawi civil society.
The meeting was attended by Mr. Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO, along with three of his advisors.
The CODESA delegation includes Ms. Aminatou Haidar, President, Ali Salem Tamek, Vice-President, Al-Arbi Masud, General Secretary of the Executive Office, Fadili Kawdi, Vice-General Secretary of Executive Office.
The two-hour meeting addressed the status quo in Western Sahara and the preoccupations associated with it. (SPS)
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