Shaheed El Hafed (Refugee Camps), June 14, 2011 (SPS) – The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mohamed Abdelaziz, received Tuesday evening the German parliamentary delegation in a visit since Monday in Sahrawi refugee camps.
The talks dealt with the latest developments on the question of Western Sahara,the UN peace process and human rights situation in the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
The delegation includes five members of the Commission on Human Rights and humanitarian aid in the German Federal Parliament headed by Mr. Mr. Frank Heinrich, from the Parliamentary Group of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU/CSU).
It had been received by Mr. khatri Adduh, President of Sahrawi National Council, who briefed it on the Sahrawi experience in the fields of legislation and supervision. The delegation attended Tuesday morning meetings of the Council which it holds as part of its spring session.
The delegation visited several social and cultural facilities in the Wilaya of Smara, where it met with representatives of civil society.
It had talks with the prime Minister, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, accompanied by members of the government.
The delegation met, at the conclusion of its visit, representatives of United Nations agencies operating the Sahrawi refugee camps.
After visiting the Sahrawi refugee camps, the German parliamentary delegation will visit Morocco and the occupied territories of Western Sahara.
The delegation includes Mrs. Angelika Graf, Social Democratic Party (SPD), Mr. Serkan Toeren, Liberal Party (FDP), Mr. Heike Haensel, Left Party (die Linke), and Mr. Volker Beck, Green Party (Die Gruenen) and is headed by Mr. Frank Heinrich, from the Parliamentary Group of the Christian Democratic Party (CDU/CSU).
The aim of this visit is to study the humanitarian situation in the refugee camps and political developments and situation of human rights in Western Sahara, it should be recalled.(SPS)
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