Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), January 30, 2017 (SPS) – The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Brahim Gali on Sunday condemned the serious violations of human rights in the Occupied Territories, stressing that "the time has come to organize the self-determination referendum in Western Sahara, regretting that MINURSO is the only UN mission that does not have competencies for the control and observance of human rights.
Following a meeting with the new Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres in Addis Ababa, during the 28th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the AU, the Saharawi president recalled that the United Nations mission for the referendum of Western Sahara, (MINURSO) must be able to carry out its mission for which it was created 26 years ago and that lives up to its name.
The President of the Republic heads an important Saharawi delegation to the work of the 28th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union held on 30 and 31 January under the motto 'Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through Investment In the youth.SPS
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