The pearl of Morocco

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I. Morocco's commitment to a final political solution


1. Since 2004, the Security Council has been regularly calling upon "the parties and States of the region to continue to cooperate fully with the United Nations to end the current impasse and to achieve progress towards a political solution".

2. Responding to this call by the international community, the Kingdom of Morocco set a positive, constructive and dynamic process in motion, and pledged to submit an autonomy proposal for the Sahara, within the framework of the Kingdom’s sovereignty and national unity.


3. This initiative is part of the endeavors made to build a modern, democratic society, based on the rule of law, collective and individual freedoms, and economic and social development. As such, it brings hope for a better future for the region’s populations, puts an end to separation and exile, and promotes reconciliation.

4. Through this initiative, the Kingdom of Morocco guarantees to all Sahrawis, inside as well as outside the territory, that they will hold a privileged position and play a leading role in the bodies and institutions of the region, without discrimination or exclusion.


5. Thus, the Sahara populations will themselves run their affairs democratically, through legislative, executive and judicial bodies enjoying exclusive powers. They will have the financial resources needed for the region’s development in all fields, and will take an active part in the nation’s economic, social and cultural life.

6. The State will keep its powers in the royal domains, especially with respect to defense, external relations and the constitutional and religious prerogatives of His Majesty the King.

7. The Moroccan initiative, which is made in an open spirit, aims to set the stage for dialogue and a negotiation process that would lead to a mutually acceptable political solution.

8. As the outcome of negotiations, the autonomy statute shall be submitted to the populations concerned for a referendum, in keeping with the principle of self-determination and with the provisions of the UN Charter.

9. To this end, Morocco calls on the other parties to avail the opportunity to write a new chapter in the region’s history. Morocco is ready to take part in serious, constructive negotiations in the spirit of this initiative, and to contribute to promoting a climate of trust.

10. To achieve this objective, the Kingdom of Morocco remains willing to cooperate fully with the UN Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy.


II. Basic elements of the Moroccan proposal



11. The Moroccan autonomy project draws inspiration from the relevant proposals of the United Nations Organization, and from the constitutional provisions in force in countries that are geographically and culturally close to Morocco. It is based on internationally recognized norms and standards.


A. Powers of the Sahara autonomous Region

12. In keeping with democratic principles and procedures, and acting through legislative, executive and judicial bodies, the populations of the Sahara autonomous Region shall exercise powers, within the Region’s territorial boundaries, mainly over the following:

· Region’s local administration, local police force and jurisdictions;
· in the economic sector: economic development, regional planning, promotion of investment, trade, industry, tourism and agriculture;
· Region’s budget and taxation;
· infrastruture: water, hydraulic facilities, electricity, public works and transportation;
· in the social sector: housing, education, health, employment, sports, social welfare and social security;
· cultural affairs, including promotion of the Saharan Hassani cultural heritage;
· environment.

13. The Sahara autonomous Region will have the financial resources required for its development in all areas. Resources will come, in particular, from:

· taxes, duties and regional levies enacted by the Region’s competent authorities;
· proceeds from the exploitation of natural resources allocated to the Region;
· the share of proceeds collected by the State from the exploitation of natural resources located in the Region;
· the necessary funds allocated in keeping with the principle of national solidarity;
· proceeds from the Region’s assets.

14. The State shall keep exclusive jurisdiction over the following in particular:

· the attributes of sovereignty, especially the flag, the national anthem and the currency;
· the attributes stemming from the constitutional and religious prerogatives of the King, as Commander of the Faithful and Guarantor of freedom of worship and of individual and collective freedoms;
· national security, external defense and defense of territorial integrity;
· external relations;
· the Kingdom’s juridical order.

15. State responsibilities with respect to external relations shall be exercised in consultation with the Sahara autonomous Region for those matters which have a direct bearing on the prerogatives of the Region. The Sahara autonomous Region may, in consultation with the Government, establish cooperation relations with foreign Regions to foster inter-regional dialogue and cooperation.

16. The powers of the State in the Sahara autonomous Region, as stipulated in paragraph 13 above, shall be exercised by a Representative of the Government.


17. Moreover, powers which are not specifically entrusted to a given party shall be exercised by common agreement, on the basis of the principle of subsidiarity.

18. The populations of the Sahara Autonomous Region shall be represented in Parliament and in the other national institutions. They shall take part in all national elections.


B. Bodies of the Region



19. The Parliament of the Sahara autonomous Region shall be made up of members elected by the various Sahrawi tribes, and of members elected by direct universal suffrage, by the Region’s population. There shall be adequate representation of women in the Parliament of the Sahara autonomous Region.

20. Executive authority in the Sahara autonomous Region shall lie with a Head of Government, to be elected by the regional Parliament. He shall be invested by the King.


The Head of Government shall be the Representative of the State in the Region.

21. The Head of Government of the Sahara autonomous Region shall form the Region’s Cabinet and appoint the administrators needed to exercise the powers devolving upon him, under the present autonomy Statute. He shall be answerable to the Region’s Parliament.

22. Courts may be set up by the regional Parliament to give rulings on disputes arising from enforcement of norms enacted by the competent bodies of the Sahara autonomous Region. These courts shall give their rulings with complete independence, in the name of the King.


23. As the highest jurisdiction of the Sahara autonomous Region, the high regional court shall give final decisions regarding the interpretation of the Region’s legislation, without prejudice to the powers of the Kingdom’s Supreme Court or Constitutional Council.

24. Laws, regulations and court rulings issued by the bodies of the Sahara autonomous Region shall be consistent with the Region’s autonomy Statute and with the Kingdom’s Constitution.


25. The Region’s populations shall enjoy all the guarantees afforded by the Moroccan Constitution in the area of human rights as they are universally recognized.

26. An Economic and Social Council shall be set up in the Sahara autonomous Region. It shall comprise representatives from economic, social, professional and community groups, as well as highly qualified figures.


III. Approval and implementation procedure for the autonomy statute



27. The Region’s autonomy statute shall be the subject of negotiations and shall be submitted to the populations concerned in a free referendum. This referendum will constitue a free exercise, by these populations, of their right to self-determination, as per the provisions of international legality, the Charter of the United Nations and the resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council.

28. To this end, the parties pledge to work jointly and in good faith to foster this political solution and secure its approval by the Sahara populations.

29. Moreover, the Moroccan Constitution shall be amended and the autonomoy Statute incorporated into it, in order to guarantee its sustainability and reflect its special place in the country’s national juridical architecture.


30. The Kingdom of Morocco shall take all the necessary steps to ensure full integration, into the nation’s fabric, of persons to be repatriated. This will be done in a manner which preserves their dignity and guarantees their security and the protection of their property.

31. To this end, the Kingdom of Morocco shall, in particular, declare a blanket amnesty, precluding any legal proceedings, arrest, detention, imprisonment or intimidation of any kind, based on facts covered by this amnesty.


32. Once the parties have agreed on the proposed autonomy, a Transitional Council composed of their representatives shall assist with repatriation, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of armed elements who are outside the territory, as well as with any other action aimed at securing the approval and implementation of the present Statute, including elections.

33. Just like the international community, the Kingdom of Morocco firmly believes today that the solution to the Sahara dispute can only come from negotiations. Accordingly, the proposal it is submitting to the United Nations constitutes a real opportunity for initiating negotiations with a view to reaching a final solution to this dispute, in keeping with international legality, and on the basis of arrangements which are consistent with the goals and principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter.


34. In this respect, Morocco pledges to negotiate in good faith and in a constructive, open spirit to reach a final, mutually acceptable political solution to the dispute plaguing region. To this end, the Kingdom of Morocco is prepared to make a positive contribution to creating an environment of trust which would contribute to the successful outcome of this initiative.

35. The Kingdom of Morocco hopes the other parties will appreciate the significance and scope of this proposal, realize its merit, and make a positive and constructive contribution to it. The Kingdom of Morocco is of the view that the momentum created by this initiative offers a historic chance to resolve this issue once and for all.


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Rabat, July 21 - France reiterated, here Thursday, its will to find a political solution to the Sahara dispute that opposes the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist movement to Morocco for three decades now.

The stance was voiced by France's ambassador in Rabat, Jean-François Thibault, who received chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Sahrawi Affairs (CORCAS), Khali Henna Ould Errachid.

The diplomat stressed the will of France, an important actor on the international scene, to work for a political solution to the conflict in accordance with the international legality.

Ould Errachid described the autonomy project for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit with a view to settle the Sahara dispute, as an appropriate platform to associate the populations of the provinces to the management of their own affairs.

In a speech the king addressed past March from the southern town of Laayoune, he announced the establishment of the CORCAS to contribute to defending Morocco's territorial integrity and to shed light on the national Cause and the efforts made by Morocco.

The council is composed of elected officials, who constitute more than 50% of its 140 members and includes civil society members operating in the human rights and social fields.

[Redalinho]

I. Morocco's commitment to a final political solution


1. Since 2004, the Security Council has been regularly calling upon "the parties and States of the region to continue to cooperate fully with the United Nations to end the current impasse and to achieve progress towards a political solution".

2. Responding to this call by the international community, the Kingdom of Morocco set a positive, constructive and dynamic process in motion, and pledged to submit an autonomy proposal for the Sahara, within the framework of the Kingdom’s sovereignty and national unity.


3. This initiative is part of the endeavors made to build a modern, democratic society, based on the rule of law, collective and individual freedoms, and economic and social development. As such, it brings hope for a better future for the region’s populations, puts an end to separation and exile, and promotes reconciliation.

4. Through this initiative, the Kingdom of Morocco guarantees to all Sahrawis, inside as well as outside the territory, that they will hold a privileged position and play a leading role in the bodies and institutions of the region, without discrimination or exclusion.


5. Thus, the Sahara populations will themselves run their affairs democratically, through legislative, executive and judicial bodies enjoying exclusive powers. They will have the financial resources needed for the region’s development in all fields, and will take an active part in the nation’s economic, social and cultural life.

6. The State will keep its powers in the royal domains, especially with respect to defense, external relations and the constitutional and religious prerogatives of His Majesty the King.

7. The Moroccan initiative, which is made in an open spirit, aims to set the stage for dialogue and a negotiation process that would lead to a mutually acceptable political solution.

8. As the outcome of negotiations, the autonomy statute shall be submitted to the populations concerned for a referendum, in keeping with the principle of self-determination and with the provisions of the UN Charter.

9. To this end, Morocco calls on the other parties to avail the opportunity to write a new chapter in the region’s history. Morocco is ready to take part in serious, constructive negotiations in the spirit of this initiative, and to contribute to promoting a climate of trust.

10. To achieve this objective, the Kingdom of Morocco remains willing to cooperate fully with the UN Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy.


II. Basic elements of the Moroccan proposal



11. The Moroccan autonomy project draws inspiration from the relevant proposals of the United Nations Organization, and from the constitutional provisions in force in countries that are geographically and culturally close to Morocco. It is based on internationally recognized norms and standards.


A. Powers of the Sahara autonomous Region

12. In keeping with democratic principles and procedures, and acting through legislative, executive and judicial bodies, the populations of the Sahara autonomous Region shall exercise powers, within the Region’s territorial boundaries, mainly over the following:

· Region’s local administration, local police force and jurisdictions;
· in the economic sector: economic development, regional planning, promotion of investment, trade, industry, tourism and agriculture;
· Region’s budget and taxation;
· infrastruture: water, hydraulic facilities, electricity, public works and transportation;
· in the social sector: housing, education, health, employment, sports, social welfare and social security;
· cultural affairs, including promotion of the Saharan Hassani cultural heritage;
· environment.

13. The Sahara autonomous Region will have the financial resources required for its development in all areas. Resources will come, in particular, from:

· taxes, duties and regional levies enacted by the Region’s competent authorities;
· proceeds from the exploitation of natural resources allocated to the Region;
· the share of proceeds collected by the State from the exploitation of natural resources located in the Region;
· the necessary funds allocated in keeping with the principle of national solidarity;
· proceeds from the Region’s assets.

14. The State shall keep exclusive jurisdiction over the following in particular:

· the attributes of sovereignty, especially the flag, the national anthem and the currency;
· the attributes stemming from the constitutional and religious prerogatives of the King, as Commander of the Faithful and Guarantor of freedom of worship and of individual and collective freedoms;
· national security, external defense and defense of territorial integrity;
· external relations;
· the Kingdom’s juridical order.

15. State responsibilities with respect to external relations shall be exercised in consultation with the Sahara autonomous Region for those matters which have a direct bearing on the prerogatives of the Region. The Sahara autonomous Region may, in consultation with the Government, establish cooperation relations with foreign Regions to foster inter-regional dialogue and cooperation.

16. The powers of the State in the Sahara autonomous Region, as stipulated in paragraph 13 above, shall be exercised by a Representative of the Government.


17. Moreover, powers which are not specifically entrusted to a given party shall be exercised by common agreement, on the basis of the principle of subsidiarity.

18. The populations of the Sahara Autonomous Region shall be represented in Parliament and in the other national institutions. They shall take part in all national elections.


B. Bodies of the Region



19. The Parliament of the Sahara autonomous Region shall be made up of members elected by the various Sahrawi tribes, and of members elected by direct universal suffrage, by the Region’s population. There shall be adequate representation of women in the Parliament of the Sahara autonomous Region.

20. Executive authority in the Sahara autonomous Region shall lie with a Head of Government, to be elected by the regional Parliament. He shall be invested by the King.


The Head of Government shall be the Representative of the State in the Region.

21. The Head of Government of the Sahara autonomous Region shall form the Region’s Cabinet and appoint the administrators needed to exercise the powers devolving upon him, under the present autonomy Statute. He shall be answerable to the Region’s Parliament.

22. Courts may be set up by the regional Parliament to give rulings on disputes arising from enforcement of norms enacted by the competent bodies of the Sahara autonomous Region. These courts shall give their rulings with complete independence, in the name of the King.


23. As the highest jurisdiction of the Sahara autonomous Region, the high regional court shall give final decisions regarding the interpretation of the Region’s legislation, without prejudice to the powers of the Kingdom’s Supreme Court or Constitutional Council.

24. Laws, regulations and court rulings issued by the bodies of the Sahara autonomous Region shall be consistent with the Region’s autonomy Statute and with the Kingdom’s Constitution.


25. The Region’s populations shall enjoy all the guarantees afforded by the Moroccan Constitution in the area of human rights as they are universally recognized.

26. An Economic and Social Council shall be set up in the Sahara autonomous Region. It shall comprise representatives from economic, social, professional and community groups, as well as highly qualified figures.


III. Approval and implementation procedure for the autonomy statute



27. The Region’s autonomy statute shall be the subject of negotiations and shall be submitted to the populations concerned in a free referendum. This referendum will constitue a free exercise, by these populations, of their right to self-determination, as per the provisions of international legality, the Charter of the United Nations and the resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council.

28. To this end, the parties pledge to work jointly and in good faith to foster this political solution and secure its approval by the Sahara populations.

29. Moreover, the Moroccan Constitution shall be amended and the autonomoy Statute incorporated into it, in order to guarantee its sustainability and reflect its special place in the country’s national juridical architecture.


30. The Kingdom of Morocco shall take all the necessary steps to ensure full integration, into the nation’s fabric, of persons to be repatriated. This will be done in a manner which preserves their dignity and guarantees their security and the protection of their property.

31. To this end, the Kingdom of Morocco shall, in particular, declare a blanket amnesty, precluding any legal proceedings, arrest, detention, imprisonment or intimidation of any kind, based on facts covered by this amnesty.


32. Once the parties have agreed on the proposed autonomy, a Transitional Council composed of their representatives shall assist with repatriation, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of armed elements who are outside the territory, as well as with any other action aimed at securing the approval and implementation of the present Statute, including elections.

33. Just like the international community, the Kingdom of Morocco firmly believes today that the solution to the Sahara dispute can only come from negotiations. Accordingly, the proposal it is submitting to the United Nations constitutes a real opportunity for initiating negotiations with a view to reaching a final solution to this dispute, in keeping with international legality, and on the basis of arrangements which are consistent with the goals and principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter.


34. In this respect, Morocco pledges to negotiate in good faith and in a constructive, open spirit to reach a final, mutually acceptable political solution to the dispute plaguing region. To this end, the Kingdom of Morocco is prepared to make a positive contribution to creating an environment of trust which would contribute to the successful outcome of this initiative.

35. The Kingdom of Morocco hopes the other parties will appreciate the significance and scope of this proposal, realize its merit, and make a positive and constructive contribution to it. The Kingdom of Morocco is of the view that the momentum created by this initiative offers a historic chance to resolve this issue once and for all.


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Rabat, July 21 - France reiterated, here Thursday, its will to find a political solution to the Sahara dispute that opposes the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist movement to Morocco for three decades now.

The stance was voiced by France's ambassador in Rabat, Jean-François Thibault, who received chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Sahrawi Affairs (CORCAS), Khali Henna Ould Errachid.

The diplomat stressed the will of France, an important actor on the international scene, to work for a political solution to the conflict in accordance with the international legality.

Ould Errachid described the autonomy project for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit with a view to settle the Sahara dispute, as an appropriate platform to associate the populations of the provinces to the management of their own affairs.

In a speech the king addressed past March from the southern town of Laayoune, he announced the establishment of the CORCAS to contribute to defending Morocco's territorial integrity and to shed light on the national Cause and the efforts made by Morocco.

The council is composed of elected officials, who constitute more than 50% of its 140 members and includes civil society members operating in the human rights and social fields.

[Redalinho]

I. Morocco's commitment to a final political solution


1. Since 2004, the Security Council has been regularly calling upon "the parties and States of the region to continue to cooperate fully with the United Nations to end the current impasse and to achieve progress towards a political solution".

2. Responding to this call by the international community, the Kingdom of Morocco set a positive, constructive and dynamic process in motion, and pledged to submit an autonomy proposal for the Sahara, within the framework of the Kingdom’s sovereignty and national unity.


3. This initiative is part of the endeavors made to build a modern, democratic society, based on the rule of law, collective and individual freedoms, and economic and social development. As such, it brings hope for a better future for the region’s populations, puts an end to separation and exile, and promotes reconciliation.

4. Through this initiative, the Kingdom of Morocco guarantees to all Sahrawis, inside as well as outside the territory, that they will hold a privileged position and play a leading role in the bodies and institutions of the region, without discrimination or exclusion.


5. Thus, the Sahara populations will themselves run their affairs democratically, through legislative, executive and judicial bodies enjoying exclusive powers. They will have the financial resources needed for the region’s development in all fields, and will take an active part in the nation’s economic, social and cultural life.

6. The State will keep its powers in the royal domains, especially with respect to defense, external relations and the constitutional and religious prerogatives of His Majesty the King.

