Beirut, April 6, 2015 (SPS) - The World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) reiterated Sunday its support to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence, demanding an urgent action to end the suffering of Saharawi people.
WFDY urged, at the end of a general gathering held in Beirut, the UN Secretary General and ambassadors of the Security Council members to accelerate the conduct of a free and just referendum so to put an end to the suffering of the Saharawi people.
It stressed the need to enlarge the prerogatives of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to include human rights monitoring, halt, as a matter of urgency, the illegal looting of Saharawi natural resources by some foreign companies, and free the Saharawi political prisoners, incarcerated in Moroccan prisons.
The Saharawi delegation that attended the meeting got the opportunity to visit the Palestinian refugee camps in Ain al-Hilweh, Lebanon, where they planted an olive tree as a form of peace and in solidarity with the Palestinian people.
The 4-day meeting discussed some organizational matters, of which the preparations for the Congress to be held in Cuba next November. (SPS)
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