Oslo, April 27, 2013 (SPS) - The Foreign Minister of Norway Mr. Espen Barth Eide said, in a dispatch published Friday on Norwegian Foreign Ministry website, his country’s fundamental position is that human rights monitoring should be part of all UN operations, stressing that any solution to Western Sahara “must ensure the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination.”
“Norway’s fundamental position is that human rights monitoring should be part of all UN operations,” said Mr. Eide.
He underlined that his country “will monitor the human rights situation closely and is ready to assist the UN and the parties in this area.”
Head of the Norwegian diplomacy went on saying that one solution to this protracted conflict and increase cooperation between neighboring countries and other countries in the region will be “an important contribution” to stability and security in North Africa and the Sahel.
He, therefore, urged the two parties to the conflict to cooperate with the international community in order to develop and implement more independent and credible measures to ensure full respect for human rights in the Territory. (SPS)
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