7. The Moroccan initiative, which is made in an open spirit, aims to set the stage for dialogue and a negotiation process that would lead to a mutually acceptable political solution.

8. As the outcome of negotiations, the autonomy statute shall be submitted to the populations concerned for a referendum, in keeping with the principle of self-determination and with the provisions of the UN Charter.

9. To this end, Morocco calls on the other parties to avail the opportunity to write a new chapter in the region’s history. Morocco is ready to take part in serious, constructive negotiations in the spirit of this initiative, and to contribute to promoting a climate of trust.

10. To achieve this objective, the Kingdom of Morocco remains willing to cooperate fully with the UN Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy.


II. Basic elements of the Moroccan proposal



11. The Moroccan autonomy project draws inspiration from the relevant proposals of the United Nations Organization, and from the constitutional provisions in force in countries that are geographically and culturally close to Morocco. It is based on internationally recognized norms and standards.


A. Powers of the Sahara autonomous Region

12. In keeping with democratic principles and procedures, and acting through legislative, executive and judicial bodies, the populations of the Sahara autonomous Region shall exercise powers, within the Region’s territorial boundaries, mainly over the following:

· Region’s local administration, local police force and jurisdictions;
· in the economic sector: economic development, regional planning, promotion of investment, trade, industry, tourism and agriculture;
· Region’s budget and taxation;
· infrastruture: water, hydraulic facilities, electricity, public works and transportation;
· in the social sector: housing, education, health, employment, sports, social welfare and social security;
· cultural affairs, including promotion of the Saharan Hassani cultural heritage;
· environment.

13. The Sahara autonomous Region will have the financial resources required for its development in all areas. Resources will come, in particular, from:

· taxes, duties and regional levies enacted by the Region’s competent authorities;
· proceeds from the exploitation of natural resources allocated to the Region;
· the share of proceeds collected by the State from the exploitation of natural resources located in the Region;
· the necessary funds allocated in keeping with the principle of national solidarity;
· proceeds from the Region’s assets.

14. The State shall keep exclusive jurisdiction over the following in particular:

· the attributes of sovereignty, especially the flag, the national anthem and the currency;
· the attributes stemming from the constitutional and religious prerogatives of the King, as Commander of the Faithful and Guarantor of freedom of worship and of individual and collective freedoms;
· national security, external defense and defense of territorial integrity;
· external relations;
· the Kingdom’s juridical order.

15. State responsibilities with respect to external relations shall be exercised in consultation with the Sahara autonomous Region for those matters which have a direct bearing on the prerogatives of the Region. The Sahara autonomous Region may, in consultation with the Government, establish cooperation relations with foreign Regions to foster inter-regional dialogue and cooperation.

16. The powers of the State in the Sahara autonomous Region, as stipulated in paragraph 13 above, shall be exercised by a Representative of the Government.


17. Moreover, powers which are not specifically entrusted to a given party shall be exercised by common agreement, on the basis of the principle of subsidiarity.

18. The populations of the Sahara Autonomous Region shall be represented in Parliament and in the other national institutions. They shall take part in all national elections.


B. Bodies of the Region



19. The Parliament of the Sahara autonomous Region shall be made up of members elected by the various Sahrawi tribes, and of members elected by direct universal suffrage, by the Region’s population. There shall be adequate representation of women in the Parliament of the Sahara autonomous Region.

20. Executive authority in the Sahara autonomous Region shall lie with a Head of Government, to be elected by the regional Parliament. He shall be invested by the King.


The Head of Government shall be the Representative of the State in the Region.

21. The Head of Government of the Sahara autonomous Region shall form the Region’s Cabinet and appoint the administrators needed to exercise the powers devolving upon him, under the present autonomy Statute. He shall be answerable to the Region’s Parliament.

22. Courts may be set up by the regional Parliament to give rulings on disputes arising from enforcement of norms enacted by the competent bodies of the Sahara autonomous Region. These courts shall give their rulings with complete independence, in the name of the King.


23. As the highest jurisdiction of the Sahara autonomous Region, the high regional court shall give final decisions regarding the interpretation of the Region’s legislation, without prejudice to the powers of the Kingdom’s Supreme Court or Constitutional Council.

24. Laws, regulations and court rulings issued by the bodies of the Sahara autonomous Region shall be consistent with the Region’s autonomy Statute and with the Kingdom’s Constitution.


25. The Region’s populations shall enjoy all the guarantees afforded by the Moroccan Constitution in the area of human rights as they are universally recognized.

26. An Economic and Social Council shall be set up in the Sahara autonomous Region. It shall comprise representatives from economic, social, professional and community groups, as well as highly qualified figures.


III. Approval and implementation procedure for the autonomy statute



27. The Region’s autonomy statute shall be the subject of negotiations and shall be submitted to the populations concerned in a free referendum. This referendum will constitue a free exercise, by these populations, of their right to self-determination, as per the provisions of international legality, the Charter of the United Nations and the resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council.

28. To this end, the parties pledge to work jointly and in good faith to foster this political solution and secure its approval by the Sahara populations.

29. Moreover, the Moroccan Constitution shall be amended and the autonomoy Statute incorporated into it, in order to guarantee its sustainability and reflect its special place in the country’s national juridical architecture.


30. The Kingdom of Morocco shall take all the necessary steps to ensure full integration, into the nation’s fabric, of persons to be repatriated. This will be done in a manner which preserves their dignity and guarantees their security and the protection of their property.

31. To this end, the Kingdom of Morocco shall, in particular, declare a blanket amnesty, precluding any legal proceedings, arrest, detention, imprisonment or intimidation of any kind, based on facts covered by this amnesty.


32. Once the parties have agreed on the proposed autonomy, a Transitional Council composed of their representatives shall assist with repatriation, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of armed elements who are outside the territory, as well as with any other action aimed at securing the approval and implementation of the present Statute, including elections.

33. Just like the international community, the Kingdom of Morocco firmly believes today that the solution to the Sahara dispute can only come from negotiations. Accordingly, the proposal it is submitting to the United Nations constitutes a real opportunity for initiating negotiations with a view to reaching a final solution to this dispute, in keeping with international legality, and on the basis of arrangements which are consistent with the goals and principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter.


34. In this respect, Morocco pledges to negotiate in good faith and in a constructive, open spirit to reach a final, mutually acceptable political solution to the dispute plaguing region. To this end, the Kingdom of Morocco is prepared to make a positive contribution to creating an environment of trust which would contribute to the successful outcome of this initiative.

35. The Kingdom of Morocco hopes the other parties will appreciate the significance and scope of this proposal, realize its merit, and make a positive and constructive contribution to it. The Kingdom of Morocco is of the view that the momentum created by this initiative offers a historic chance to resolve this issue once and for all.


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Rabat, July 21 - France reiterated, here Thursday, its will to find a political solution to the Sahara dispute that opposes the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist movement to Morocco for three decades now.

The stance was voiced by France's ambassador in Rabat, Jean-François Thibault, who received chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Sahrawi Affairs (CORCAS), Khali Henna Ould Errachid.

The diplomat stressed the will of France, an important actor on the international scene, to work for a political solution to the conflict in accordance with the international legality.

Ould Errachid described the autonomy project for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit with a view to settle the Sahara dispute, as an appropriate platform to associate the populations of the provinces to the management of their own affairs.

In a speech the king addressed past March from the southern town of Laayoune, he announced the establishment of the CORCAS to contribute to defending Morocco's territorial integrity and to shed light on the national Cause and the efforts made by Morocco.

The council is composed of elected officials, who constitute more than 50% of its 140 members and includes civil society members operating in the human rights and social fields.

[Redalinho]

I. Morocco's commitment to a final political solution


1. Since 2004, the Security Council has been regularly calling upon "the parties and States of the region to continue to cooperate fully with the United Nations to end the current impasse and to achieve progress towards a political solution".

2. Responding to this call by the international community, the Kingdom of Morocco set a positive, constructive and dynamic process in motion, and pledged to submit an autonomy proposal for the Sahara, within the framework of the Kingdom’s sovereignty and national unity.


3. This initiative is part of the endeavors made to build a modern, democratic society, based on the rule of law, collective and individual freedoms, and economic and social development. As such, it brings hope for a better future for the region’s populations, puts an end to separation and exile, and promotes reconciliation.

4. Through this initiative, the Kingdom of Morocco guarantees to all Sahrawis, inside as well as outside the territory, that they will hold a privileged position and play a leading role in the bodies and institutions of the region, without discrimination or exclusion.


5. Thus, the Sahara populations will themselves run their affairs democratically, through legislative, executive and judicial bodies enjoying exclusive powers. They will have the financial resources needed for the region’s development in all fields, and will take an active part in the nation’s economic, social and cultural life.

6. The State will keep its powers in the royal domains, especially with respect to defense, external relations and the constitutional and religious prerogatives of His Majesty the King.

7. The Moroccan initiative, which is made in an open spirit, aims to set the stage for dialogue and a negotiation process that would lead to a mutually acceptable political solution.

8. As the outcome of negotiations, the autonomy statute shall be submitted to the populations concerned for a referendum, in keeping with the principle of self-determination and with the provisions of the UN Charter.

9. To this end, Morocco calls on the other parties to avail the opportunity to write a new chapter in the region’s history. Morocco is ready to take part in serious, constructive negotiations in the spirit of this initiative, and to contribute to promoting a climate of trust.

10. To achieve this objective, the Kingdom of Morocco remains willing to cooperate fully with the UN Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy.


II. Basic elements of the Moroccan proposal



11. The Moroccan autonomy project draws inspiration from the relevant proposals of the United Nations Organization, and from the constitutional provisions in force in countries that are geographically and culturally close to Morocco. It is based on internationally recognized norms and standards.


A. Powers of the Sahara autonomous Region

12. In keeping with democratic principles and procedures, and acting through legislative, executive and judicial bodies, the populations of the Sahara autonomous Region shall exercise powers, within the Region’s territorial boundaries, mainly over the following:

· Region’s local administration, local police force and jurisdictions;
· in the economic sector: economic development, regional planning, promotion of investment, trade, industry, tourism and agriculture;
· Region’s budget and taxation;
· infrastruture: water, hydraulic facilities, electricity, public works and transportation;
· in the social sector: housing, education, health, employment, sports, social welfare and social security;
· cultural affairs, including promotion of the Saharan Hassani cultural heritage;
· environment.

13. The Sahara autonomous Region will have the financial resources required for its development in all areas. Resources will come, in particular, from:

· taxes, duties and regional levies enacted by the Region’s competent authorities;
· proceeds from the exploitation of natural resources allocated to the Region;
· the share of proceeds collected by the State from the exploitation of natural resources located in the Region;
· the necessary funds allocated in keeping with the principle of national solidarity;
· proceeds from the Region’s assets.

14. The State shall keep exclusive jurisdiction over the following in particular:

· the attributes of sovereignty, especially the flag, the national anthem and the currency;
· the attributes stemming from the constitutional and religious prerogatives of the King, as Commander of the Faithful and Guarantor of freedom of worship and of individual and collective freedoms;
· national security, external defense and defense of territorial integrity;
· external relations;
· the Kingdom’s juridical order.

15. State responsibilities with respect to external relations shall be exercised in consultation with the Sahara autonomous Region for those matters which have a direct bearing on the prerogatives of the Region. The Sahara autonomous Region may, in consultation with the Government, establish cooperation relations with foreign Regions to foster inter-regional dialogue and cooperation.

16. The powers of the State in the Sahara autonomous Region, as stipulated in paragraph 13 above, shall be exercised by a Representative of the Government.


17. Moreover, powers which are not specifically entrusted to a given party shall be exercised by common agreement, on the basis of the principle of subsidiarity.

18. The populations of the Sahara Autonomous Region shall be represented in Parliament and in the other national institutions. They shall take part in all national elections.


B. Bodies of the Region



19. The Parliament of the Sahara autonomous Region shall be made up of members elected by the various Sahrawi tribes, and of members elected by direct universal suffrage, by the Region’s population. There shall be adequate representation of women in the Parliament of the Sahara autonomous Region.

20. Executive authority in the Sahara autonomous Region shall lie with a Head of Government, to be elected by the regional Parliament. He shall be invested by the King.


The Head of Government shall be the Representative of the State in the Region.

21. The Head of Government of the Sahara autonomous Region shall form the Region’s Cabinet and appoint the administrators needed to exercise the powers devolving upon him, under the present autonomy Statute. He shall be answerable to the Region’s Parliament.

22. Courts may be set up by the regional Parliament to give rulings on disputes arising from enforcement of norms enacted by the competent bodies of the Sahara autonomous Region. These courts shall give their rulings with complete independence, in the name of the King.


23. As the highest jurisdiction of the Sahara autonomous Region, the high regional court shall give final decisions regarding the interpretation of the Region’s legislation, without prejudice to the powers of the Kingdom’s Supreme Court or Constitutional Council.

24. Laws, regulations and court rulings issued by the bodies of the Sahara autonomous Region shall be consistent with the Region’s autonomy Statute and with the Kingdom’s Constitution.


25. The Region’s populations shall enjoy all the guarantees afforded by the Moroccan Constitution in the area of human rights as they are universally recognized.

26. An Economic and Social Council shall be set up in the Sahara autonomous Region. It shall comprise representatives from economic, social, professional and community groups, as well as highly qualified figures.


III. Approval and implementation procedure for the autonomy statute



27. The Region’s autonomy statute shall be the subject of negotiations and shall be submitted to the populations concerned in a free referendum. This referendum will constitue a free exercise, by these populations, of their right to self-determination, as per the provisions of international legality, the Charter of the United Nations and the resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council.

28. To this end, the parties pledge to work jointly and in good faith to foster this political solution and secure its approval by the Sahara populations.

29. Moreover, the Moroccan Constitution shall be amended and the autonomoy Statute incorporated into it, in order to guarantee its sustainability and reflect its special place in the country’s national juridical architecture.


30. The Kingdom of Morocco shall take all the necessary steps to ensure full integration, into the nation’s fabric, of persons to be repatriated. This will be done in a manner which preserves their dignity and guarantees their security and the protection of their property.

31. To this end, the Kingdom of Morocco shall, in particular, declare a blanket amnesty, precluding any legal proceedings, arrest, detention, imprisonment or intimidation of any kind, based on facts covered by this amnesty.


32. Once the parties have agreed on the proposed autonomy, a Transitional Council composed of their representatives shall assist with repatriation, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of armed elements who are outside the territory, as well as with any other action aimed at securing the approval and implementation of the present Statute, including elections.

33. Just like the international community, the Kingdom of Morocco firmly believes today that the solution to the Sahara dispute can only come from negotiations. Accordingly, the proposal it is submitting to the United Nations constitutes a real opportunity for initiating negotiations with a view to reaching a final solution to this dispute, in keeping with international legality, and on the basis of arrangements which are consistent with the goals and principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter.


34. In this respect, Morocco pledges to negotiate in good faith and in a constructive, open spirit to reach a final, mutually acceptable political solution to the dispute plaguing region. To this end, the Kingdom of Morocco is prepared to make a positive contribution to creating an environment of trust which would contribute to the successful outcome of this initiative.

35. The Kingdom of Morocco hopes the other parties will appreciate the significance and scope of this proposal, realize its merit, and make a positive and constructive contribution to it. The Kingdom of Morocco is of the view that the momentum created by this initiative offers a historic chance to resolve this issue once and for all.


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Rabat, July 21 - France reiterated, here Thursday, its will to find a political solution to the Sahara dispute that opposes the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist movement to Morocco for three decades now.

The stance was voiced by France's ambassador in Rabat, Jean-François Thibault, who received chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Sahrawi Affairs (CORCAS), Khali Henna Ould Errachid.

The diplomat stressed the will of France, an important actor on the international scene, to work for a political solution to the conflict in accordance with the international legality.

Ould Errachid described the autonomy project for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit with a view to settle the Sahara dispute, as an appropriate platform to associate the populations of the provinces to the management of their own affairs.

In a speech the king addressed past March from the southern town of Laayoune, he announced the establishment of the CORCAS to contribute to defending Morocco's territorial integrity and to shed light on the national Cause and the efforts made by Morocco.

The council is composed of elected officials, who constitute more than 50% of its 140 members and includes civil society members operating in the human rights and social fields.

[Redalinho]

I. Morocco's commitment to a final political solution


1. Since 2004, the Security Council has been regularly calling upon "the parties and States of the region to continue to cooperate fully with the United Nations to end the current impasse and to achieve progress towards a political solution".

2. Responding to this call by the international community, the Kingdom of Morocco set a positive, constructive and dynamic process in motion, and pledged to submit an autonomy proposal for the Sahara, within the framework of the Kingdom’s sovereignty and national unity.


3. This initiative is part of the endeavors made to build a modern, democratic society, based on the rule of law, collective and individual freedoms, and economic and social development. As such, it brings hope for a better future for the region’s populations, puts an end to separation and exile, and promotes reconciliation.

4. Through this initiative, the Kingdom of Morocco guarantees to all Sahrawis, inside as well as outside the territory, that they will hold a privileged position and play a leading role in the bodies and institutions of the region, without discrimination or exclusion.


5. Thus, the Sahara populations will themselves run their affairs democratically, through legislative, executive and judicial bodies enjoying exclusive powers. They will have the financial resources needed for the region’s development in all fields, and will take an active part in the nation’s economic, social and cultural life.

6. The State will keep its powers in the royal domains, especially with respect to defense, external relations and the constitutional and religious prerogatives of His Majesty the King.

7. The Moroccan initiative, which is made in an open spirit, aims to set the stage for dialogue and a negotiation process that would lead to a mutually acceptable political solution.

8. As the outcome of negotiations, the autonomy statute shall be submitted to the populations concerned for a referendum, in keeping with the principle of self-determination and with the provisions of the UN Charter.

9. To this end, Morocco calls on the other parties to avail the opportunity to write a new chapter in the region’s history. Morocco is ready to take part in serious, constructive negotiations in the spirit of this initiative, and to contribute to promoting a climate of trust.

10. To achieve this objective, the Kingdom of Morocco remains willing to cooperate fully with the UN Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy.


II. Basic elements of the Moroccan proposal



11. The Moroccan autonomy project draws inspiration from the relevant proposals of the United Nations Organization, and from the constitutional provisions in force in countries that are geographically and culturally close to Morocco. It is based on internationally recognized norms and standards.


