Algiers, 3 October 2020 (SPS) - The representative of the Polisario Front to the United Nations Sidi Mohamed Omar said that 29 years after the ceasefire, the Sahrawi people are still waiting for self-determination, without any favorable conditions to the organization of a referendum in Western Sahara.
In an interview granted Wednesday to the International Algeria Radio (RAI) Sidi Mohamed Omar underlined that the “issue of Western Sahara is waiting for a settlement, in accordance with the UN peace plan,” lamenting “the absence of favorable conditions to the organization of a referendum on self-determination.”
He pointed out that the Polisario Front’s decision of 30 October 2019 to review its participation in the UN peace process in Western Sahara, after being deviated from its initial framework, fixed in the joint settlement plan between the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU).
He underscored that this plan, accepted by the parties to the conflict (Polissario Front and Morocco) in 1988, was even adopted by the Council of Security. (SPS)
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