Rome (Italy),September 20, 2011 (SPS) - The Tuscany region of Italy is holding, in Florence and Livorno, the third European Conference of Towns supporting Western Sahara people (September 24-26) to stress their right to self-determination, a source said Tuesday in Rome.
Representatives of cities are expected at this meeting from Italy, Europe and the world, along with the Saharawi refugee camps and associations of solidarity with the Saharawi people, in addition to a high-level Sahrawi government delegation led by Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Omar.
The conference will be preceded Wednesday evening by a meeting and debate on "Arab spring" organized by the Italian municipality of Albinea (Emilia Romagna) and Sahrawi Association "Jaima."
The participants in the debate will include the Mayor of the city of Antonella Incerti, Sahrawi human rights, Brahim Dahane, Moroccan activist, Said Soutgy, a member of the Moroccan Association for Human Rights, Italian journalists. (SPS)
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