A. Powers of the Sahara autonomous Region

12. In keeping with democratic principles and procedures, and acting through legislative, executive and judicial bodies, the populations of the Sahara autonomous Region shall exercise powers, within the Region’s territorial boundaries, mainly over the following:

· Region’s local administration, local police force and jurisdictions;
· in the economic sector: economic development, regional planning, promotion of investment, trade, industry, tourism and agriculture;
· Region’s budget and taxation;
· infrastruture: water, hydraulic facilities, electricity, public works and transportation;
· in the social sector: housing, education, health, employment, sports, social welfare and social security;
· cultural affairs, including promotion of the Saharan Hassani cultural heritage;
· environment.

13. The Sahara autonomous Region will have the financial resources required for its development in all areas. Resources will come, in particular, from:

· taxes, duties and regional levies enacted by the Region’s competent authorities;
· proceeds from the exploitation of natural resources allocated to the Region;
· the share of proceeds collected by the State from the exploitation of natural resources located in the Region;
· the necessary funds allocated in keeping with the principle of national solidarity;
· proceeds from the Region’s assets.

14. The State shall keep exclusive jurisdiction over the following in particular:

· the attributes of sovereignty, especially the flag, the national anthem and the currency;
· the attributes stemming from the constitutional and religious prerogatives of the King, as Commander of the Faithful and Guarantor of freedom of worship and of individual and collective freedoms;
· national security, external defense and defense of territorial integrity;
· external relations;
· the Kingdom’s juridical order.

15. State responsibilities with respect to external relations shall be exercised in consultation with the Sahara autonomous Region for those matters which have a direct bearing on the prerogatives of the Region. The Sahara autonomous Region may, in consultation with the Government, establish cooperation relations with foreign Regions to foster inter-regional dialogue and cooperation.

16. The powers of the State in the Sahara autonomous Region, as stipulated in paragraph 13 above, shall be exercised by a Representative of the Government.


17. Moreover, powers which are not specifically entrusted to a given party shall be exercised by common agreement, on the basis of the principle of subsidiarity.

18. The populations of the Sahara Autonomous Region shall be represented in Parliament and in the other national institutions. They shall take part in all national elections.


B. Bodies of the Region



19. The Parliament of the Sahara autonomous Region shall be made up of members elected by the various Sahrawi tribes, and of members elected by direct universal suffrage, by the Region’s population. There shall be adequate representation of women in the Parliament of the Sahara autonomous Region.

20. Executive authority in the Sahara autonomous Region shall lie with a Head of Government, to be elected by the regional Parliament. He shall be invested by the King.


The Head of Government shall be the Representative of the State in the Region.

21. The Head of Government of the Sahara autonomous Region shall form the Region’s Cabinet and appoint the administrators needed to exercise the powers devolving upon him, under the present autonomy Statute. He shall be answerable to the Region’s Parliament.

22. Courts may be set up by the regional Parliament to give rulings on disputes arising from enforcement of norms enacted by the competent bodies of the Sahara autonomous Region. These courts shall give their rulings with complete independence, in the name of the King.


23. As the highest jurisdiction of the Sahara autonomous Region, the high regional court shall give final decisions regarding the interpretation of the Region’s legislation, without prejudice to the powers of the Kingdom’s Supreme Court or Constitutional Council.

24. Laws, regulations and court rulings issued by the bodies of the Sahara autonomous Region shall be consistent with the Region’s autonomy Statute and with the Kingdom’s Constitution.


25. The Region’s populations shall enjoy all the guarantees afforded by the Moroccan Constitution in the area of human rights as they are universally recognized.

26. An Economic and Social Council shall be set up in the Sahara autonomous Region. It shall comprise representatives from economic, social, professional and community groups, as well as highly qualified figures.


III. Approval and implementation procedure for the autonomy statute



27. The Region’s autonomy statute shall be the subject of negotiations and shall be submitted to the populations concerned in a free referendum. This referendum will constitue a free exercise, by these populations, of their right to self-determination, as per the provisions of international legality, the Charter of the United Nations and the resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council.

28. To this end, the parties pledge to work jointly and in good faith to foster this political solution and secure its approval by the Sahara populations.

29. Moreover, the Moroccan Constitution shall be amended and the autonomoy Statute incorporated into it, in order to guarantee its sustainability and reflect its special place in the country’s national juridical architecture.


30. The Kingdom of Morocco shall take all the necessary steps to ensure full integration, into the nation’s fabric, of persons to be repatriated. This will be done in a manner which preserves their dignity and guarantees their security and the protection of their property.

31. To this end, the Kingdom of Morocco shall, in particular, declare a blanket amnesty, precluding any legal proceedings, arrest, detention, imprisonment or intimidation of any kind, based on facts covered by this amnesty.


32. Once the parties have agreed on the proposed autonomy, a Transitional Council composed of their representatives shall assist with repatriation, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of armed elements who are outside the territory, as well as with any other action aimed at securing the approval and implementation of the present Statute, including elections.

33. Just like the international community, the Kingdom of Morocco firmly believes today that the solution to the Sahara dispute can only come from negotiations. Accordingly, the proposal it is submitting to the United Nations constitutes a real opportunity for initiating negotiations with a view to reaching a final solution to this dispute, in keeping with international legality, and on the basis of arrangements which are consistent with the goals and principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter.


34. In this respect, Morocco pledges to negotiate in good faith and in a constructive, open spirit to reach a final, mutually acceptable political solution to the dispute plaguing region. To this end, the Kingdom of Morocco is prepared to make a positive contribution to creating an environment of trust which would contribute to the successful outcome of this initiative.

35. The Kingdom of Morocco hopes the other parties will appreciate the significance and scope of this proposal, realize its merit, and make a positive and constructive contribution to it. The Kingdom of Morocco is of the view that the momentum created by this initiative offers a historic chance to resolve this issue once and for all.


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Rabat, July 21 - France reiterated, here Thursday, its will to find a political solution to the Sahara dispute that opposes the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist movement to Morocco for three decades now.

The stance was voiced by France's ambassador in Rabat, Jean-François Thibault, who received chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Sahrawi Affairs (CORCAS), Khali Henna Ould Errachid.

The diplomat stressed the will of France, an important actor on the international scene, to work for a political solution to the conflict in accordance with the international legality.

Ould Errachid described the autonomy project for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit with a view to settle the Sahara dispute, as an appropriate platform to associate the populations of the provinces to the management of their own affairs.

In a speech the king addressed past March from the southern town of Laayoune, he announced the establishment of the CORCAS to contribute to defending Morocco's territorial integrity and to shed light on the national Cause and the efforts made by Morocco.

The council is composed of elected officials, who constitute more than 50% of its 140 members and includes civil society members operating in the human rights and social fields.

[Redalinho]

I. Morocco's commitment to a final political solution


1. Since 2004, the Security Council has been regularly calling upon "the parties and States of the region to continue to cooperate fully with the United Nations to end the current impasse and to achieve progress towards a political solution".

2. Responding to this call by the international community, the Kingdom of Morocco set a positive, constructive and dynamic process in motion, and pledged to submit an autonomy proposal for the Sahara, within the framework of the Kingdom’s sovereignty and national unity.


3. This initiative is part of the endeavors made to build a modern, democratic society, based on the rule of law, collective and individual freedoms, and economic and social development. As such, it brings hope for a better future for the region’s populations, puts an end to separation and exile, and promotes reconciliation.

4. Through this initiative, the Kingdom of Morocco guarantees to all Sahrawis, inside as well as outside the territory, that they will hold a privileged position and play a leading role in the bodies and institutions of the region, without discrimination or exclusion.


5. Thus, the Sahara populations will themselves run their affairs democratically, through legislative, executive and judicial bodies enjoying exclusive powers. They will have the financial resources needed for the region’s development in all fields, and will take an active part in the nation’s economic, social and cultural life.

6. The State will keep its powers in the royal domains, especially with respect to defense, external relations and the constitutional and religious prerogatives of His Majesty the King.

7. The Moroccan initiative, which is made in an open spirit, aims to set the stage for dialogue and a negotiation process that would lead to a mutually acceptable political solution.

8. As the outcome of negotiations, the autonomy statute shall be submitted to the populations concerned for a referendum, in keeping with the principle of self-determination and with the provisions of the UN Charter.

9. To this end, Morocco calls on the other parties to avail the opportunity to write a new chapter in the region’s history. Morocco is ready to take part in serious, constructive negotiations in the spirit of this initiative, and to contribute to promoting a climate of trust.

10. To achieve this objective, the Kingdom of Morocco remains willing to cooperate fully with the UN Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy.


II. Basic elements of the Moroccan proposal



11. The Moroccan autonomy project draws inspiration from the relevant proposals of the United Nations Organization, and from the constitutional provisions in force in countries that are geographically and culturally close to Morocco. It is based on internationally recognized norms and standards.


A. Powers of the Sahara autonomous Region

12. In keeping with democratic principles and procedures, and acting through legislative, executive and judicial bodies, the populations of the Sahara autonomous Region shall exercise powers, within the Region’s territorial boundaries, mainly over the following:

· Region’s local administration, local police force and jurisdictions;
· in the economic sector: economic development, regional planning, promotion of investment, trade, industry, tourism and agriculture;
· Region’s budget and taxation;
· infrastruture: water, hydraulic facilities, electricity, public works and transportation;
· in the social sector: housing, education, health, employment, sports, social welfare and social security;
· cultural affairs, including promotion of the Saharan Hassani cultural heritage;
· environment.

13. The Sahara autonomous Region will have the financial resources required for its development in all areas. Resources will come, in particular, from:

· taxes, duties and regional levies enacted by the Region’s competent authorities;
· proceeds from the exploitation of natural resources allocated to the Region;
· the share of proceeds collected by the State from the exploitation of natural resources located in the Region;
· the necessary funds allocated in keeping with the principle of national solidarity;
· proceeds from the Region’s assets.

14. The State shall keep exclusive jurisdiction over the following in particular:

· the attributes of sovereignty, especially the flag, the national anthem and the currency;
· the attributes stemming from the constitutional and religious prerogatives of the King, as Commander of the Faithful and Guarantor of freedom of worship and of individual and collective freedoms;
· national security, external defense and defense of territorial integrity;
· external relations;
· the Kingdom’s juridical order.

15. State responsibilities with respect to external relations shall be exercised in consultation with the Sahara autonomous Region for those matters which have a direct bearing on the prerogatives of the Region. The Sahara autonomous Region may, in consultation with the Government, establish cooperation relations with foreign Regions to foster inter-regional dialogue and cooperation.

16. The powers of the State in the Sahara autonomous Region, as stipulated in paragraph 13 above, shall be exercised by a Representative of the Government.


17. Moreover, powers which are not specifically entrusted to a given party shall be exercised by common agreement, on the basis of the principle of subsidiarity.

18. The populations of the Sahara Autonomous Region shall be represented in Parliament and in the other national institutions. They shall take part in all national elections.


B. Bodies of the Region



19. The Parliament of the Sahara autonomous Region shall be made up of members elected by the various Sahrawi tribes, and of members elected by direct universal suffrage, by the Region’s population. There shall be adequate representation of women in the Parliament of the Sahara autonomous Region.

20. Executive authority in the Sahara autonomous Region shall lie with a Head of Government, to be elected by the regional Parliament. He shall be invested by the King.


The Head of Government shall be the Representative of the State in the Region.

21. The Head of Government of the Sahara autonomous Region shall form the Region’s Cabinet and appoint the administrators needed to exercise the powers devolving upon him, under the present autonomy Statute. He shall be answerable to the Region’s Parliament.

22. Courts may be set up by the regional Parliament to give rulings on disputes arising from enforcement of norms enacted by the competent bodies of the Sahara autonomous Region. These courts shall give their rulings with complete independence, in the name of the King.


23. As the highest jurisdiction of the Sahara autonomous Region, the high regional court shall give final decisions regarding the interpretation of the Region’s legislation, without prejudice to the powers of the Kingdom’s Supreme Court or Constitutional Council.

24. Laws, regulations and court rulings issued by the bodies of the Sahara autonomous Region shall be consistent with the Region’s autonomy Statute and with the Kingdom’s Constitution.


25. The Region’s populations shall enjoy all the guarantees afforded by the Moroccan Constitution in the area of human rights as they are universally recognized.

26. An Economic and Social Council shall be set up in the Sahara autonomous Region. It shall comprise representatives from economic, social, professional and community groups, as well as highly qualified figures.


III. Approval and implementation procedure for the autonomy statute



27. The Region’s autonomy statute shall be the subject of negotiations and shall be submitted to the populations concerned in a free referendum. This referendum will constitue a free exercise, by these populations, of their right to self-determination, as per the provisions of international legality, the Charter of the United Nations and the resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council.

28. To this end, the parties pledge to work jointly and in good faith to foster this political solution and secure its approval by the Sahara populations.

29. Moreover, the Moroccan Constitution shall be amended and the autonomoy Statute incorporated into it, in order to guarantee its sustainability and reflect its special place in the country’s national juridical architecture.


30. The Kingdom of Morocco shall take all the necessary steps to ensure full integration, into the nation’s fabric, of persons to be repatriated. This will be done in a manner which preserves their dignity and guarantees their security and the protection of their property.

31. To this end, the Kingdom of Morocco shall, in particular, declare a blanket amnesty, precluding any legal proceedings, arrest, detention, imprisonment or intimidation of any kind, based on facts covered by this amnesty.


32. Once the parties have agreed on the proposed autonomy, a Transitional Council composed of their representatives shall assist with repatriation, disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of armed elements who are outside the territory, as well as with any other action aimed at securing the approval and implementation of the present Statute, including elections.

33. Just like the international community, the Kingdom of Morocco firmly believes today that the solution to the Sahara dispute can only come from negotiations. Accordingly, the proposal it is submitting to the United Nations constitutes a real opportunity for initiating negotiations with a view to reaching a final solution to this dispute, in keeping with international legality, and on the basis of arrangements which are consistent with the goals and principles enshrined in the United Nations Charter.


34. In this respect, Morocco pledges to negotiate in good faith and in a constructive, open spirit to reach a final, mutually acceptable political solution to the dispute plaguing region. To this end, the Kingdom of Morocco is prepared to make a positive contribution to creating an environment of trust which would contribute to the successful outcome of this initiative.

35. The Kingdom of Morocco hopes the other parties will appreciate the significance and scope of this proposal, realize its merit, and make a positive and constructive contribution to it. The Kingdom of Morocco is of the view that the momentum created by this initiative offers a historic chance to resolve this issue once and for all.


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Rabat, July 21 - France reiterated, here Thursday, its will to find a political solution to the Sahara dispute that opposes the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist movement to Morocco for three decades now.

The stance was voiced by France's ambassador in Rabat, Jean-François Thibault, who received chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Sahrawi Affairs (CORCAS), Khali Henna Ould Errachid.

The diplomat stressed the will of France, an important actor on the international scene, to work for a political solution to the conflict in accordance with the international legality.

Ould Errachid described the autonomy project for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit with a view to settle the Sahara dispute, as an appropriate platform to associate the populations of the provinces to the management of their own affairs.

In a speech the king addressed past March from the southern town of Laayoune, he announced the establishment of the CORCAS to contribute to defending Morocco's territorial integrity and to shed light on the national Cause and the efforts made by Morocco.

The council is composed of elected officials, who constitute more than 50% of its 140 members and includes civil society members operating in the human rights and social fields.

[Redalinho]

Rabat, July 19 - First secretary of the French Socialist Party (PS), François Hollande, said that the Sahara issue remains a cause of disagreement between Algeria and Morocco and an impediment to the building of the Maghreb.

Hollande told "Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki" daily of Wednesday that a fair and lasting solution must be found to settle the Sahara dispute, namely through a direct dialogue between all the parties, describing the issue as "urgent".

The Sahara conflict was triggered in the mid seventies by the claim of the Algeria-backed "Polisario" to separate the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved by Morocco from Spain under the Madrid accords.

The French politician also commended the excellent relations between Morocco and France, and called for consolidating them further, saying that the two countries have an essential role to play in helping lay out the Euro-Mediterranean policy.

The PS 1st Secretary spoke of the historical ties between his party and the Moroccan Socialist Union for Popular forces (USFP) party, saying he was for the creation of a joint body for the two parties to discuss topical and current issues.

The PS official started on Tuesday, along with members of his party, a two-day visit to Morocco at the invitation of the USFP.

[Redalinho]

Rabat, July 19 - First secretary of the French Socialist Party (PS), François Hollande, said that the Sahara issue remains a cause of disagreement between Algeria and Morocco and an impediment to the building of the Maghreb.

Hollande told "Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki" daily of Wednesday that a fair and lasting solution must be found to settle the Sahara dispute, namely through a direct dialogue between all the parties, describing the issue as "urgent".

The Sahara conflict was triggered in the mid seventies by the claim of the Algeria-backed "Polisario" to separate the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved by Morocco from Spain under the Madrid accords.

The French politician also commended the excellent relations between Morocco and France, and called for consolidating them further, saying that the two countries have an essential role to play in helping lay out the Euro-Mediterranean policy.

The PS 1st Secretary spoke of the historical ties between his party and the Moroccan Socialist Union for Popular forces (USFP) party, saying he was for the creation of a joint body for the two parties to discuss topical and current issues.

The PS official started on Tuesday, along with members of his party, a two-day visit to Morocco at the invitation of the USFP.

[Redalinho]

Rabat, July 19 - First secretary of the French Socialist Party (PS), François Hollande, said that the Sahara issue remains a cause of disagreement between Algeria and Morocco and an impediment to the building of the Maghreb.

Hollande told "Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki" daily of Wednesday that a fair and lasting solution must be found to settle the Sahara dispute, namely through a direct dialogue between all the parties, describing the issue as "urgent".

The Sahara conflict was triggered in the mid seventies by the claim of the Algeria-backed "Polisario" to separate the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved by Morocco from Spain under the Madrid accords.

The French politician also commended the excellent relations between Morocco and France, and called for consolidating them further, saying that the two countries have an essential role to play in helping lay out the Euro-Mediterranean policy.

The PS 1st Secretary spoke of the historical ties between his party and the Moroccan Socialist Union for Popular forces (USFP) party, saying he was for the creation of a joint body for the two parties to discuss topical and current issues.

The PS official started on Tuesday, along with members of his party, a two-day visit to Morocco at the invitation of the USFP.

[Redalinho]

Rabat, July 19 - First secretary of the French Socialist Party (PS), François Hollande, said that the Sahara issue remains a cause of disagreement between Algeria and Morocco and an impediment to the building of the Maghreb.

Hollande told "Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki" daily of Wednesday that a fair and lasting solution must be found to settle the Sahara dispute, namely through a direct dialogue between all the parties, describing the issue as "urgent".

The Sahara conflict was triggered in the mid seventies by the claim of the Algeria-backed "Polisario" to separate the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved by Morocco from Spain under the Madrid accords.

