El Aaiun (Occupied Territories), March 18, 2016 (SPS) -The Sahrawi Association for the Protection and Dissemination of Saharawi Culture and Heritage (ASPDCPS) held yesterday in El Aaiun (Occupied Territories of Western Sahara) a platform of solidarity with the Saharawi political prisoners Gdeim Izik group who are on hunger strike for the sixteenth consecutive day
WASHINGTON-The United Nations Security Council will hold Thursday an urgent meeting following Morocco's decision to stop its financial contribution to the United Nations Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara (Minurso), a source close to the issue told APS Thursday.
The Security Council will meet at the request of the United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-moon to assess impact of this decision on Minurso.
ALGIERS-Secretary General of the United Nations Ban ki-moon, who is determined to launch direct negotiations between the Polisario Front and Morocco to resolve the Sahrawi issue, denounced Rabat's "disrespectful attacks" on him whereas the Sahrawi people dub Morocco's attitude "sign of panic."
Washington, March 18, 2016 (SPS) - "The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission will hold on March 23, 2016 a hearing on Western Sahara which will address the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (Minurso) and the situation of human rights in the Occupied Territories of Western Sahara ", the Commission announced Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (United States)- United Nations Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon expressed Monday his "deep disappointment" and "anger" following Morocco's attacks against his person, dubbing them "disrespectful" towards the UN.
WASHINGTON (UNited States)- The United Nations said it would not withdraw its mission for a referendum in Western Sahara, MINURSO, following Morocco's decision to end its financial contribution to the peacekeeping mission in reaction to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's position on western Sahara conflict.
Roma, March 18, 2016 (SPS) - Members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Italian Senate expressed "solidarity with the struggle of the Saharawi people and their commitment to the defense of respect for international law and human rights, durante hosting a Saharawi delegation at the headquarters of Parliament composed of the President of the Saharawi Human rights Commission, Mr. Abba Salek Al-Haisan, President of the Sahrawi Association of Victims of Grave Violations Committed by the Moroccan State (ASVDH ), Mr.
ADDIS ABABA- The African Union (AU) welcomed the visit of the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to Western Sahara and the region, hoping that this visit will promote the peace process and allow the Sahrawi people to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination.
CHAHID EL HAFED (Saharawi Refugee Camps)- Polisario Front, the only legitimate representative of Saharawi people, has called on businessmen from Gulf countries to "immediately" abandon the investment projects they seek to carry out in the occupied Western Sahara, which is still a conflict territory listed by the United Nations as a decolonization issue.
ALGIERS-The United Nations Secretary General's Ban ki-moon's visit to the Sahrawi occupied territories and the Sahrawi refugee camps, that revealed "the direct and open" between Morocco and the international community, and Morocco's attempts" to shirk away its commitments part of the UN-AU resolution plan of 1991, the Sahrawi Foreign Ministry Mohamed Salem Ould Salek affirmed Wednesday.
Algiers , March 18, 2016 (SPS) -The United Nations Secretary General's Ban ki-moon's visit to the Sahrawi occupied territories and the Sahrawi refugee camps, that revealed "the direct and open" between Morocco and the international community, and Morocco's attempts" to shirk away its commitments part of the UN-AU resolution plan of 1991, the Sahrawi Foreign Ministry Mohamed Salem Ould Salek affirmed Wednesday.
Algiers, March 18, 2016 (SPS) -The Panafrican Parliament has a role to play in joining efforts of the African countries to resolve the different problems facing the continent, mainly counterterrorism, smuggling and migration and climate changes, President of this African body Nkodo Dang stressed Wednesday in Algiers.
During a press conference, Dang stressed that "the Panafrican Parliament is able to contribute to African Union's efforts to resolve the problems shaking the African continent."
Addis Ababa, March 18, 2016 (SPS) - The African Union (AU) welcomed the visit of the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to Western Sahara and the region, hoping that this visit will promote the peace process and allow the Sahrawi people to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination.
Washington (United States), March 18, 2016 (SPS) - The United Nations said it would not withdraw its mission for a referendum in Western Sahara, MINURSO, following Morocco's decision to end its financial contribution to the peacekeeping mission in reaction to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's position on western Sahara conflict.SPS
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Washington, March 18, 2016 (SPS)-The United Nations Security Council will hold Thursday an urgent meeting following Morocco's decision to stop its financial contribution to the United Nations Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara (Minurso), a source close to the issue told APS Thursday.
The Security Council will meet at the request of the United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-moon to assess impact of this decision on Minurso.
Shahid El Hafed (Refugee Camps), 6 March 2016 (SPS) - The Sahrawi coordinator at the United Nations Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) Mohammed Kheddad said Friday, in Shahid El Hafed, that the Sahrawi people hope that the negotiations for the settlement of the conflict in Western Sahara will be relaunched before the end of Ban Ki-moon’s term as UN secretary general.
Algiers, 6 March 2016 (SPS) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday started visit to Algiers, as part of his tour to the region in a bid to relaunch the negotiations for the settlement of Western Sahara conflict, opposing Morocco and Polisario Front.
Upon arrival at Houari Boumediene International Airport of Algiers, the UN chief was greeted by Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra.
Shahid El Hafed (Refugee Camps), 6 March 2016 (SPS) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon said Saturday in Shahid El Hafed in the Sahrawi refugee camps that it is necessary to find solution that allows the Sahrawi people to exercise its right to self-determination.
Bir Lahlou (Liberated Territories), 6 March 2016 (SPS) - The Polisario Front representative to the United Nations Ahmed Boukhari said that the visit of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to the liberated territories of Western Sahara and the refugee camps will bring the Security Council to reconsider the Sahrawi question, noting that "the future strategic vision will support this cause."
Algiers- President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika received Sunday in Algiers United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who is on an official visit to Algeria.
The audience took place in the presence of Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal, Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra and Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and Arab League Abdelkader Messahel.