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Frente POLISARIO asks the Special Committee for Decolonization for concrete actions for the decolonization of Western Sahara

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New York, 14, June 2022(SPS)-The Delegate of the Frente POLISARIO to the UN and Coordinator with MINURSO, Ambassador Sidi Mohamed Omar, has asked the Special Committee on Decolonization to translate its commitment to decolonization into concrete actions and achieve the decolonization of Western Sahara, the last colony on the African continent.
In his speech on the question of Western Sahara, at the session of the Special Committee on Decolonization, Ambassador Sidi Omar stressed that "it is time to translate the commitment of this commission to decolonization into concrete actions and achieve the decolonization of the Western Sahara. without further delay.
The Head of POLISARIO diplomacy at the UN said that the Saharawi people do not demand more than their inalienable right to self-determination and independence in accordance with resolution 1514 (XV) of the General Assembly and other relevant resolutions.
The Saharawi diplomat expressed the firmness of the Saharawi people that “will never give up their sacred rights and will continue their struggle by all legitimate means to achieve their national aspirations in freedom and independence”.
In this sense, POLISARIO, the sole and legitimate representative of the people of Western Sahara, once again emphasizes that the position of Spain and other governments will not be able to change the legal nature of the conflict, which continues to be a matter of decolonization.
The POLISARIO in previous declarations has emphatically stressed "that the only viable and practical way to advance in achieving a peaceful, fair and lasting solution to the decolonization of Western Sahara is to allow the Saharawi people to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination and the independence
Morocco, with the support and approval of France, continues to act with impunity and continues with its colonial practices and its attempts to impose the policy of faits accomplis by force in Western Sahara. SPS
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