The French politician also commended the excellent relations between Morocco and France, and called for consolidating them further, saying that the two countries have an essential role to play in helping lay out the Euro-Mediterranean policy.

The PS 1st Secretary spoke of the historical ties between his party and the Moroccan Socialist Union for Popular forces (USFP) party, saying he was for the creation of a joint body for the two parties to discuss topical and current issues.

The PS official started on Tuesday, along with members of his party, a two-day visit to Morocco at the invitation of the USFP.

[Redalinho]

Rabat, July 19 - First secretary of the French Socialist Party (PS), François Hollande, said that the Sahara issue remains a cause of disagreement between Algeria and Morocco and an impediment to the building of the Maghreb.

Hollande told "Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki" daily of Wednesday that a fair and lasting solution must be found to settle the Sahara dispute, namely through a direct dialogue between all the parties, describing the issue as "urgent".

The Sahara conflict was triggered in the mid seventies by the claim of the Algeria-backed "Polisario" to separate the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved by Morocco from Spain under the Madrid accords.

The French politician also commended the excellent relations between Morocco and France, and called for consolidating them further, saying that the two countries have an essential role to play in helping lay out the Euro-Mediterranean policy.

The PS 1st Secretary spoke of the historical ties between his party and the Moroccan Socialist Union for Popular forces (USFP) party, saying he was for the creation of a joint body for the two parties to discuss topical and current issues.

The PS official started on Tuesday, along with members of his party, a two-day visit to Morocco at the invitation of the USFP.

[Redalinho]

Rabat, July 19 - First secretary of the French Socialist Party (PS), François Hollande, said that the Sahara issue remains a cause of disagreement between Algeria and Morocco and an impediment to the building of the Maghreb.

Hollande told "Al Ittihad Al Ichtiraki" daily of Wednesday that a fair and lasting solution must be found to settle the Sahara dispute, namely through a direct dialogue between all the parties, describing the issue as "urgent".

The Sahara conflict was triggered in the mid seventies by the claim of the Algeria-backed "Polisario" to separate the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved by Morocco from Spain under the Madrid accords.

The French politician also commended the excellent relations between Morocco and France, and called for consolidating them further, saying that the two countries have an essential role to play in helping lay out the Euro-Mediterranean policy.

The PS 1st Secretary spoke of the historical ties between his party and the Moroccan Socialist Union for Popular forces (USFP) party, saying he was for the creation of a joint body for the two parties to discuss topical and current issues.

The PS official started on Tuesday, along with members of his party, a two-day visit to Morocco at the invitation of the USFP.

[Redalinho]

UAE reiterates support to Moroccan territorial integrity

The United Arab Emirates reaffirmed its "support to Morocco's territorial integrity," expressing advocacy to the effort deployed by international community, under the aegis of UN, for a definitive and political solution to Sahara issue, according to a Moroccan-UAE joint communiqué released here Tuesday.

The Sahara dispute opposes Morocco to the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist movement which lays claims to Morocco's southern provinces, known as the Sahara.

The UAE also hailed the autonomy project for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit with a view to settle the Sahara dispute, added the joint communiqué, coached at the end of a three-day official visit to Morocco of the Emirati president, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The two parties also stressed the “need to end the occupation by Iran of UAE Islands of the Greater and Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa.” Morocco commended “UAE’s peaceful moves aiming to solve this issue through bilateral negotiations or the International court of Justice,” the communiqué went on to say.

Morocco and the UAE also reiterated their “principles and constant stances calling to the respect of countries’ territorial integrity, sovereignty and security, underlining the need to resolve conflicts through dialogue and negotiations in accordance with the international resolutions.”


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UAE reiterates support to Moroccan territorial integrity

The United Arab Emirates reaffirmed its "support to Morocco's territorial integrity," expressing advocacy to the effort deployed by international community, under the aegis of UN, for a definitive and political solution to Sahara issue, according to a Moroccan-UAE joint communiqué released here Tuesday.

The Sahara dispute opposes Morocco to the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist movement which lays claims to Morocco's southern provinces, known as the Sahara.

The UAE also hailed the autonomy project for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit with a view to settle the Sahara dispute, added the joint communiqué, coached at the end of a three-day official visit to Morocco of the Emirati president, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The two parties also stressed the “need to end the occupation by Iran of UAE Islands of the Greater and Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa.” Morocco commended “UAE’s peaceful moves aiming to solve this issue through bilateral negotiations or the International court of Justice,” the communiqué went on to say.

Morocco and the UAE also reiterated their “principles and constant stances calling to the respect of countries’ territorial integrity, sovereignty and security, underlining the need to resolve conflicts through dialogue and negotiations in accordance with the international resolutions.”


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UAE reiterates support to Moroccan territorial integrity

The United Arab Emirates reaffirmed its "support to Morocco's territorial integrity," expressing advocacy to the effort deployed by international community, under the aegis of UN, for a definitive and political solution to Sahara issue, according to a Moroccan-UAE joint communiqué released here Tuesday.

The Sahara dispute opposes Morocco to the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist movement which lays claims to Morocco's southern provinces, known as the Sahara.

The UAE also hailed the autonomy project for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit with a view to settle the Sahara dispute, added the joint communiqué, coached at the end of a three-day official visit to Morocco of the Emirati president, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The two parties also stressed the “need to end the occupation by Iran of UAE Islands of the Greater and Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa.” Morocco commended “UAE’s peaceful moves aiming to solve this issue through bilateral negotiations or the International court of Justice,” the communiqué went on to say.

Morocco and the UAE also reiterated their “principles and constant stances calling to the respect of countries’ territorial integrity, sovereignty and security, underlining the need to resolve conflicts through dialogue and negotiations in accordance with the international resolutions.”


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UAE reiterates support to Moroccan territorial integrity

The United Arab Emirates reaffirmed its "support to Morocco's territorial integrity," expressing advocacy to the effort deployed by international community, under the aegis of UN, for a definitive and political solution to Sahara issue, according to a Moroccan-UAE joint communiqué released here Tuesday.

The Sahara dispute opposes Morocco to the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist movement which lays claims to Morocco's southern provinces, known as the Sahara.

The UAE also hailed the autonomy project for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit with a view to settle the Sahara dispute, added the joint communiqué, coached at the end of a three-day official visit to Morocco of the Emirati president, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The two parties also stressed the “need to end the occupation by Iran of UAE Islands of the Greater and Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa.” Morocco commended “UAE’s peaceful moves aiming to solve this issue through bilateral negotiations or the International court of Justice,” the communiqué went on to say.

Morocco and the UAE also reiterated their “principles and constant stances calling to the respect of countries’ territorial integrity, sovereignty and security, underlining the need to resolve conflicts through dialogue and negotiations in accordance with the international resolutions.”


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UAE reiterates support to Moroccan territorial integrity

The United Arab Emirates reaffirmed its "support to Morocco's territorial integrity," expressing advocacy to the effort deployed by international community, under the aegis of UN, for a definitive and political solution to Sahara issue, according to a Moroccan-UAE joint communiqué released here Tuesday.

The Sahara dispute opposes Morocco to the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist movement which lays claims to Morocco's southern provinces, known as the Sahara.

The UAE also hailed the autonomy project for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit with a view to settle the Sahara dispute, added the joint communiqué, coached at the end of a three-day official visit to Morocco of the Emirati president, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The two parties also stressed the “need to end the occupation by Iran of UAE Islands of the Greater and Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa.” Morocco commended “UAE’s peaceful moves aiming to solve this issue through bilateral negotiations or the International court of Justice,” the communiqué went on to say.

Morocco and the UAE also reiterated their “principles and constant stances calling to the respect of countries’ territorial integrity, sovereignty and security, underlining the need to resolve conflicts through dialogue and negotiations in accordance with the international resolutions.”


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UAE reiterates support to Moroccan territorial integrity

The United Arab Emirates reaffirmed its "support to Morocco's territorial integrity," expressing advocacy to the effort deployed by international community, under the aegis of UN, for a definitive and political solution to Sahara issue, according to a Moroccan-UAE joint communiqué released here Tuesday.

The Sahara dispute opposes Morocco to the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist movement which lays claims to Morocco's southern provinces, known as the Sahara.

The UAE also hailed the autonomy project for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit with a view to settle the Sahara dispute, added the joint communiqué, coached at the end of a three-day official visit to Morocco of the Emirati president, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The two parties also stressed the “need to end the occupation by Iran of UAE Islands of the Greater and Lesser Tunb and Abu Musa.” Morocco commended “UAE’s peaceful moves aiming to solve this issue through bilateral negotiations or the International court of Justice,” the communiqué went on to say.

Morocco and the UAE also reiterated their “principles and constant stances calling to the respect of countries’ territorial integrity, sovereignty and security, underlining the need to resolve conflicts through dialogue and negotiations in accordance with the international resolutions.”


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Senegal reiterates its support to Moroccan Sovereignty over Sahara

Senegalese Prime Minister Macky Sall reiterated, on Friday, his country's "firm and constant" support to Moroccan Sovereignty over the Sahara.

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In a joint communiqué at the end of a two-day visit of Moroccan Prime Minister, Driss Jettou to Senegal, the Senegalese Premier, on behalf of Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade, reaffirmed his country's firm and constant support to Moroccan territorial integrity and Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara.

During a working meeting between Moroccan and Senegalese delegations, Jettou hailed Senegal's permanent and constant support to Morocco concerning the Sahara issue, paying tribute to Senegalese Foreign minister, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, for his courageous stance at the African Foreign ministers meeting, which was held last week in Banjul.

Gadio had denounced the partial and tendentious character of the part about Sahara in the report of the President of the African Union Commission, Alpha Oumar Konara, and called, besides other African Foreign ministers, to amend the report to take into consideration Morocco's stance that privileges a political and negotiated solution to the Sahara issue within Moroccan Sovereignty.

The Sahara conflict opposes Morocco and the Algeria-backed Polisario, which has been claiming the separation of the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, after they were regained from Spain in 1975 under the Madrid Accords.

The two countries also decided to diversify their economic partnership through exploring new partnership fields, read the communiqué.

Hailing the evolution in their trade exchanges, the two countries noted that concluding a free trade and investment agreement between Morocco and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), which includes eight countries including Senegal, would give new impetus to their economic and trade relations.

As for the situation in Palestine, the two countries condemned the Israeli military escalation and called for resuming negotiations to find a peaceful solution to the Palestinian issue.

On the sidelines of the visit, the Moroccan-Senegalese Business Council, set up in 2002, held its meeting, which was destined to examine partnership opportunities between the two countries' private sector and identify the problems that hinder their economic and trade exchanges.

Jettou, who left Dakar on Saturday, was accompanied by Agriculture Minister, Mohand Laenser and Equipment and Transport Minister, Karim Ghellab, and Industry, Trade and Economy Upgrading, Salaheddine Mezouar, in addition to an important delegation of businessmen.

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Senegal reiterates its support to Moroccan Sovereignty over Sahara

Senegalese Prime Minister Macky Sall reiterated, on Friday, his country's "firm and constant" support to Moroccan Sovereignty over the Sahara.

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In a joint communiqué at the end of a two-day visit of Moroccan Prime Minister, Driss Jettou to Senegal, the Senegalese Premier, on behalf of Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade, reaffirmed his country's firm and constant support to Moroccan territorial integrity and Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara.

During a working meeting between Moroccan and Senegalese delegations, Jettou hailed Senegal's permanent and constant support to Morocco concerning the Sahara issue, paying tribute to Senegalese Foreign minister, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, for his courageous stance at the African Foreign ministers meeting, which was held last week in Banjul.

Gadio had denounced the partial and tendentious character of the part about Sahara in the report of the President of the African Union Commission, Alpha Oumar Konara, and called, besides other African Foreign ministers, to amend the report to take into consideration Morocco's stance that privileges a political and negotiated solution to the Sahara issue within Moroccan Sovereignty.

The Sahara conflict opposes Morocco and the Algeria-backed Polisario, which has been claiming the separation of the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, after they were regained from Spain in 1975 under the Madrid Accords.

The two countries also decided to diversify their economic partnership through exploring new partnership fields, read the communiqué.

Hailing the evolution in their trade exchanges, the two countries noted that concluding a free trade and investment agreement between Morocco and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), which includes eight countries including Senegal, would give new impetus to their economic and trade relations.

As for the situation in Palestine, the two countries condemned the Israeli military escalation and called for resuming negotiations to find a peaceful solution to the Palestinian issue.

On the sidelines of the visit, the Moroccan-Senegalese Business Council, set up in 2002, held its meeting, which was destined to examine partnership opportunities between the two countries' private sector and identify the problems that hinder their economic and trade exchanges.

Jettou, who left Dakar on Saturday, was accompanied by Agriculture Minister, Mohand Laenser and Equipment and Transport Minister, Karim Ghellab, and Industry, Trade and Economy Upgrading, Salaheddine Mezouar, in addition to an important delegation of businessmen.

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Senegal reiterates its support to Moroccan Sovereignty over Sahara

Senegalese Prime Minister Macky Sall reiterated, on Friday, his country's "firm and constant" support to Moroccan Sovereignty over the Sahara.

http://www.moroccotimes.com/paper/images/20060707_B_dakar.jpg

In a joint communiqué at the end of a two-day visit of Moroccan Prime Minister, Driss Jettou to Senegal, the Senegalese Premier, on behalf of Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade, reaffirmed his country's firm and constant support to Moroccan territorial integrity and Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara.

During a working meeting between Moroccan and Senegalese delegations, Jettou hailed Senegal's permanent and constant support to Morocco concerning the Sahara issue, paying tribute to Senegalese Foreign minister, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, for his courageous stance at the African Foreign ministers meeting, which was held last week in Banjul.

Gadio had denounced the partial and tendentious character of the part about Sahara in the report of the President of the African Union Commission, Alpha Oumar Konara, and called, besides other African Foreign ministers, to amend the report to take into consideration Morocco's stance that privileges a political and negotiated solution to the Sahara issue within Moroccan Sovereignty.

The Sahara conflict opposes Morocco and the Algeria-backed Polisario, which has been claiming the separation of the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, after they were regained from Spain in 1975 under the Madrid Accords.

The two countries also decided to diversify their economic partnership through exploring new partnership fields, read the communiqué.

Hailing the evolution in their trade exchanges, the two countries noted that concluding a free trade and investment agreement between Morocco and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), which includes eight countries including Senegal, would give new impetus to their economic and trade relations.

As for the situation in Palestine, the two countries condemned the Israeli military escalation and called for resuming negotiations to find a peaceful solution to the Palestinian issue.

On the sidelines of the visit, the Moroccan-Senegalese Business Council, set up in 2002, held its meeting, which was destined to examine partnership opportunities between the two countries' private sector and identify the problems that hinder their economic and trade exchanges.

Jettou, who left Dakar on Saturday, was accompanied by Agriculture Minister, Mohand Laenser and Equipment and Transport Minister, Karim Ghellab, and Industry, Trade and Economy Upgrading, Salaheddine Mezouar, in addition to an important delegation of businessmen.

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Senegal reiterates its support to Moroccan Sovereignty over Sahara

Senegalese Prime Minister Macky Sall reiterated, on Friday, his country's "firm and constant" support to Moroccan Sovereignty over the Sahara.

http://www.moroccotimes.com/paper/images/20060707_B_dakar.jpg

In a joint communiqué at the end of a two-day visit of Moroccan Prime Minister, Driss Jettou to Senegal, the Senegalese Premier, on behalf of Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade, reaffirmed his country's firm and constant support to Moroccan territorial integrity and Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara.

During a working meeting between Moroccan and Senegalese delegations, Jettou hailed Senegal's permanent and constant support to Morocco concerning the Sahara issue, paying tribute to Senegalese Foreign minister, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, for his courageous stance at the African Foreign ministers meeting, which was held last week in Banjul.

Gadio had denounced the partial and tendentious character of the part about Sahara in the report of the President of the African Union Commission, Alpha Oumar Konara, and called, besides other African Foreign ministers, to amend the report to take into consideration Morocco's stance that privileges a political and negotiated solution to the Sahara issue within Moroccan Sovereignty.

The Sahara conflict opposes Morocco and the Algeria-backed Polisario, which has been claiming the separation of the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, after they were regained from Spain in 1975 under the Madrid Accords.

The two countries also decided to diversify their economic partnership through exploring new partnership fields, read the communiqué.

Hailing the evolution in their trade exchanges, the two countries noted that concluding a free trade and investment agreement between Morocco and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), which includes eight countries including Senegal, would give new impetus to their economic and trade relations.

As for the situation in Palestine, the two countries condemned the Israeli military escalation and called for resuming negotiations to find a peaceful solution to the Palestinian issue.

On the sidelines of the visit, the Moroccan-Senegalese Business Council, set up in 2002, held its meeting, which was destined to examine partnership opportunities between the two countries' private sector and identify the problems that hinder their economic and trade exchanges.

Jettou, who left Dakar on Saturday, was accompanied by Agriculture Minister, Mohand Laenser and Equipment and Transport Minister, Karim Ghellab, and Industry, Trade and Economy Upgrading, Salaheddine Mezouar, in addition to an important delegation of businessmen.

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Senegal reiterates its support to Moroccan Sovereignty over Sahara

Senegalese Prime Minister Macky Sall reiterated, on Friday, his country's "firm and constant" support to Moroccan Sovereignty over the Sahara.

http://www.moroccotimes.com/paper/images/20060707_B_dakar.jpg

In a joint communiqué at the end of a two-day visit of Moroccan Prime Minister, Driss Jettou to Senegal, the Senegalese Premier, on behalf of Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade, reaffirmed his country's firm and constant support to Moroccan territorial integrity and Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara.

During a working meeting between Moroccan and Senegalese delegations, Jettou hailed Senegal's permanent and constant support to Morocco concerning the Sahara issue, paying tribute to Senegalese Foreign minister, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, for his courageous stance at the African Foreign ministers meeting, which was held last week in Banjul.

Gadio had denounced the partial and tendentious character of the part about Sahara in the report of the President of the African Union Commission, Alpha Oumar Konara, and called, besides other African Foreign ministers, to amend the report to take into consideration Morocco's stance that privileges a political and negotiated solution to the Sahara issue within Moroccan Sovereignty.

The Sahara conflict opposes Morocco and the Algeria-backed Polisario, which has been claiming the separation of the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, after they were regained from Spain in 1975 under the Madrid Accords.

The two countries also decided to diversify their economic partnership through exploring new partnership fields, read the communiqué.

Hailing the evolution in their trade exchanges, the two countries noted that concluding a free trade and investment agreement between Morocco and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), which includes eight countries including Senegal, would give new impetus to their economic and trade relations.

As for the situation in Palestine, the two countries condemned the Israeli military escalation and called for resuming negotiations to find a peaceful solution to the Palestinian issue.

