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An important public attends the 2nd International Festival of Cinema


03.03.05




Aousserd (refugees camps), 03/03/2005 (SPS) The 2nd edition of the International Festival of the Cinema of the Sahara; organised in the Wilaya of Aousserd from the 2 to the 6 March, was marked by the presence of an important Saharawi public, among whom most of the young people discover for the first time the cinema on a big screen.

In the open spectators watched the first film, "Saharauis, hijos del desierto", directed by Jaime Arias and Yerko Lira (Spain- Chili-2002). The film was watched with great interest. The film talks about an old bedouin, Abu Moussa, who lived peacefully in his country before its colonial occupation. Through the film the public rediscover a far past, homesickness and emotions engendered by far memories.

"La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemon", by Javier Fesser, (Spain-2004), a comedy that served in lightening hearts after the emotions caused by the first projection.

In parallel with the projection of film every night, workshops for professional training are dedicated to the Saharawi youth and whoever is interested in documentary film making, the history and theory of the documentary, the sound and the realisation of Cartoon films.

Round tables of discussions between the public, specialists of the cinema and actors of the projected films will be organised to exchange "points of view and impressions of the Saharawi public on the films". The same public, it should be noted "is in fact the Committee of arbitration that will designate the winning film of each category".

This Festival, will also count on the projection of Spanish movie, "Mar adentro" (The sea inside), by Alejandro Amenabar, in 2004, which won the Oscar of the best foreign language movie last February 28 after having been highly commented by specialists. The movie was also designated best film in Spain, winning 14 Goyas, the highest Spanish Cinema awards, besides the price of best actor, Javier Bardem, in the Festival of Venice last year.

It will also be attended by the Director of the Academy of Spanish Cinema, Mrs. Mercedes Sampietro, and other stars such as Iciar Bollain, Angel de la Cruz, José Coronado, Lola Duenas, Javier Freser or Chus Gutiérrez among others. (SPS)

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UNFS calls African women to support Saharawi people right to self-determination



Luanda, 03/03/2005 (SPS) The Secretary General of Saharawi Women National Union (UNFS), Fatma Mehdi, called her African counterparts, invited to the 4th Congress of Angolan Women, to "support Saharawi people legitimate right to self-determination and independence, conforming to UN Security Council resolution 1495 (July 2003).

Mrs. Mehdi, also stressed the considerable achievements of Saharawi Woman in exile, calling African Woman to "redouble efforts to make their voice heard all over the world".

Accompanied by Saharawi Ambasador to Angola, Ahmed Salama, Mrs. Mehdi had had meetings with Angolan First Lady, Mr. Ana Paulina Dos Santos, as well as many representative of African women groups that attended the congress, to whom she reaffirmed "the determination of the Saharawi people and Saharawi Woman to continue the struggle for their legitimate rights to freedom and independence".

The Saharawi Woman's delegation was invited to the congress by the Union of the Women of Angola, "which is a result to a position of continious support to Saharawi people", estimated Saharawi Ambasador to Angola in a press release. (SPS)

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SADR/SPAIN/CANTABRIA/MEDIA
Mr. Sidati criticises the "strange" position of Spain regarding the conflict of Western Sahara



Santander (Spain), 03/02/2005 (SPS) The Minister, Counsellor to the Presidency, Mohamed Sidati, criticised the "strange" position of the Government of Spain in the conflict of Western Sahara. Spain did not assume its responsibility in the decolonisation of the territory and favoured Morocco in its intransigence and rejection to subscribe to the international legality by implementing the Baker Plan, reported Spanish newspaper, "El Diario Montanés" in its Wednesday edition.

Animating a conference on Saharawi people entitled "Other peoples other cultures: Sahara the feelings of a people", Mr. Sidati estimated that the current impasse, which is a result to Moroccan rejection of Saharawi people self-determination. A position that may cause "a disastrous situation".

To Mr. Sidati, what is more alarming is "the negative impact" of Spanish abstention in the last UN's vote. A position that "influenced in a negative way other countries of the European Union", recalling that the only solution remains in the respect of the resolutions of the UN and its Security Council; which calls for the enforcement of the Baker Plan.

On another hand, the Saharawi Minister met with the vice-president, Counsellor of Institutional and European Affairs of the autonomous Government of Cantabria, Dolores Gorostiaga.

The meeting discussed themes of cooperation between the two parties regarding to humanitarian aid and projects at the level of Health and Education this Spanish Province pilots in the refugees camps. (SPS)

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SADR/UNITED KINGDOM/MOROCCO
A UK organisation expresses its "ill-feeling" towards Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara




London, 03/02/2005 (SPS) Western Sahara Campaign UK (WSC) expressed its ill-feeling "toward Morocco’s continued occupation of Western Sahara" and "its repeated diplomatic stalling to prevent the implementation of the Baker Plan".

During a recent official meeting in London with a Moroccan parliamentary delegation (MPD), M. Tom Marchbanks, Member to the Western Sahara Campaign, indicated in a press release that his organisation has expressed its sentiments to the MPD.
 
WSC explained "the strength of negative feeling in the UK toward Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara when the occupation has been deemed illegal under the international court of justice", added Mr. Marchbanks. An opinion stressed by Moroccan intransigence "and its repeated diplomatic stalling to prevent the implementation of the Baker Plan", he said.

The members of the organisation also explained their Moroccan interlocutors that there is "a sizable UK solidarity movement supporting the Saharawi and the UN referendum for self determination".

They also expressed MPD their deception towards "Moroccan suppression of human rights in the occupied territories (particularly free speech)", adding that "until the Saharawi issue is resolved through the Baker Plan, it will continue to negatively impact on Morocco’s broader relations with the UK and the rest of the world". (SPS)

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