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Chahid El Hafed, 28/03/2007 (SPS) The International Movement
of Youth and Students for the UN and the International Organisation
for the Development and Education called on the UN Council for Human
Rights, on Tuesday, to mandate a Special Rapporteur on the human
rights violations in the Western Sahara.
The speaker on behalf of the two organisations stressed that the
situation of the human rights violations in the Western Sahara is
"getting worst and the international community must adopt measures
that can impose and guarantee the protection of the Saharawi civil
population".
He also underlined that the situation of the human rights in the
occupied territories of the Western Sahara is "source of concern",
during the debate within the 4th session of the UN
Council for Human Rights that takes place from the 12 to the 30 of
March in Geneva, on two reports presented by the Special
Rapporteurs, Martin Scheinin on Human Rights and Terrorism, and
Manfred Nowak, on Torture.
The two organisations stressed that in the two last years, the
Saharawi population in the occupied territories of the Western
Sahara lived one of the most black periods in their contemporary
history because of the atmosphere of terror, repression and
arbitrary that is the normal of their daily life now.
The speaker recalled that many international human rights
organisations, especially the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
has clearly stated in its last report that the right to
self-determination is the basic right that should be respected to
resolve all other human rights abuses committed by the Moroccan
State against the Saharawi people. (SPS)
020/090/000/TRD 281720 MAR 07 SPS
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