On the sidelines of the visit, the Moroccan-Senegalese Business Council, set up in 2002, held its meeting, which was destined to examine partnership opportunities between the two countries' private sector and identify the problems that hinder their economic and trade exchanges.

Jettou, who left Dakar on Saturday, was accompanied by Agriculture Minister, Mohand Laenser and Equipment and Transport Minister, Karim Ghellab, and Industry, Trade and Economy Upgrading, Salaheddine Mezouar, in addition to an important delegation of businessmen.

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Senegal reiterates its support to Moroccan Sovereignty over Sahara

Senegalese Prime Minister Macky Sall reiterated, on Friday, his country's "firm and constant" support to Moroccan Sovereignty over the Sahara.

http://www.moroccotimes.com/paper/images/20060707_B_dakar.jpg

In a joint communiqué at the end of a two-day visit of Moroccan Prime Minister, Driss Jettou to Senegal, the Senegalese Premier, on behalf of Senegalese President, Abdoulaye Wade, reaffirmed his country's firm and constant support to Moroccan territorial integrity and Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara.

During a working meeting between Moroccan and Senegalese delegations, Jettou hailed Senegal's permanent and constant support to Morocco concerning the Sahara issue, paying tribute to Senegalese Foreign minister, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, for his courageous stance at the African Foreign ministers meeting, which was held last week in Banjul.

Gadio had denounced the partial and tendentious character of the part about Sahara in the report of the President of the African Union Commission, Alpha Oumar Konara, and called, besides other African Foreign ministers, to amend the report to take into consideration Morocco's stance that privileges a political and negotiated solution to the Sahara issue within Moroccan Sovereignty.

The Sahara conflict opposes Morocco and the Algeria-backed Polisario, which has been claiming the separation of the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, after they were regained from Spain in 1975 under the Madrid Accords.

The two countries also decided to diversify their economic partnership through exploring new partnership fields, read the communiqué.

Hailing the evolution in their trade exchanges, the two countries noted that concluding a free trade and investment agreement between Morocco and the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), which includes eight countries including Senegal, would give new impetus to their economic and trade relations.

As for the situation in Palestine, the two countries condemned the Israeli military escalation and called for resuming negotiations to find a peaceful solution to the Palestinian issue.

On the sidelines of the visit, the Moroccan-Senegalese Business Council, set up in 2002, held its meeting, which was destined to examine partnership opportunities between the two countries' private sector and identify the problems that hinder their economic and trade exchanges.

Jettou, who left Dakar on Saturday, was accompanied by Agriculture Minister, Mohand Laenser and Equipment and Transport Minister, Karim Ghellab, and Industry, Trade and Economy Upgrading, Salaheddine Mezouar, in addition to an important delegation of businessmen.

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Human rights violations in Tindouf camps (Algeria)

A Moroccan delegation composed of citizens from the Southern provinces is touring the United States to raise the awareness of the public to human rights violations suffered by the population sequestered in Tindouf camps, southern Algeria, reported MAP news agency.

Following the latest wave of repression of the victims in Tindouf, the Moroccan delegation headed for the States to sensitise American public opinion in general and the Christian community in particular.

Several meetings were held last week in Lancaster (Pennsylvania), Pontiac (Michigan) and Columbus (Ohio), under the supervision of Reverend Rob Schenck, the president of the Washington-based National Clergy Council.

The members of the delegation, including Saadani Maa Oulainine, Mohammed Astati, El Hassan Boughnou, Boussoula Mohammed Ebeya, Ali El Jaouhar and Mohammed Khmamouch, explained to the attending public the real situation of the population confined on Algerian soil, bringing forth their own testimonies on their experiences in the camps.

According to MAP news agency, the attendees tearfully followed the story of a young girl who was separated from her family at the age of 9 and sent to Cuba where she lived an ongoing exile.

The story of Ali El Jaouhar, which described the daily sufferings of 2,400 prisoners, was as moving as the girl's. Their experiences consisted of daily torture, humiliation, hunger and uncertainty over 23 years.

The most poignant story was that of a doctor who could not assist people affected by diabetes or tuberculosis because the Polisario members stole the drugs donated by international organizations.

Speaking at these meetings, Rev. Schenck denounced the atrocious conditions of the population kept in Tindouf camps, defining the Polisario as “a gang of corrupted mercenaries who are trying to dispute the Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara.”

Underlining the involvement of Algeria in this tragic situation, Rev. Schenck called on Algeria to open the doors of Tindouf camps and release the sequestered population to start a better life.

“The National Clergy Council is engaged to fight for the release of this population and the unification of separated families and children,” affirmed Schenck.

He called on pastors and parishioners alike to help these families with their prayers. He also urged them to enquire about this humanitarian drama and raise awareness among their communities on the sufferings of the Sahrawi population, kept on the Algerian soil, by preaching and organizing informative sessions.

The Reverend also called on the participants to send a letter to the State department in which they express their worries about the situation of this population and ask the American administration to put an end to the Polisario's embezzlement of humanitarian aids and to make sure that aid income is not used to sponsor terrorists and illegal activities.

Several officials from the clergy, including the Vice-President of the National Clergy Council David Moshier, have denounced the cruelty of the Polisario mercenaries and expressed their compassion to the Sahrawis kept as hostages in Algeria.

Pastor Prince A. Miles, who came from Southfield, said that he could feel the suffering of those separated from their children as he was himself separated from his son, who lost his life at the age of 21.

He affirmed that he will use his influence in broadcasts on the radio and TV to raise awareness amongst Americans, of the long lasting suffering of this population.

“I share their sufferings and I feel their pain” said Miles, adding that he will spare no effort in drawing the attention of the public to their dramatic situation.

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Human rights violations in Tindouf camps (Algeria)

A Moroccan delegation composed of citizens from the Southern provinces is touring the United States to raise the awareness of the public to human rights violations suffered by the population sequestered in Tindouf camps, southern Algeria, reported MAP news agency.

Following the latest wave of repression of the victims in Tindouf, the Moroccan delegation headed for the States to sensitise American public opinion in general and the Christian community in particular.

Several meetings were held last week in Lancaster (Pennsylvania), Pontiac (Michigan) and Columbus (Ohio), under the supervision of Reverend Rob Schenck, the president of the Washington-based National Clergy Council.

The members of the delegation, including Saadani Maa Oulainine, Mohammed Astati, El Hassan Boughnou, Boussoula Mohammed Ebeya, Ali El Jaouhar and Mohammed Khmamouch, explained to the attending public the real situation of the population confined on Algerian soil, bringing forth their own testimonies on their experiences in the camps.

According to MAP news agency, the attendees tearfully followed the story of a young girl who was separated from her family at the age of 9 and sent to Cuba where she lived an ongoing exile.

The story of Ali El Jaouhar, which described the daily sufferings of 2,400 prisoners, was as moving as the girl's. Their experiences consisted of daily torture, humiliation, hunger and uncertainty over 23 years.

The most poignant story was that of a doctor who could not assist people affected by diabetes or tuberculosis because the Polisario members stole the drugs donated by international organizations.

Speaking at these meetings, Rev. Schenck denounced the atrocious conditions of the population kept in Tindouf camps, defining the Polisario as “a gang of corrupted mercenaries who are trying to dispute the Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara.”

Underlining the involvement of Algeria in this tragic situation, Rev. Schenck called on Algeria to open the doors of Tindouf camps and release the sequestered population to start a better life.

“The National Clergy Council is engaged to fight for the release of this population and the unification of separated families and children,” affirmed Schenck.

He called on pastors and parishioners alike to help these families with their prayers. He also urged them to enquire about this humanitarian drama and raise awareness among their communities on the sufferings of the Sahrawi population, kept on the Algerian soil, by preaching and organizing informative sessions.

The Reverend also called on the participants to send a letter to the State department in which they express their worries about the situation of this population and ask the American administration to put an end to the Polisario's embezzlement of humanitarian aids and to make sure that aid income is not used to sponsor terrorists and illegal activities.

Several officials from the clergy, including the Vice-President of the National Clergy Council David Moshier, have denounced the cruelty of the Polisario mercenaries and expressed their compassion to the Sahrawis kept as hostages in Algeria.

Pastor Prince A. Miles, who came from Southfield, said that he could feel the suffering of those separated from their children as he was himself separated from his son, who lost his life at the age of 21.

He affirmed that he will use his influence in broadcasts on the radio and TV to raise awareness amongst Americans, of the long lasting suffering of this population.

“I share their sufferings and I feel their pain” said Miles, adding that he will spare no effort in drawing the attention of the public to their dramatic situation.

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Human rights violations in Tindouf camps (Algeria)

A Moroccan delegation composed of citizens from the Southern provinces is touring the United States to raise the awareness of the public to human rights violations suffered by the population sequestered in Tindouf camps, southern Algeria, reported MAP news agency.

Following the latest wave of repression of the victims in Tindouf, the Moroccan delegation headed for the States to sensitise American public opinion in general and the Christian community in particular.

Several meetings were held last week in Lancaster (Pennsylvania), Pontiac (Michigan) and Columbus (Ohio), under the supervision of Reverend Rob Schenck, the president of the Washington-based National Clergy Council.

The members of the delegation, including Saadani Maa Oulainine, Mohammed Astati, El Hassan Boughnou, Boussoula Mohammed Ebeya, Ali El Jaouhar and Mohammed Khmamouch, explained to the attending public the real situation of the population confined on Algerian soil, bringing forth their own testimonies on their experiences in the camps.

According to MAP news agency, the attendees tearfully followed the story of a young girl who was separated from her family at the age of 9 and sent to Cuba where she lived an ongoing exile.

The story of Ali El Jaouhar, which described the daily sufferings of 2,400 prisoners, was as moving as the girl's. Their experiences consisted of daily torture, humiliation, hunger and uncertainty over 23 years.

The most poignant story was that of a doctor who could not assist people affected by diabetes or tuberculosis because the Polisario members stole the drugs donated by international organizations.

Speaking at these meetings, Rev. Schenck denounced the atrocious conditions of the population kept in Tindouf camps, defining the Polisario as “a gang of corrupted mercenaries who are trying to dispute the Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara.”

Underlining the involvement of Algeria in this tragic situation, Rev. Schenck called on Algeria to open the doors of Tindouf camps and release the sequestered population to start a better life.

“The National Clergy Council is engaged to fight for the release of this population and the unification of separated families and children,” affirmed Schenck.

He called on pastors and parishioners alike to help these families with their prayers. He also urged them to enquire about this humanitarian drama and raise awareness among their communities on the sufferings of the Sahrawi population, kept on the Algerian soil, by preaching and organizing informative sessions.

The Reverend also called on the participants to send a letter to the State department in which they express their worries about the situation of this population and ask the American administration to put an end to the Polisario's embezzlement of humanitarian aids and to make sure that aid income is not used to sponsor terrorists and illegal activities.

Several officials from the clergy, including the Vice-President of the National Clergy Council David Moshier, have denounced the cruelty of the Polisario mercenaries and expressed their compassion to the Sahrawis kept as hostages in Algeria.

Pastor Prince A. Miles, who came from Southfield, said that he could feel the suffering of those separated from their children as he was himself separated from his son, who lost his life at the age of 21.

He affirmed that he will use his influence in broadcasts on the radio and TV to raise awareness amongst Americans, of the long lasting suffering of this population.

“I share their sufferings and I feel their pain” said Miles, adding that he will spare no effort in drawing the attention of the public to their dramatic situation.

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[Redalinho]

Human rights violations in Tindouf camps (Algeria)

A Moroccan delegation composed of citizens from the Southern provinces is touring the United States to raise the awareness of the public to human rights violations suffered by the population sequestered in Tindouf camps, southern Algeria, reported MAP news agency.

Following the latest wave of repression of the victims in Tindouf, the Moroccan delegation headed for the States to sensitise American public opinion in general and the Christian community in particular.

Several meetings were held last week in Lancaster (Pennsylvania), Pontiac (Michigan) and Columbus (Ohio), under the supervision of Reverend Rob Schenck, the president of the Washington-based National Clergy Council.

The members of the delegation, including Saadani Maa Oulainine, Mohammed Astati, El Hassan Boughnou, Boussoula Mohammed Ebeya, Ali El Jaouhar and Mohammed Khmamouch, explained to the attending public the real situation of the population confined on Algerian soil, bringing forth their own testimonies on their experiences in the camps.

According to MAP news agency, the attendees tearfully followed the story of a young girl who was separated from her family at the age of 9 and sent to Cuba where she lived an ongoing exile.

The story of Ali El Jaouhar, which described the daily sufferings of 2,400 prisoners, was as moving as the girl's. Their experiences consisted of daily torture, humiliation, hunger and uncertainty over 23 years.

The most poignant story was that of a doctor who could not assist people affected by diabetes or tuberculosis because the Polisario members stole the drugs donated by international organizations.

Speaking at these meetings, Rev. Schenck denounced the atrocious conditions of the population kept in Tindouf camps, defining the Polisario as “a gang of corrupted mercenaries who are trying to dispute the Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara.”

Underlining the involvement of Algeria in this tragic situation, Rev. Schenck called on Algeria to open the doors of Tindouf camps and release the sequestered population to start a better life.

“The National Clergy Council is engaged to fight for the release of this population and the unification of separated families and children,” affirmed Schenck.

He called on pastors and parishioners alike to help these families with their prayers. He also urged them to enquire about this humanitarian drama and raise awareness among their communities on the sufferings of the Sahrawi population, kept on the Algerian soil, by preaching and organizing informative sessions.

The Reverend also called on the participants to send a letter to the State department in which they express their worries about the situation of this population and ask the American administration to put an end to the Polisario's embezzlement of humanitarian aids and to make sure that aid income is not used to sponsor terrorists and illegal activities.

Several officials from the clergy, including the Vice-President of the National Clergy Council David Moshier, have denounced the cruelty of the Polisario mercenaries and expressed their compassion to the Sahrawis kept as hostages in Algeria.

Pastor Prince A. Miles, who came from Southfield, said that he could feel the suffering of those separated from their children as he was himself separated from his son, who lost his life at the age of 21.

He affirmed that he will use his influence in broadcasts on the radio and TV to raise awareness amongst Americans, of the long lasting suffering of this population.

“I share their sufferings and I feel their pain” said Miles, adding that he will spare no effort in drawing the attention of the public to their dramatic situation.

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[Redalinho]

Human rights violations in Tindouf camps (Algeria)

A Moroccan delegation composed of citizens from the Southern provinces is touring the United States to raise the awareness of the public to human rights violations suffered by the population sequestered in Tindouf camps, southern Algeria, reported MAP news agency.

Following the latest wave of repression of the victims in Tindouf, the Moroccan delegation headed for the States to sensitise American public opinion in general and the Christian community in particular.

Several meetings were held last week in Lancaster (Pennsylvania), Pontiac (Michigan) and Columbus (Ohio), under the supervision of Reverend Rob Schenck, the president of the Washington-based National Clergy Council.

The members of the delegation, including Saadani Maa Oulainine, Mohammed Astati, El Hassan Boughnou, Boussoula Mohammed Ebeya, Ali El Jaouhar and Mohammed Khmamouch, explained to the attending public the real situation of the population confined on Algerian soil, bringing forth their own testimonies on their experiences in the camps.

According to MAP news agency, the attendees tearfully followed the story of a young girl who was separated from her family at the age of 9 and sent to Cuba where she lived an ongoing exile.

The story of Ali El Jaouhar, which described the daily sufferings of 2,400 prisoners, was as moving as the girl's. Their experiences consisted of daily torture, humiliation, hunger and uncertainty over 23 years.

The most poignant story was that of a doctor who could not assist people affected by diabetes or tuberculosis because the Polisario members stole the drugs donated by international organizations.

Speaking at these meetings, Rev. Schenck denounced the atrocious conditions of the population kept in Tindouf camps, defining the Polisario as “a gang of corrupted mercenaries who are trying to dispute the Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara.”

Underlining the involvement of Algeria in this tragic situation, Rev. Schenck called on Algeria to open the doors of Tindouf camps and release the sequestered population to start a better life.

“The National Clergy Council is engaged to fight for the release of this population and the unification of separated families and children,” affirmed Schenck.

He called on pastors and parishioners alike to help these families with their prayers. He also urged them to enquire about this humanitarian drama and raise awareness among their communities on the sufferings of the Sahrawi population, kept on the Algerian soil, by preaching and organizing informative sessions.

The Reverend also called on the participants to send a letter to the State department in which they express their worries about the situation of this population and ask the American administration to put an end to the Polisario's embezzlement of humanitarian aids and to make sure that aid income is not used to sponsor terrorists and illegal activities.

Several officials from the clergy, including the Vice-President of the National Clergy Council David Moshier, have denounced the cruelty of the Polisario mercenaries and expressed their compassion to the Sahrawis kept as hostages in Algeria.

Pastor Prince A. Miles, who came from Southfield, said that he could feel the suffering of those separated from their children as he was himself separated from his son, who lost his life at the age of 21.

He affirmed that he will use his influence in broadcasts on the radio and TV to raise awareness amongst Americans, of the long lasting suffering of this population.

“I share their sufferings and I feel their pain” said Miles, adding that he will spare no effort in drawing the attention of the public to their dramatic situation.

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[Redalinho]

Human rights violations in Tindouf camps (Algeria)

A Moroccan delegation composed of citizens from the Southern provinces is touring the United States to raise the awareness of the public to human rights violations suffered by the population sequestered in Tindouf camps, southern Algeria, reported MAP news agency.

Following the latest wave of repression of the victims in Tindouf, the Moroccan delegation headed for the States to sensitise American public opinion in general and the Christian community in particular.

Several meetings were held last week in Lancaster (Pennsylvania), Pontiac (Michigan) and Columbus (Ohio), under the supervision of Reverend Rob Schenck, the president of the Washington-based National Clergy Council.

The members of the delegation, including Saadani Maa Oulainine, Mohammed Astati, El Hassan Boughnou, Boussoula Mohammed Ebeya, Ali El Jaouhar and Mohammed Khmamouch, explained to the attending public the real situation of the population confined on Algerian soil, bringing forth their own testimonies on their experiences in the camps.

According to MAP news agency, the attendees tearfully followed the story of a young girl who was separated from her family at the age of 9 and sent to Cuba where she lived an ongoing exile.

The story of Ali El Jaouhar, which described the daily sufferings of 2,400 prisoners, was as moving as the girl's. Their experiences consisted of daily torture, humiliation, hunger and uncertainty over 23 years.

The most poignant story was that of a doctor who could not assist people affected by diabetes or tuberculosis because the Polisario members stole the drugs donated by international organizations.

