SPS SADR/ALGERIA/MEDIAS Security Council reiterates
Saharawi people right to self-determination, declares Abdallah
Baâli
02.05.05
New York, 02/05/2005 (SPS)
Algerian Permanent Representative to the UN, Abdallah Baâli,
recently declared that the resolution 1598 (2005) "reiterates the
determination of the Security Council to search a solution that plans
for self-determination to the people of Western Sahara", reported
Algerian newspaper "El Watan" in its edition of April the 30th.
Mr. Baâli regretted the fact that Morocco "is still rejecting the
peace plan and wants a solution that only foresees autonomy for the
Saharawi people". He indicated that he still keeps the hope that Rabat
"may change its position" for the benefit of the entire region.
In its last report, UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, deplored in
particular the blockage registered in "the fundamental question
concerning the way in which the population of the territory can
exercise their right to self-determination", wrote the same source.
UN's Security Council (SC) unanimously adopted on Thursday in New York
the resolution 1598 (2005), reaffirming its determination to work for
the self-determination for the people of Western Sahara, it should be
recalled.
The SC clearly reiterated the validity of the resolution 1495, adopted
in 2003, through which it energetically supported the Peace Plan for
the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara elaborated by
Mr. James Baker, former UN Secretary General's Personal Envoy.
The new resolution, which intervenes in a moment that the settlement of
the conflict in Western Sahara is in the impasse, came at last to
recall that the United Nations remains the framework of this question
and that Security Council is determined to resolve it, it was
indicated.
The resolution also recalls that the political solution to the conflict
must strictly respect Saharawi people right to self-determination said
observers in New York. It also underlined the relevance of the Baker
Plan, which remains the "optimum political solution" for a just and
definitive settlement, as approved by the Security Council. (SPS)
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