SAHARA PRESS SERVICE

Addis Abbeba, 13/06/2004, (SPS) Lehbib Breika Abderahman, SADR's ambassador to Ethiopia, presented his letters of accreditation as SADR's permanent representative to the African Union (AU), on Friday, to Mr. Alpha Omar Conaré, President of AU's commission, reported a communiqué released by Saharawi Embassy in Ethiopia.

In a meeting with the Saharawi diplomat, during a ceremony organised in AU's seat, Alpha Omar Conaré, considered that the Saharawi problem is "an unfinished decolonisation question ".

Breika reminded of the role that AU have to play in the defence of Saharawi people legitimate rights to freedom and independence, stressing that Western Sahara conflict can be resolved if Morocco implement the pertinent UN's resolutions.

AU commission's President, hailed the active role SADR plays in all African Union's bodies, reaffirming that his organisation follows with great interest the developments of Western Sahara's conflict.

It should be recalled that Mr. Breika had presented his letters of accreditation as SADR's extraordinary and plenipotentiary Ambassador to Ethiopia, last Thursday to the Ethiopian President, Mr. Girma Wolde Giorgis. (SPS)

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SADR/UN/USA
UN is unable to impose its resolutions relating to Western Sahara, declares Brahim Ghali

MADRID, 13/06/04 (SPS) Baker's resignation from his mission as UN Secretary General’s Personal Envoy to Western Sahara, proves "the lack of influence and the weakness of UN's Security Council in imposing its resolutions and in particular the resolution 1495 of July 2003, relating to the conflict" in Western Sahara, declared Polisario Front's representative to Spain, Brahim Ghali, to Europa Press, the Spanish Press Agency, on Sunday.

According to the Saharawi diplomat, the resignation of the American former Secretary of State, James Baker, constitutes an "explicit form of objection against the intransigence of Morocco", the latter been permanently disregarding "the international community and ignoring Security Council's resolutions", an attitude that proves that UN "is unable to implement its own resolutions".

It should be recalled that according to a statement affirmed by Boukhari Ahmed, SADR's permanent representative to UN, SADR's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has judged Baker's resignation as a "serious setback" to UN' efforts for the completion of the decolonisation process in the last colony in Africa.

Boukhari considered that this event is no more than the pure expression of the American diplomat's indignation in front of "the intransigent attitude of the Moroccan regime", which has never stopped erecting obstacles in front of any "fair and peaceful" solution to Western Sahara conflict. (SPS)

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SADR/ CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL/INSTITUTION
Institution of the first Saharawi Constitutional Council

Chahid el Hafed, 12/06/2004,(SPS) The Head of State, chaired a special meeting devoted to the establishment of the first Saharawi Constitutional Council on Saturday.

During the meeting, the reading of the principles and the general laws governing the Constitutional Council was carried out, conforming to the article 128 of SADR’s constitution lately adopted by Polisario Front's 11^th congress (read more about the congress), subsequently, the President of the Republic nominated Mr. Mohamed Bouzeid (former Minister of Justice) to the post of President of the Council by the decree n°: 02 June 04.

The Council, which is established for the first time, is composed of five persons : A president and four members, two of whom were already elected in the National Council (Parliament), to name Ahmed Mehdi Ahmed et Ahmed Tayeb Mouloud, while two others, Hamdi Khalili and Nezih Lihssen Ahmed Bah, were nominated by the High Council of Justice.

The members of the council, lent oath in front of the Head of the State, the President of Parliament, M. Mahfoud Ali Baiba, the Head of the Government, M. Abdelkader Taleb Omar, and many members of the political leadership and Government with the presence of an important number of officials and representatives of the national press. (SPS)

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