Speaking at these meetings, Rev. Schenck denounced the atrocious conditions of the population kept in Tindouf camps, defining the Polisario as “a gang of corrupted mercenaries who are trying to dispute the Moroccan sovereignty over the Sahara.”

Underlining the involvement of Algeria in this tragic situation, Rev. Schenck called on Algeria to open the doors of Tindouf camps and release the sequestered population to start a better life.

“The National Clergy Council is engaged to fight for the release of this population and the unification of separated families and children,” affirmed Schenck.

He called on pastors and parishioners alike to help these families with their prayers. He also urged them to enquire about this humanitarian drama and raise awareness among their communities on the sufferings of the Sahrawi population, kept on the Algerian soil, by preaching and organizing informative sessions.

The Reverend also called on the participants to send a letter to the State department in which they express their worries about the situation of this population and ask the American administration to put an end to the Polisario's embezzlement of humanitarian aids and to make sure that aid income is not used to sponsor terrorists and illegal activities.

Several officials from the clergy, including the Vice-President of the National Clergy Council David Moshier, have denounced the cruelty of the Polisario mercenaries and expressed their compassion to the Sahrawis kept as hostages in Algeria.

Pastor Prince A. Miles, who came from Southfield, said that he could feel the suffering of those separated from their children as he was himself separated from his son, who lost his life at the age of 21.

He affirmed that he will use his influence in broadcasts on the radio and TV to raise awareness amongst Americans, of the long lasting suffering of this population.

“I share their sufferings and I feel their pain” said Miles, adding that he will spare no effort in drawing the attention of the public to their dramatic situation.

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[nwusaad]

Nice pics. I really hope Algerian supported terrorist Polisario can release all Moroccan prisoners captured for 25 years.
The resolution of the conflict will only come once military-controlled Algeria starts being interested in its domestic development and problems rather than provoking Morocco and maintaining the tension between both neighbouring states and the whole North Africa.

[nwusaad]

Nice pics. I really hope Algerian supported terrorist Polisario can release all Moroccan prisoners captured for 25 years.
The resolution of the conflict will only come once military-controlled Algeria starts being interested in its domestic development and problems rather than provoking Morocco and maintaining the tension between both neighbouring states and the whole North Africa.

[nwusaad]

Nice pics. I really hope Algerian supported terrorist Polisario can release all Moroccan prisoners captured for 25 years.
The resolution of the conflict will only come once military-controlled Algeria starts being interested in its domestic development and problems rather than provoking Morocco and maintaining the tension between both neighbouring states and the whole North Africa.

[nwusaad]

Nice pics. I really hope Algerian supported terrorist Polisario can release all Moroccan prisoners captured for 25 years.
The resolution of the conflict will only come once military-controlled Algeria starts being interested in its domestic development and problems rather than provoking Morocco and maintaining the tension between both neighbouring states and the whole North Africa.

[nwusaad]

Nice pics. I really hope Algerian supported terrorist Polisario can release all Moroccan prisoners captured for 25 years.
The resolution of the conflict will only come once military-controlled Algeria starts being interested in its domestic development and problems rather than provoking Morocco and maintaining the tension between both neighbouring states and the whole North Africa.

[nwusaad]

Nice pics. I really hope Algerian supported terrorist Polisario can release all Moroccan prisoners captured for 25 years.
The resolution of the conflict will only come once military-controlled Algeria starts being interested in its domestic development and problems rather than provoking Morocco and maintaining the tension between both neighbouring states and the whole North Africa.

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According to Aujourdhui Le Maroc's August 7th edition:

The Algerian backed Polisario is grouping Agerian Sahrawis (60,000) into the refugee camps and claiming that these are Sahrawis originally from Morocco. This maneuver serves the goal of continuing to gain UN and international aid support (food, and other necessities) and also providing an impression that the Sahrawis can not return to the South of Morocco (Western Sahara) because it is occupied by Morocco.
This is another problem that illustrates the difficulty of having a referendum for Sahrawis. Who will vote? Algerian Sahrawis passing for Moroccan Sahrawis, or inhabitants of the South. The various manipulations possible suggest that great autonomy under Moroccan leadership would be the optimal solution for the W. Sahara issue.

Here is the article:

L'Association des disparus du Polisario a interpellé le Programme
des Nations Unies pour le développement (PNUD) au sujet des manoeuvres algériennes consistant à grossir le nombre des séquestrés des camps de Tindouf à des fins politiques et de propagande.
Dans une lettre adressée au Représentant résident du PNUD à Rabat, l'Association affirme que plus de 60.000 citoyens algériens d'origine sahraouie ont été installés à Tindouf et sont comptabilisés parmi les Sahraouis des camps des réfugiés qui se situent à une dizaine de kilomètres de la ville. Ces personnes, qui bénéficient de tous les avantages, notamment en matière de logement, contrairement aux séquestrés originaires des provinces marocaines du sud qui
subsistent dans des conditions inhumaines, sont exploitées doublement, aussi bien par l'Algérie que par le Polisario, en tant que citoyens algériens d'origine sahraouie, d'une part, et en tant que citoyens sahraouis réfugiés, d'autre part, souligne l'Association.

[nwusaad]

According to Aujourdhui Le Maroc's August 7th edition:

The Algerian backed Polisario is grouping Agerian Sahrawis (60,000) into the refugee camps and claiming that these are Sahrawis originally from Morocco. This maneuver serves the goal of continuing to gain UN and international aid support (food, and other necessities) and also providing an impression that the Sahrawis can not return to the South of Morocco (Western Sahara) because it is occupied by Morocco.
This is another problem that illustrates the difficulty of having a referendum for Sahrawis. Who will vote? Algerian Sahrawis passing for Moroccan Sahrawis, or inhabitants of the South. The various manipulations possible suggest that great autonomy under Moroccan leadership would be the optimal solution for the W. Sahara issue.

Here is the article:

L'Association des disparus du Polisario a interpellé le Programme
des Nations Unies pour le développement (PNUD) au sujet des manoeuvres algériennes consistant à grossir le nombre des séquestrés des camps de Tindouf à des fins politiques et de propagande.
Dans une lettre adressée au Représentant résident du PNUD à Rabat, l'Association affirme que plus de 60.000 citoyens algériens d'origine sahraouie ont été installés à Tindouf et sont comptabilisés parmi les Sahraouis des camps des réfugiés qui se situent à une dizaine de kilomètres de la ville. Ces personnes, qui bénéficient de tous les avantages, notamment en matière de logement, contrairement aux séquestrés originaires des provinces marocaines du sud qui
subsistent dans des conditions inhumaines, sont exploitées doublement, aussi bien par l'Algérie que par le Polisario, en tant que citoyens algériens d'origine sahraouie, d'une part, et en tant que citoyens sahraouis réfugiés, d'autre part, souligne l'Association.

[nwusaad]

According to Aujourdhui Le Maroc's August 7th edition:

The Algerian backed Polisario is grouping Agerian Sahrawis (60,000) into the refugee camps and claiming that these are Sahrawis originally from Morocco. This maneuver serves the goal of continuing to gain UN and international aid support (food, and other necessities) and also providing an impression that the Sahrawis can not return to the South of Morocco (Western Sahara) because it is occupied by Morocco.
This is another problem that illustrates the difficulty of having a referendum for Sahrawis. Who will vote? Algerian Sahrawis passing for Moroccan Sahrawis, or inhabitants of the South. The various manipulations possible suggest that great autonomy under Moroccan leadership would be the optimal solution for the W. Sahara issue.

Here is the article:

L'Association des disparus du Polisario a interpellé le Programme
des Nations Unies pour le développement (PNUD) au sujet des manoeuvres algériennes consistant à grossir le nombre des séquestrés des camps de Tindouf à des fins politiques et de propagande.
Dans une lettre adressée au Représentant résident du PNUD à Rabat, l'Association affirme que plus de 60.000 citoyens algériens d'origine sahraouie ont été installés à Tindouf et sont comptabilisés parmi les Sahraouis des camps des réfugiés qui se situent à une dizaine de kilomètres de la ville. Ces personnes, qui bénéficient de tous les avantages, notamment en matière de logement, contrairement aux séquestrés originaires des provinces marocaines du sud qui
subsistent dans des conditions inhumaines, sont exploitées doublement, aussi bien par l'Algérie que par le Polisario, en tant que citoyens algériens d'origine sahraouie, d'une part, et en tant que citoyens sahraouis réfugiés, d'autre part, souligne l'Association.

[nwusaad]

According to Aujourdhui Le Maroc's August 7th edition:

The Algerian backed Polisario is grouping Agerian Sahrawis (60,000) into the refugee camps and claiming that these are Sahrawis originally from Morocco. This maneuver serves the goal of continuing to gain UN and international aid support (food, and other necessities) and also providing an impression that the Sahrawis can not return to the South of Morocco (Western Sahara) because it is occupied by Morocco.
This is another problem that illustrates the difficulty of having a referendum for Sahrawis. Who will vote? Algerian Sahrawis passing for Moroccan Sahrawis, or inhabitants of the South. The various manipulations possible suggest that great autonomy under Moroccan leadership would be the optimal solution for the W. Sahara issue.

Here is the article:

L'Association des disparus du Polisario a interpellé le Programme
des Nations Unies pour le développement (PNUD) au sujet des manoeuvres algériennes consistant à grossir le nombre des séquestrés des camps de Tindouf à des fins politiques et de propagande.
Dans une lettre adressée au Représentant résident du PNUD à Rabat, l'Association affirme que plus de 60.000 citoyens algériens d'origine sahraouie ont été installés à Tindouf et sont comptabilisés parmi les Sahraouis des camps des réfugiés qui se situent à une dizaine de kilomètres de la ville. Ces personnes, qui bénéficient de tous les avantages, notamment en matière de logement, contrairement aux séquestrés originaires des provinces marocaines du sud qui
subsistent dans des conditions inhumaines, sont exploitées doublement, aussi bien par l'Algérie que par le Polisario, en tant que citoyens algériens d'origine sahraouie, d'une part, et en tant que citoyens sahraouis réfugiés, d'autre part, souligne l'Association.

[nwusaad]

According to Aujourdhui Le Maroc's August 7th edition:

The Algerian backed Polisario is grouping Agerian Sahrawis (60,000) into the refugee camps and claiming that these are Sahrawis originally from Morocco. This maneuver serves the goal of continuing to gain UN and international aid support (food, and other necessities) and also providing an impression that the Sahrawis can not return to the South of Morocco (Western Sahara) because it is occupied by Morocco.
This is another problem that illustrates the difficulty of having a referendum for Sahrawis. Who will vote? Algerian Sahrawis passing for Moroccan Sahrawis, or inhabitants of the South. The various manipulations possible suggest that great autonomy under Moroccan leadership would be the optimal solution for the W. Sahara issue.

Here is the article:

L'Association des disparus du Polisario a interpellé le Programme
des Nations Unies pour le développement (PNUD) au sujet des manoeuvres algériennes consistant à grossir le nombre des séquestrés des camps de Tindouf à des fins politiques et de propagande.
Dans une lettre adressée au Représentant résident du PNUD à Rabat, l'Association affirme que plus de 60.000 citoyens algériens d'origine sahraouie ont été installés à Tindouf et sont comptabilisés parmi les Sahraouis des camps des réfugiés qui se situent à une dizaine de kilomètres de la ville. Ces personnes, qui bénéficient de tous les avantages, notamment en matière de logement, contrairement aux séquestrés originaires des provinces marocaines du sud qui
subsistent dans des conditions inhumaines, sont exploitées doublement, aussi bien par l'Algérie que par le Polisario, en tant que citoyens algériens d'origine sahraouie, d'une part, et en tant que citoyens sahraouis réfugiés, d'autre part, souligne l'Association.

[nwusaad]

According to Aujourdhui Le Maroc's August 7th edition:

The Algerian backed Polisario is grouping Agerian Sahrawis (60,000) into the refugee camps and claiming that these are Sahrawis originally from Morocco. This maneuver serves the goal of continuing to gain UN and international aid support (food, and other necessities) and also providing an impression that the Sahrawis can not return to the South of Morocco (Western Sahara) because it is occupied by Morocco.
This is another problem that illustrates the difficulty of having a referendum for Sahrawis. Who will vote? Algerian Sahrawis passing for Moroccan Sahrawis, or inhabitants of the South. The various manipulations possible suggest that great autonomy under Moroccan leadership would be the optimal solution for the W. Sahara issue.

Here is the article:

L'Association des disparus du Polisario a interpellé le Programme
des Nations Unies pour le développement (PNUD) au sujet des manoeuvres algériennes consistant à grossir le nombre des séquestrés des camps de Tindouf à des fins politiques et de propagande.
Dans une lettre adressée au Représentant résident du PNUD à Rabat, l'Association affirme que plus de 60.000 citoyens algériens d'origine sahraouie ont été installés à Tindouf et sont comptabilisés parmi les Sahraouis des camps des réfugiés qui se situent à une dizaine de kilomètres de la ville. Ces personnes, qui bénéficient de tous les avantages, notamment en matière de logement, contrairement aux séquestrés originaires des provinces marocaines du sud qui
subsistent dans des conditions inhumaines, sont exploitées doublement, aussi bien par l'Algérie que par le Polisario, en tant que citoyens algériens d'origine sahraouie, d'une part, et en tant que citoyens sahraouis réfugiés, d'autre part, souligne l'Association.

[Chalaco]

Autonomy to Western Sahara would be really nice but I, as a foreigner, don't support separation since together they can accomplish more. Unity means strenght.

[Chalaco]

Autonomy to Western Sahara would be really nice but I, as a foreigner, don't support separation since together they can accomplish more. Unity means strenght.

[Chalaco]

Autonomy to Western Sahara would be really nice but I, as a foreigner, don't support separation since together they can accomplish more. Unity means strenght.

[Chalaco]

Autonomy to Western Sahara would be really nice but I, as a foreigner, don't support separation since together they can accomplish more. Unity means strenght.

[Chalaco]

Autonomy to Western Sahara would be really nice but I, as a foreigner, don't support separation since together they can accomplish more. Unity means strenght.

[Chalaco]

Autonomy to Western Sahara would be really nice but I, as a foreigner, don't support separation since together they can accomplish more. Unity means strenght.

[nwusaad]

I totally agree with chalaco. The belief of self-determination is not applicable nowadays. Today, there is talk of regional integration and such entities and not necessarily divisions. (APAC, NAFTA, ASEAN) In order to benefit from economies of scale and attract FDI, it is impt to have size.
Hence, the economic reasoning is obvious.
Historically, this problem only resulted due to colonization period. For Moroccans believe that there were ties between the region and the monarch prior to the colonization period. The animosity between Algeria and Morocco , Spain amplified the problem that would have been solved previously by reintegration of the province to Morocco.

[nwusaad]

I totally agree with chalaco. The belief of self-determination is not applicable nowadays. Today, there is talk of regional integration and such entities and not necessarily divisions. (APAC, NAFTA, ASEAN) In order to benefit from economies of scale and attract FDI, it is impt to have size.
Hence, the economic reasoning is obvious.
Historically, this problem only resulted due to colonization period. For Moroccans believe that there were ties between the region and the monarch prior to the colonization period. The animosity between Algeria and Morocco , Spain amplified the problem that would have been solved previously by reintegration of the province to Morocco.

[nwusaad]

I totally agree with chalaco. The belief of self-determination is not applicable nowadays. Today, there is talk of regional integration and such entities and not necessarily divisions. (APAC, NAFTA, ASEAN) In order to benefit from economies of scale and attract FDI, it is impt to have size.
Hence, the economic reasoning is obvious.
Historically, this problem only resulted due to colonization period. For Moroccans believe that there were ties between the region and the monarch prior to the colonization period. The animosity between Algeria and Morocco , Spain amplified the problem that would have been solved previously by reintegration of the province to Morocco.

[nwusaad]

I totally agree with chalaco. The belief of self-determination is not applicable nowadays. Today, there is talk of regional integration and such entities and not necessarily divisions. (APAC, NAFTA, ASEAN) In order to benefit from economies of scale and attract FDI, it is impt to have size.
Hence, the economic reasoning is obvious.
Historically, this problem only resulted due to colonization period. For Moroccans believe that there were ties between the region and the monarch prior to the colonization period. The animosity between Algeria and Morocco , Spain amplified the problem that would have been solved previously by reintegration of the province to Morocco.

[nwusaad]

I totally agree with chalaco. The belief of self-determination is not applicable nowadays. Today, there is talk of regional integration and such entities and not necessarily divisions. (APAC, NAFTA, ASEAN) In order to benefit from economies of scale and attract FDI, it is impt to have size.
Hence, the economic reasoning is obvious.
Historically, this problem only resulted due to colonization period. For Moroccans believe that there were ties between the region and the monarch prior to the colonization period. The animosity between Algeria and Morocco , Spain amplified the problem that would have been solved previously by reintegration of the province to Morocco.

[nwusaad]

I totally agree with chalaco. The belief of self-determination is not applicable nowadays. Today, there is talk of regional integration and such entities and not necessarily divisions. (APAC, NAFTA, ASEAN) In order to benefit from economies of scale and attract FDI, it is impt to have size.
Hence, the economic reasoning is obvious.
Historically, this problem only resulted due to colonization period. For Moroccans believe that there were ties between the region and the monarch prior to the colonization period. The animosity between Algeria and Morocco , Spain amplified the problem that would have been solved previously by reintegration of the province to Morocco.

[Redalinho]

Reverend calls on Americans to wake up to 'Polisario'-made human tragedy

Knoxville (Tennessee), Aug. 8 - Reverend Rob Schenck, Chairman of the American National Clergy Council, called on Americans to mobilize to unveil to the world the real nature of "Polisario" and the human tragedy that is unfolding in the camps of Tindouf on Algerian soil.

The Algeria-backed "Polisario" lured in the mid seventies in the region of Tindouf, south-west Algeria, thousands of Sahrawis to shore up it claim of separating the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved from Spain under the Madrid accords.

Rev. Schenck said " Polisario leaders are living comfortably at the expense of thousands of people held hostage in the camps », at a luncheon hosted here on Monday and attended by a delegation of Moroccans from the Sahara.

The cleric said « Polisario » has close links with the Cuba regime thanks to the complicity of Algeria and has been deporting children to the Caribbean island to brainwash them.

“Polisario” has been also misappropriating the human aid to sell it in the black market in neighboring countries, the Reverend said.

He called on Americans to ask their representatives in the Congress and the State department to allow those «who have no voice and who are sequestrated in the camps » to speak.

The luncheon attendees watched a documentary on the triangular relations between “Polisario”, Algeria and Cuba and heard testimonies, both by Sahrawis who fled the camps and Moroccan soldiers detained for years by “Polisario”, on the various forms of torture and abuse practiced in the camps.

