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London, 28/02/2007 (SPS) The ex-British diplomat, Carne Ross,
accused Morocco, Wednesday during the presentation of his new book,
of hindering the UN’s efforts for the just and complete settlement
of the conflict of the Western Sahara conforming to the UN’s plan
based on the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination.
In his book, "Independent Diplomat: Dispatches from an Unaccountable
Elite" Mr. Carnes Ross declared during a ceremony organised in
Chatham House on the occasion of the release of the book, evoked in
some pages his personal experience in the management of the Saharawi
question while he was first secretary of the British mission to the
UN and person in charge of the Department of the Near East.
In this chapter, Ross talks about the history of the problem and the
Moroccan occupation of the Western Sahara and the efforts of the UN
for the organisation of a self-determination referendum of the
Saharawi people, a referendum that is officially accepted by Morocco
but still rejected by the latter backed by influent parties such
France, fearing from Saharawis certain choice to g their
independence, he writes.
In this respect, Ross says "I visited the Saharawis and I was
touched by the fact that they are still awaiting the international
community to give them back the right of which they are deprived
(page114).
Mr. Carne Ross worked in the British diplomatic corps for more than
15 years. From 1997 and 1998, he worked as the writer of the
speeches of the ex-British Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Robin
Cook, before he spent 4 years and a half in the British mission to
the UN Security Council where he worked as an expert in the affairs
of the near-east and prime secretary of the mission. (SPS)
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