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Chahid El Hafed,
29/03/2007 (SPS) The Senate of the Republic of Colombia adopted on
Tuesday a resolution unanimously approved on Tuesday by the two
chambers of the Parliament reaffirming the support of the two
Colombian Chambers to the Saharawi people’s right to
self-determination and independence.
The Colombian Senate estimated that the conflict of the Western
Sahara is a "question of decolonisation", according to the UN
General Assembly’s 4th Commission. The UN stressed the Saharawi
people’s inalienable right to self-determination in all its
resolutions.
The draft resolution was presented the same day by Senator Gustavo
Petro, who is also the Spokesperson of the Democratic Pole. The
resolution was consequently adopted by all the members of the
Senate.
On his side, the Spokesperson of the Colombian Conservative Party
submitted the text of the draft resolution to the plenary session of
the Chamber of Representatives, who expressed adopted the text by
consensus.
The Colombian Parliament reaffirm through the adoption of this
resolution its support of the Saharawi people’s right to
self-determination and denounced the human rights violations in the
occupied territories of the Western Sahara. (SPS)
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