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SADR/AFRICAN UNION/SUMMIT
The President of the Republic in Addis Ababa to take part to the third
summit of the African Union
05.07.04
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Addis Ababa,
05/07/2004 (SPS) The President of the Republic, Mohamed
Abdelaziz, arrived Monday to Addis Ababa to take part to the works of
the third ordinary summit of the African Union, which will take place
from the 06 to the 08 July, reported a close source to the
participating Saharawi delegation.
The Head of the State was received by a committee composed by Ethiopian
Minister of Finance, the vice-minister of Parliament and the
Commissioner in charge of Political Affairs of African Union.
After having been saluted by an Ethiopian military detachment and
listening to African anthem, Mohamed Abdelaziz saluted the
personalities who came to greet him, in particular SADR's Ambassador to
Ethiopia, Mr. Lehbib Breica, and the staff of the embassy.
The Saharawi delegation is composed of the Minister for Foreign
Affairs, Mr. Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, the Saharawi Coordinator with
the Minurso, Mr. Mhamed Khadad, Saharawi Ambassador to Addis Abeba, M.
Lehbib Breica and other assistants to the presidency, Foreign Affairs
and the ministry of information. (SPS)
020/090/100/TRD 051402 July 04 SPS
SPS
OCCUPIED TERRITORIES/HERITAGE
Saharawi NGOs call to an urgent action to protect a Saharawi
historical
heritage
Chahid El Hafed, 05/07/2004 (SPS) The Association of Saharawi Prisoners
and disappeareds’ families (AFAPREDESA) and the union of Saharawi
Jurists (UJS) launched an appeal to the international community to stop
Morocco from destroying a Saharawi historical heritage, the 'Villa
Cisneros' Factory', reported a communiqué the two associations
publicised Saturday, of which SPS received a copy.
"Moroccan occupying authorities started, in the 2nd of July 2004, the
destruction of the Factory of Villa Cisneros (Dajla), a Saharawi
heritage built in 1884, during the arrival of Spanish colonisers to
Saharawi coasts", warned the communiqué. Morocco, by this new
act, "continues in its deliberate attempts to annihilate a part of
Saharawi national historical heritage".
This "barbarous" conduct is contrary to the principles of the UNESCO,
which condemns the "intentional destruction of cultural heritage", and
should thus be condemn and forbid, since this historical building is a
part of "humanity common possession", underlined the text.
The two organisations launched an urgent appeal to the international
community and its concerned bodies, in particular ONESCO and UN, to act
in front of "this diabolical plan committed by Moroccan Kingdom, aiming
at annihilating Saharawi people, its culture and its heritage".
"The Factory of Villa Cesneros’, 'Medina Gatell' (Cap Blanc) and
'Puerto Badia' are three factories built by Emilio Bonelli, prestigious
Spanish military and arabist, sent by Canovas Government after Berlin's
accords", to establish primary infrastructure of Spanish colonialism in
Western Sahara, recalled the communiqué. (SPS)
020/090/000/TRD 051355 July 04 SPS
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