The delegation of the Moroccans, including some who were sent to Cuba but deserted « Polisario » to return to Morocco, is informing the American public on the tragic situation of the Sahrawis and « Polisario » suppression and oppression.

It is scheduled to meet several American representatives, including republican Senator William Frist, and pay a visit to Gatlinburg, Houston where it is having talks with Christian communities.

[Redalinho]

Reverend calls on Americans to wake up to 'Polisario'-made human tragedy

Knoxville (Tennessee), Aug. 8 - Reverend Rob Schenck, Chairman of the American National Clergy Council, called on Americans to mobilize to unveil to the world the real nature of "Polisario" and the human tragedy that is unfolding in the camps of Tindouf on Algerian soil.

The Algeria-backed "Polisario" lured in the mid seventies in the region of Tindouf, south-west Algeria, thousands of Sahrawis to shore up it claim of separating the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved from Spain under the Madrid accords.

Rev. Schenck said " Polisario leaders are living comfortably at the expense of thousands of people held hostage in the camps », at a luncheon hosted here on Monday and attended by a delegation of Moroccans from the Sahara.

The cleric said « Polisario » has close links with the Cuba regime thanks to the complicity of Algeria and has been deporting children to the Caribbean island to brainwash them.

“Polisario” has been also misappropriating the human aid to sell it in the black market in neighboring countries, the Reverend said.

He called on Americans to ask their representatives in the Congress and the State department to allow those «who have no voice and who are sequestrated in the camps » to speak.

The luncheon attendees watched a documentary on the triangular relations between “Polisario”, Algeria and Cuba and heard testimonies, both by Sahrawis who fled the camps and Moroccan soldiers detained for years by “Polisario”, on the various forms of torture and abuse practiced in the camps.

The delegation of the Moroccans, including some who were sent to Cuba but deserted « Polisario » to return to Morocco, is informing the American public on the tragic situation of the Sahrawis and « Polisario » suppression and oppression.

It is scheduled to meet several American representatives, including republican Senator William Frist, and pay a visit to Gatlinburg, Houston where it is having talks with Christian communities.

[Redalinho]

Reverend calls on Americans to wake up to 'Polisario'-made human tragedy

Knoxville (Tennessee), Aug. 8 - Reverend Rob Schenck, Chairman of the American National Clergy Council, called on Americans to mobilize to unveil to the world the real nature of "Polisario" and the human tragedy that is unfolding in the camps of Tindouf on Algerian soil.

The Algeria-backed "Polisario" lured in the mid seventies in the region of Tindouf, south-west Algeria, thousands of Sahrawis to shore up it claim of separating the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved from Spain under the Madrid accords.

Rev. Schenck said " Polisario leaders are living comfortably at the expense of thousands of people held hostage in the camps », at a luncheon hosted here on Monday and attended by a delegation of Moroccans from the Sahara.

The cleric said « Polisario » has close links with the Cuba regime thanks to the complicity of Algeria and has been deporting children to the Caribbean island to brainwash them.

“Polisario” has been also misappropriating the human aid to sell it in the black market in neighboring countries, the Reverend said.

He called on Americans to ask their representatives in the Congress and the State department to allow those «who have no voice and who are sequestrated in the camps » to speak.

The luncheon attendees watched a documentary on the triangular relations between “Polisario”, Algeria and Cuba and heard testimonies, both by Sahrawis who fled the camps and Moroccan soldiers detained for years by “Polisario”, on the various forms of torture and abuse practiced in the camps.

The delegation of the Moroccans, including some who were sent to Cuba but deserted « Polisario » to return to Morocco, is informing the American public on the tragic situation of the Sahrawis and « Polisario » suppression and oppression.

It is scheduled to meet several American representatives, including republican Senator William Frist, and pay a visit to Gatlinburg, Houston where it is having talks with Christian communities.

[Redalinho]

Reverend calls on Americans to wake up to 'Polisario'-made human tragedy

Knoxville (Tennessee), Aug. 8 - Reverend Rob Schenck, Chairman of the American National Clergy Council, called on Americans to mobilize to unveil to the world the real nature of "Polisario" and the human tragedy that is unfolding in the camps of Tindouf on Algerian soil.

The Algeria-backed "Polisario" lured in the mid seventies in the region of Tindouf, south-west Algeria, thousands of Sahrawis to shore up it claim of separating the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved from Spain under the Madrid accords.

Rev. Schenck said " Polisario leaders are living comfortably at the expense of thousands of people held hostage in the camps », at a luncheon hosted here on Monday and attended by a delegation of Moroccans from the Sahara.

The cleric said « Polisario » has close links with the Cuba regime thanks to the complicity of Algeria and has been deporting children to the Caribbean island to brainwash them.

“Polisario” has been also misappropriating the human aid to sell it in the black market in neighboring countries, the Reverend said.

He called on Americans to ask their representatives in the Congress and the State department to allow those «who have no voice and who are sequestrated in the camps » to speak.

The luncheon attendees watched a documentary on the triangular relations between “Polisario”, Algeria and Cuba and heard testimonies, both by Sahrawis who fled the camps and Moroccan soldiers detained for years by “Polisario”, on the various forms of torture and abuse practiced in the camps.

The delegation of the Moroccans, including some who were sent to Cuba but deserted « Polisario » to return to Morocco, is informing the American public on the tragic situation of the Sahrawis and « Polisario » suppression and oppression.

It is scheduled to meet several American representatives, including republican Senator William Frist, and pay a visit to Gatlinburg, Houston where it is having talks with Christian communities.

[Redalinho]

Reverend calls on Americans to wake up to 'Polisario'-made human tragedy

Knoxville (Tennessee), Aug. 8 - Reverend Rob Schenck, Chairman of the American National Clergy Council, called on Americans to mobilize to unveil to the world the real nature of "Polisario" and the human tragedy that is unfolding in the camps of Tindouf on Algerian soil.

The Algeria-backed "Polisario" lured in the mid seventies in the region of Tindouf, south-west Algeria, thousands of Sahrawis to shore up it claim of separating the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved from Spain under the Madrid accords.

Rev. Schenck said " Polisario leaders are living comfortably at the expense of thousands of people held hostage in the camps », at a luncheon hosted here on Monday and attended by a delegation of Moroccans from the Sahara.

The cleric said « Polisario » has close links with the Cuba regime thanks to the complicity of Algeria and has been deporting children to the Caribbean island to brainwash them.

“Polisario” has been also misappropriating the human aid to sell it in the black market in neighboring countries, the Reverend said.

He called on Americans to ask their representatives in the Congress and the State department to allow those «who have no voice and who are sequestrated in the camps » to speak.

The luncheon attendees watched a documentary on the triangular relations between “Polisario”, Algeria and Cuba and heard testimonies, both by Sahrawis who fled the camps and Moroccan soldiers detained for years by “Polisario”, on the various forms of torture and abuse practiced in the camps.

The delegation of the Moroccans, including some who were sent to Cuba but deserted « Polisario » to return to Morocco, is informing the American public on the tragic situation of the Sahrawis and « Polisario » suppression and oppression.

It is scheduled to meet several American representatives, including republican Senator William Frist, and pay a visit to Gatlinburg, Houston where it is having talks with Christian communities.

[Redalinho]

Reverend calls on Americans to wake up to 'Polisario'-made human tragedy

Knoxville (Tennessee), Aug. 8 - Reverend Rob Schenck, Chairman of the American National Clergy Council, called on Americans to mobilize to unveil to the world the real nature of "Polisario" and the human tragedy that is unfolding in the camps of Tindouf on Algerian soil.

The Algeria-backed "Polisario" lured in the mid seventies in the region of Tindouf, south-west Algeria, thousands of Sahrawis to shore up it claim of separating the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved from Spain under the Madrid accords.

Rev. Schenck said " Polisario leaders are living comfortably at the expense of thousands of people held hostage in the camps », at a luncheon hosted here on Monday and attended by a delegation of Moroccans from the Sahara.

The cleric said « Polisario » has close links with the Cuba regime thanks to the complicity of Algeria and has been deporting children to the Caribbean island to brainwash them.

“Polisario” has been also misappropriating the human aid to sell it in the black market in neighboring countries, the Reverend said.

He called on Americans to ask their representatives in the Congress and the State department to allow those «who have no voice and who are sequestrated in the camps » to speak.

The luncheon attendees watched a documentary on the triangular relations between “Polisario”, Algeria and Cuba and heard testimonies, both by Sahrawis who fled the camps and Moroccan soldiers detained for years by “Polisario”, on the various forms of torture and abuse practiced in the camps.

The delegation of the Moroccans, including some who were sent to Cuba but deserted « Polisario » to return to Morocco, is informing the American public on the tragic situation of the Sahrawis and « Polisario » suppression and oppression.

It is scheduled to meet several American representatives, including republican Senator William Frist, and pay a visit to Gatlinburg, Houston where it is having talks with Christian communities.

[KoussKoussKlan]

Reverend calls on Americans to wake up to 'Polisario'-made human tragedy

Knoxville (Tennessee), Aug. 8 - Reverend Rob Schenck, Chairman of the American National Clergy Council, called on Americans to mobilize to unveil to the world the real nature of "Polisario" and the human tragedy that is unfolding in the camps of Tindouf on Algerian soil.

The Algeria-backed "Polisario" lured in the mid seventies in the region of Tindouf, south-west Algeria, thousands of Sahrawis to shore up it claim of separating the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved from Spain under the Madrid accords.

Rev. Schenck said " Polisario leaders are living comfortably at the expense of thousands of people held hostage in the camps », at a luncheon hosted here on Monday and attended by a delegation of Moroccans from the Sahara.

The cleric said « Polisario » has close links with the Cuba regime thanks to the complicity of Algeria and has been deporting children to the Caribbean island to brainwash them.

“Polisario” has been also misappropriating the human aid to sell it in the black market in neighboring countries, the Reverend said.

He called on Americans to ask their representatives in the Congress and the State department to allow those «who have no voice and who are sequestrated in the camps » to speak.

The luncheon attendees watched a documentary on the triangular relations between “Polisario”, Algeria and Cuba and heard testimonies, both by Sahrawis who fled the camps and Moroccan soldiers detained for years by “Polisario”, on the various forms of torture and abuse practiced in the camps.

The delegation of the Moroccans, including some who were sent to Cuba but deserted « Polisario » to return to Morocco, is informing the American public on the tragic situation of the Sahrawis and « Polisario » suppression and oppression.

It is scheduled to meet several American representatives, including republican Senator William Frist, and pay a visit to Gatlinburg, Houston where it is having talks with Christian communities.



I like this reverand...:D

[KoussKoussKlan]

Reverend calls on Americans to wake up to 'Polisario'-made human tragedy

Knoxville (Tennessee), Aug. 8 - Reverend Rob Schenck, Chairman of the American National Clergy Council, called on Americans to mobilize to unveil to the world the real nature of "Polisario" and the human tragedy that is unfolding in the camps of Tindouf on Algerian soil.

The Algeria-backed "Polisario" lured in the mid seventies in the region of Tindouf, south-west Algeria, thousands of Sahrawis to shore up it claim of separating the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved from Spain under the Madrid accords.

Rev. Schenck said " Polisario leaders are living comfortably at the expense of thousands of people held hostage in the camps », at a luncheon hosted here on Monday and attended by a delegation of Moroccans from the Sahara.

The cleric said « Polisario » has close links with the Cuba regime thanks to the complicity of Algeria and has been deporting children to the Caribbean island to brainwash them.

“Polisario” has been also misappropriating the human aid to sell it in the black market in neighboring countries, the Reverend said.

He called on Americans to ask their representatives in the Congress and the State department to allow those «who have no voice and who are sequestrated in the camps » to speak.

The luncheon attendees watched a documentary on the triangular relations between “Polisario”, Algeria and Cuba and heard testimonies, both by Sahrawis who fled the camps and Moroccan soldiers detained for years by “Polisario”, on the various forms of torture and abuse practiced in the camps.

The delegation of the Moroccans, including some who were sent to Cuba but deserted « Polisario » to return to Morocco, is informing the American public on the tragic situation of the Sahrawis and « Polisario » suppression and oppression.

It is scheduled to meet several American representatives, including republican Senator William Frist, and pay a visit to Gatlinburg, Houston where it is having talks with Christian communities.



I like this reverand...:D

[KoussKoussKlan]

Reverend calls on Americans to wake up to 'Polisario'-made human tragedy

Knoxville (Tennessee), Aug. 8 - Reverend Rob Schenck, Chairman of the American National Clergy Council, called on Americans to mobilize to unveil to the world the real nature of "Polisario" and the human tragedy that is unfolding in the camps of Tindouf on Algerian soil.

The Algeria-backed "Polisario" lured in the mid seventies in the region of Tindouf, south-west Algeria, thousands of Sahrawis to shore up it claim of separating the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved from Spain under the Madrid accords.

Rev. Schenck said " Polisario leaders are living comfortably at the expense of thousands of people held hostage in the camps », at a luncheon hosted here on Monday and attended by a delegation of Moroccans from the Sahara.

The cleric said « Polisario » has close links with the Cuba regime thanks to the complicity of Algeria and has been deporting children to the Caribbean island to brainwash them.

“Polisario” has been also misappropriating the human aid to sell it in the black market in neighboring countries, the Reverend said.

He called on Americans to ask their representatives in the Congress and the State department to allow those «who have no voice and who are sequestrated in the camps » to speak.

The luncheon attendees watched a documentary on the triangular relations between “Polisario”, Algeria and Cuba and heard testimonies, both by Sahrawis who fled the camps and Moroccan soldiers detained for years by “Polisario”, on the various forms of torture and abuse practiced in the camps.

The delegation of the Moroccans, including some who were sent to Cuba but deserted « Polisario » to return to Morocco, is informing the American public on the tragic situation of the Sahrawis and « Polisario » suppression and oppression.

It is scheduled to meet several American representatives, including republican Senator William Frist, and pay a visit to Gatlinburg, Houston where it is having talks with Christian communities.



I like this reverand...:D

[KoussKoussKlan]

Reverend calls on Americans to wake up to 'Polisario'-made human tragedy

Knoxville (Tennessee), Aug. 8 - Reverend Rob Schenck, Chairman of the American National Clergy Council, called on Americans to mobilize to unveil to the world the real nature of "Polisario" and the human tragedy that is unfolding in the camps of Tindouf on Algerian soil.

The Algeria-backed "Polisario" lured in the mid seventies in the region of Tindouf, south-west Algeria, thousands of Sahrawis to shore up it claim of separating the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved from Spain under the Madrid accords.

Rev. Schenck said " Polisario leaders are living comfortably at the expense of thousands of people held hostage in the camps », at a luncheon hosted here on Monday and attended by a delegation of Moroccans from the Sahara.

The cleric said « Polisario » has close links with the Cuba regime thanks to the complicity of Algeria and has been deporting children to the Caribbean island to brainwash them.

“Polisario” has been also misappropriating the human aid to sell it in the black market in neighboring countries, the Reverend said.

He called on Americans to ask their representatives in the Congress and the State department to allow those «who have no voice and who are sequestrated in the camps » to speak.

The luncheon attendees watched a documentary on the triangular relations between “Polisario”, Algeria and Cuba and heard testimonies, both by Sahrawis who fled the camps and Moroccan soldiers detained for years by “Polisario”, on the various forms of torture and abuse practiced in the camps.

The delegation of the Moroccans, including some who were sent to Cuba but deserted « Polisario » to return to Morocco, is informing the American public on the tragic situation of the Sahrawis and « Polisario » suppression and oppression.

It is scheduled to meet several American representatives, including republican Senator William Frist, and pay a visit to Gatlinburg, Houston where it is having talks with Christian communities.



I like this reverand...:D

[KoussKoussKlan]

Reverend calls on Americans to wake up to 'Polisario'-made human tragedy

Knoxville (Tennessee), Aug. 8 - Reverend Rob Schenck, Chairman of the American National Clergy Council, called on Americans to mobilize to unveil to the world the real nature of "Polisario" and the human tragedy that is unfolding in the camps of Tindouf on Algerian soil.

The Algeria-backed "Polisario" lured in the mid seventies in the region of Tindouf, south-west Algeria, thousands of Sahrawis to shore up it claim of separating the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved from Spain under the Madrid accords.

Rev. Schenck said " Polisario leaders are living comfortably at the expense of thousands of people held hostage in the camps », at a luncheon hosted here on Monday and attended by a delegation of Moroccans from the Sahara.

The cleric said « Polisario » has close links with the Cuba regime thanks to the complicity of Algeria and has been deporting children to the Caribbean island to brainwash them.

“Polisario” has been also misappropriating the human aid to sell it in the black market in neighboring countries, the Reverend said.

He called on Americans to ask their representatives in the Congress and the State department to allow those «who have no voice and who are sequestrated in the camps » to speak.

The luncheon attendees watched a documentary on the triangular relations between “Polisario”, Algeria and Cuba and heard testimonies, both by Sahrawis who fled the camps and Moroccan soldiers detained for years by “Polisario”, on the various forms of torture and abuse practiced in the camps.

The delegation of the Moroccans, including some who were sent to Cuba but deserted « Polisario » to return to Morocco, is informing the American public on the tragic situation of the Sahrawis and « Polisario » suppression and oppression.

It is scheduled to meet several American representatives, including republican Senator William Frist, and pay a visit to Gatlinburg, Houston where it is having talks with Christian communities.



I like this reverand...:D

[KoussKoussKlan]

Reverend calls on Americans to wake up to 'Polisario'-made human tragedy

Knoxville (Tennessee), Aug. 8 - Reverend Rob Schenck, Chairman of the American National Clergy Council, called on Americans to mobilize to unveil to the world the real nature of "Polisario" and the human tragedy that is unfolding in the camps of Tindouf on Algerian soil.

The Algeria-backed "Polisario" lured in the mid seventies in the region of Tindouf, south-west Algeria, thousands of Sahrawis to shore up it claim of separating the Moroccan southern provinces, known as the Sahara, retrieved from Spain under the Madrid accords.

Rev. Schenck said " Polisario leaders are living comfortably at the expense of thousands of people held hostage in the camps », at a luncheon hosted here on Monday and attended by a delegation of Moroccans from the Sahara.

The cleric said « Polisario » has close links with the Cuba regime thanks to the complicity of Algeria and has been deporting children to the Caribbean island to brainwash them.

“Polisario” has been also misappropriating the human aid to sell it in the black market in neighboring countries, the Reverend said.

He called on Americans to ask their representatives in the Congress and the State department to allow those «who have no voice and who are sequestrated in the camps » to speak.

