SAHARA PRESS SERVICE

Algiers, 20/08/04 (SPS) Algerian President, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, asserted Thursday in Oran, that the Maghreb Arab Union "can not reach its objectives without the decolonisation of Western Sahara conforming to the resolutions of the Un and Security Council relevant to the question". He further underlined "the need of the respect of the principle of peoples right to self-determination", has reported Algerian Press Service, APS.

In a message read on his behalf by the Minister of the Moudjahidines, Mr. Mohamed Cherif Abbas in Oran, on the occasion of the opening of the commemorating ceremony of the double anniversary of the 20th August 1955, Mr. Bouteflika stressed that "the Maghreb Arab will not reach all its integration as long as the question of the decolonisation of Western Sahara is not achieved conforming to the concluded accords between all the parties within the framework of the United Nations and Security Council, and this within the respect of the relevant resolutions on this question".

The solution to Western Sahara conflict, he indicated, "Inevitably pass through the strict respect of the Charter of the United Nations, especially in relation to the right of all peoples to self-determination without any prejudice to their dignity".

Further he affirmed the readiness of Algeria to set stronger relationships with the Kingdom of Morocco, underlining that "the solution of the problems of the Maghreb Arab should be put in a pertinent and accurate vision that take all present and future unexpected events into account" (SPS)

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The Non-Aligned reaffirm the necessity of a self-determination referendum for the Saharawi people

Durban (South Africa) 20/08/2004 (SPS) The Council of Ministers of the Non Aligned Countries reaffirmed the need of the organisation of a self-determination referendum for the Saharawi people as an "optimum political solution" for a peaceful resolution to Western Sahara conflict, calling upon all the parties and the states of the region to cooperate fully with the UN for the enforcement of the Baker Plan.

In a resolution unanimously adopted Thursday in Durbin the Ministers expressed their "support for the peace plan for Self-Determination of the people of Western Sahara as an optimum political solution".

The resolution, of which SPS received a copy, reaffirmed the support of the Non Aligned movement to the "efforts of the United Nations to organize and supervise an impartial, free and fair referendum in accordance with relevant Security Council and United Nations resolutions".

A Saharawi delegation chaired by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Salem Ould Salek, took part to the opening ceremony of this 14th ministerial session of the movement in Durbin. It had many contacts with the heads of the participating delegations, it was indicated. (SPS)

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