The luncheon attendees watched a documentary on the triangular relations between “Polisario”, Algeria and Cuba and heard testimonies, both by Sahrawis who fled the camps and Moroccan soldiers detained for years by “Polisario”, on the various forms of torture and abuse practiced in the camps.

The delegation of the Moroccans, including some who were sent to Cuba but deserted « Polisario » to return to Morocco, is informing the American public on the tragic situation of the Sahrawis and « Polisario » suppression and oppression.

It is scheduled to meet several American representatives, including republican Senator William Frist, and pay a visit to Gatlinburg, Houston where it is having talks with Christian communities.



I like this reverand...:D

[AntonAmeneiro]

I totally agree with chalaco. The belief of self-determination is not applicable nowadays. Today, there is talk of regional integration and such entities and not necessarily divisions. (APAC, NAFTA, ASEAN) In order to benefit from economies of scale and attract FDI, it is impt to have size.
Hence, the economic reasoning is obvious.
Historically, this problem only resulted due to colonization period. For Moroccans believe that there were ties between the region and the monarch prior to the colonization period. The animosity between Algeria and Morocco , Spain amplified the problem that would have been solved previously by reintegration of the province to Morocco.

Sometimes reading certain posts in this forum I get the impression that Spain is seen as a kind of "Big Satan" in Morocco...
Nwusaad, you need to understand that Spain needs to do now what we didn't do when we left Western Sahara, which is to care for the native population that we left unattended.

The thing is... try to understand that for us it's irrelevant if Western Sahara belongs to Morocco or not... it's just that we have many Saharaui people in Spain (not Spaniards) who are asking for our help cos they believe they've been occupied by the Moroccans... this is not my version, but what Saharauis say...

Quoted from Wikipedia:
"The Kingdom of Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) presently dispute the control of the territory, Morocco claiming the Sahara as an integral part of the kingdom, while the SADR is a government in exile, controlling a minority of the territory. The rest is controlled and the entirety claimed by Morocco. The SADR is recognized by 48 states, and a full member of the African Union. Moroccan sovereignty or "territorial integrity" has been supported by members of the Arab League[1],[2] and by 25 states."

It seems that the status of Western Sahara as "part of Morocco" isn't really recognised by most of the countries...

Also quoted from Wikipedia:
"The Western Sahara conflict has resulted in severe human rights abuses, most notably the displacement of around 200,000 Sahrawi civilians from the country. Both Morocco and the Polisario accuse each other of violating the human rights of the populations under their control.

Morocco has been heavily criticised by international human rights organizations for its actions in Western Sahara, while criticism of the Polisario has been less frequent.[4] During the war, both sides accused each other of targeting civilians. Morocco has been internationally condemned for employing napalm against refugee columns in 1975[5] and for collective punishment against Sahrawi civilians (see 'The "Disappeared"'). The Moroccan claims of Polisario terrorism has generally received little support abroad, with the USA refusing to include the group on its list of terrorist organizations. Polisario in turn maintained that they are ideologically opposed to terrorism and will only wage a "clean war of national liberation". For human rights abuse in Tindouf camps, see Human rights in Western Sahara"

and I found this quite interesting as well:
"The referendum stalls
The referendum, originally scheduled for 1992, was planned to give the indigenous population the option between independence or inclusion to Morocco, but has not taken place as of 2006. At the heart of the dispute lies the question of who can be registered as an indigenous voter. In 1997, the Houston Agreement made another attempt to implement the referendum, but failed.

Both sides blame each other for the stalling of the referendum. But while the Polisario has consistently asked for the UN to go ahead with the vote, standing only to lose from the status quo, Morocco has been troubled by the risk of losing a referendum or receiving a large enough vote against annexation to undermine years of nationalist rhetoric from the government. Indeed, shortly after the Houston Agreement, the kingdom officially declared that it was "no longer necessary" to include an option of independence on the ballot, offering instead autonomy. Erik Jensen, who played an administrative role in MINURSO, wrote that neither side would agree to a voter registration in which they were destined to lose (see Western Sahara: Anatomy of a Stalemate)."

[AntonAmeneiro]

I totally agree with chalaco. The belief of self-determination is not applicable nowadays. Today, there is talk of regional integration and such entities and not necessarily divisions. (APAC, NAFTA, ASEAN) In order to benefit from economies of scale and attract FDI, it is impt to have size.
Hence, the economic reasoning is obvious.
Historically, this problem only resulted due to colonization period. For Moroccans believe that there were ties between the region and the monarch prior to the colonization period. The animosity between Algeria and Morocco , Spain amplified the problem that would have been solved previously by reintegration of the province to Morocco.

Sometimes reading certain posts in this forum I get the impression that Spain is seen as a kind of "Big Satan" in Morocco...
Nwusaad, you need to understand that Spain needs to do now what we didn't do when we left Western Sahara, which is to care for the native population that we left unattended.

The thing is... try to understand that for us it's irrelevant if Western Sahara belongs to Morocco or not... it's just that we have many Saharaui people in Spain (not Spaniards) who are asking for our help cos they believe they've been occupied by the Moroccans... this is not my version, but what Saharauis say...

Quoted from Wikipedia:
"The Kingdom of Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) presently dispute the control of the territory, Morocco claiming the Sahara as an integral part of the kingdom, while the SADR is a government in exile, controlling a minority of the territory. The rest is controlled and the entirety claimed by Morocco. The SADR is recognized by 48 states, and a full member of the African Union. Moroccan sovereignty or "territorial integrity" has been supported by members of the Arab League[1],[2] and by 25 states."

It seems that the status of Western Sahara as "part of Morocco" isn't really recognised by most of the countries...

Also quoted from Wikipedia:
"The Western Sahara conflict has resulted in severe human rights abuses, most notably the displacement of around 200,000 Sahrawi civilians from the country. Both Morocco and the Polisario accuse each other of violating the human rights of the populations under their control.

Morocco has been heavily criticised by international human rights organizations for its actions in Western Sahara, while criticism of the Polisario has been less frequent.[4] During the war, both sides accused each other of targeting civilians. Morocco has been internationally condemned for employing napalm against refugee columns in 1975[5] and for collective punishment against Sahrawi civilians (see 'The "Disappeared"'). The Moroccan claims of Polisario terrorism has generally received little support abroad, with the USA refusing to include the group on its list of terrorist organizations. Polisario in turn maintained that they are ideologically opposed to terrorism and will only wage a "clean war of national liberation". For human rights abuse in Tindouf camps, see Human rights in Western Sahara"

and I found this quite interesting as well:
"The referendum stalls
The referendum, originally scheduled for 1992, was planned to give the indigenous population the option between independence or inclusion to Morocco, but has not taken place as of 2006. At the heart of the dispute lies the question of who can be registered as an indigenous voter. In 1997, the Houston Agreement made another attempt to implement the referendum, but failed.

Both sides blame each other for the stalling of the referendum. But while the Polisario has consistently asked for the UN to go ahead with the vote, standing only to lose from the status quo, Morocco has been troubled by the risk of losing a referendum or receiving a large enough vote against annexation to undermine years of nationalist rhetoric from the government. Indeed, shortly after the Houston Agreement, the kingdom officially declared that it was "no longer necessary" to include an option of independence on the ballot, offering instead autonomy. Erik Jensen, who played an administrative role in MINURSO, wrote that neither side would agree to a voter registration in which they were destined to lose (see Western Sahara: Anatomy of a Stalemate)."

[AntonAmeneiro]

I totally agree with chalaco. The belief of self-determination is not applicable nowadays. Today, there is talk of regional integration and such entities and not necessarily divisions. (APAC, NAFTA, ASEAN) In order to benefit from economies of scale and attract FDI, it is impt to have size.
Hence, the economic reasoning is obvious.
Historically, this problem only resulted due to colonization period. For Moroccans believe that there were ties between the region and the monarch prior to the colonization period. The animosity between Algeria and Morocco , Spain amplified the problem that would have been solved previously by reintegration of the province to Morocco.

Sometimes reading certain posts in this forum I get the impression that Spain is seen as a kind of "Big Satan" in Morocco...
Nwusaad, you need to understand that Spain needs to do now what we didn't do when we left Western Sahara, which is to care for the native population that we left unattended.

The thing is... try to understand that for us it's irrelevant if Western Sahara belongs to Morocco or not... it's just that we have many Saharaui people in Spain (not Spaniards) who are asking for our help cos they believe they've been occupied by the Moroccans... this is not my version, but what Saharauis say...

Quoted from Wikipedia:
"The Kingdom of Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) presently dispute the control of the territory, Morocco claiming the Sahara as an integral part of the kingdom, while the SADR is a government in exile, controlling a minority of the territory. The rest is controlled and the entirety claimed by Morocco. The SADR is recognized by 48 states, and a full member of the African Union. Moroccan sovereignty or "territorial integrity" has been supported by members of the Arab League[1],[2] and by 25 states."

It seems that the status of Western Sahara as "part of Morocco" isn't really recognised by most of the countries...

Also quoted from Wikipedia:
"The Western Sahara conflict has resulted in severe human rights abuses, most notably the displacement of around 200,000 Sahrawi civilians from the country. Both Morocco and the Polisario accuse each other of violating the human rights of the populations under their control.

Morocco has been heavily criticised by international human rights organizations for its actions in Western Sahara, while criticism of the Polisario has been less frequent.[4] During the war, both sides accused each other of targeting civilians. Morocco has been internationally condemned for employing napalm against refugee columns in 1975[5] and for collective punishment against Sahrawi civilians (see 'The "Disappeared"'). The Moroccan claims of Polisario terrorism has generally received little support abroad, with the USA refusing to include the group on its list of terrorist organizations. Polisario in turn maintained that they are ideologically opposed to terrorism and will only wage a "clean war of national liberation". For human rights abuse in Tindouf camps, see Human rights in Western Sahara"

and I found this quite interesting as well:
"The referendum stalls
The referendum, originally scheduled for 1992, was planned to give the indigenous population the option between independence or inclusion to Morocco, but has not taken place as of 2006. At the heart of the dispute lies the question of who can be registered as an indigenous voter. In 1997, the Houston Agreement made another attempt to implement the referendum, but failed.

Both sides blame each other for the stalling of the referendum. But while the Polisario has consistently asked for the UN to go ahead with the vote, standing only to lose from the status quo, Morocco has been troubled by the risk of losing a referendum or receiving a large enough vote against annexation to undermine years of nationalist rhetoric from the government. Indeed, shortly after the Houston Agreement, the kingdom officially declared that it was "no longer necessary" to include an option of independence on the ballot, offering instead autonomy. Erik Jensen, who played an administrative role in MINURSO, wrote that neither side would agree to a voter registration in which they were destined to lose (see Western Sahara: Anatomy of a Stalemate)."

[AntonAmeneiro]

I totally agree with chalaco. The belief of self-determination is not applicable nowadays. Today, there is talk of regional integration and such entities and not necessarily divisions. (APAC, NAFTA, ASEAN) In order to benefit from economies of scale and attract FDI, it is impt to have size.
Hence, the economic reasoning is obvious.
Historically, this problem only resulted due to colonization period. For Moroccans believe that there were ties between the region and the monarch prior to the colonization period. The animosity between Algeria and Morocco , Spain amplified the problem that would have been solved previously by reintegration of the province to Morocco.

Sometimes reading certain posts in this forum I get the impression that Spain is seen as a kind of "Big Satan" in Morocco...
Nwusaad, you need to understand that Spain needs to do now what we didn't do when we left Western Sahara, which is to care for the native population that we left unattended.

The thing is... try to understand that for us it's irrelevant if Western Sahara belongs to Morocco or not... it's just that we have many Saharaui people in Spain (not Spaniards) who are asking for our help cos they believe they've been occupied by the Moroccans... this is not my version, but what Saharauis say...

Quoted from Wikipedia:
"The Kingdom of Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) presently dispute the control of the territory, Morocco claiming the Sahara as an integral part of the kingdom, while the SADR is a government in exile, controlling a minority of the territory. The rest is controlled and the entirety claimed by Morocco. The SADR is recognized by 48 states, and a full member of the African Union. Moroccan sovereignty or "territorial integrity" has been supported by members of the Arab League[1],[2] and by 25 states."

It seems that the status of Western Sahara as "part of Morocco" isn't really recognised by most of the countries...

Also quoted from Wikipedia:
"The Western Sahara conflict has resulted in severe human rights abuses, most notably the displacement of around 200,000 Sahrawi civilians from the country. Both Morocco and the Polisario accuse each other of violating the human rights of the populations under their control.

Morocco has been heavily criticised by international human rights organizations for its actions in Western Sahara, while criticism of the Polisario has been less frequent.[4] During the war, both sides accused each other of targeting civilians. Morocco has been internationally condemned for employing napalm against refugee columns in 1975[5] and for collective punishment against Sahrawi civilians (see 'The "Disappeared"'). The Moroccan claims of Polisario terrorism has generally received little support abroad, with the USA refusing to include the group on its list of terrorist organizations. Polisario in turn maintained that they are ideologically opposed to terrorism and will only wage a "clean war of national liberation". For human rights abuse in Tindouf camps, see Human rights in Western Sahara"

and I found this quite interesting as well:
"The referendum stalls
The referendum, originally scheduled for 1992, was planned to give the indigenous population the option between independence or inclusion to Morocco, but has not taken place as of 2006. At the heart of the dispute lies the question of who can be registered as an indigenous voter. In 1997, the Houston Agreement made another attempt to implement the referendum, but failed.

Both sides blame each other for the stalling of the referendum. But while the Polisario has consistently asked for the UN to go ahead with the vote, standing only to lose from the status quo, Morocco has been troubled by the risk of losing a referendum or receiving a large enough vote against annexation to undermine years of nationalist rhetoric from the government. Indeed, shortly after the Houston Agreement, the kingdom officially declared that it was "no longer necessary" to include an option of independence on the ballot, offering instead autonomy. Erik Jensen, who played an administrative role in MINURSO, wrote that neither side would agree to a voter registration in which they were destined to lose (see Western Sahara: Anatomy of a Stalemate)."

[AntonAmeneiro]

I totally agree with chalaco. The belief of self-determination is not applicable nowadays. Today, there is talk of regional integration and such entities and not necessarily divisions. (APAC, NAFTA, ASEAN) In order to benefit from economies of scale and attract FDI, it is impt to have size.
Hence, the economic reasoning is obvious.
Historically, this problem only resulted due to colonization period. For Moroccans believe that there were ties between the region and the monarch prior to the colonization period. The animosity between Algeria and Morocco , Spain amplified the problem that would have been solved previously by reintegration of the province to Morocco.

Sometimes reading certain posts in this forum I get the impression that Spain is seen as a kind of "Big Satan" in Morocco...
Nwusaad, you need to understand that Spain needs to do now what we didn't do when we left Western Sahara, which is to care for the native population that we left unattended.

The thing is... try to understand that for us it's irrelevant if Western Sahara belongs to Morocco or not... it's just that we have many Saharaui people in Spain (not Spaniards) who are asking for our help cos they believe they've been occupied by the Moroccans... this is not my version, but what Saharauis say...

Quoted from Wikipedia:
"The Kingdom of Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) presently dispute the control of the territory, Morocco claiming the Sahara as an integral part of the kingdom, while the SADR is a government in exile, controlling a minority of the territory. The rest is controlled and the entirety claimed by Morocco. The SADR is recognized by 48 states, and a full member of the African Union. Moroccan sovereignty or "territorial integrity" has been supported by members of the Arab League[1],[2] and by 25 states."

It seems that the status of Western Sahara as "part of Morocco" isn't really recognised by most of the countries...

Also quoted from Wikipedia:
"The Western Sahara conflict has resulted in severe human rights abuses, most notably the displacement of around 200,000 Sahrawi civilians from the country. Both Morocco and the Polisario accuse each other of violating the human rights of the populations under their control.

Morocco has been heavily criticised by international human rights organizations for its actions in Western Sahara, while criticism of the Polisario has been less frequent.[4] During the war, both sides accused each other of targeting civilians. Morocco has been internationally condemned for employing napalm against refugee columns in 1975[5] and for collective punishment against Sahrawi civilians (see 'The "Disappeared"'). The Moroccan claims of Polisario terrorism has generally received little support abroad, with the USA refusing to include the group on its list of terrorist organizations. Polisario in turn maintained that they are ideologically opposed to terrorism and will only wage a "clean war of national liberation". For human rights abuse in Tindouf camps, see Human rights in Western Sahara"

and I found this quite interesting as well:
"The referendum stalls
The referendum, originally scheduled for 1992, was planned to give the indigenous population the option between independence or inclusion to Morocco, but has not taken place as of 2006. At the heart of the dispute lies the question of who can be registered as an indigenous voter. In 1997, the Houston Agreement made another attempt to implement the referendum, but failed.

Both sides blame each other for the stalling of the referendum. But while the Polisario has consistently asked for the UN to go ahead with the vote, standing only to lose from the status quo, Morocco has been troubled by the risk of losing a referendum or receiving a large enough vote against annexation to undermine years of nationalist rhetoric from the government. Indeed, shortly after the Houston Agreement, the kingdom officially declared that it was "no longer necessary" to include an option of independence on the ballot, offering instead autonomy. Erik Jensen, who played an administrative role in MINURSO, wrote that neither side would agree to a voter registration in which they were destined to lose (see Western Sahara: Anatomy of a Stalemate)."

[AntonAmeneiro]

I totally agree with chalaco. The belief of self-determination is not applicable nowadays. Today, there is talk of regional integration and such entities and not necessarily divisions. (APAC, NAFTA, ASEAN) In order to benefit from economies of scale and attract FDI, it is impt to have size.
Hence, the economic reasoning is obvious.
Historically, this problem only resulted due to colonization period. For Moroccans believe that there were ties between the region and the monarch prior to the colonization period. The animosity between Algeria and Morocco , Spain amplified the problem that would have been solved previously by reintegration of the province to Morocco.

Sometimes reading certain posts in this forum I get the impression that Spain is seen as a kind of "Big Satan" in Morocco...
Nwusaad, you need to understand that Spain needs to do now what we didn't do when we left Western Sahara, which is to care for the native population that we left unattended.

The thing is... try to understand that for us it's irrelevant if Western Sahara belongs to Morocco or not... it's just that we have many Saharaui people in Spain (not Spaniards) who are asking for our help cos they believe they've been occupied by the Moroccans... this is not my version, but what Saharauis say...

Quoted from Wikipedia:
"The Kingdom of Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) presently dispute the control of the territory, Morocco claiming the Sahara as an integral part of the kingdom, while the SADR is a government in exile, controlling a minority of the territory. The rest is controlled and the entirety claimed by Morocco. The SADR is recognized by 48 states, and a full member of the African Union. Moroccan sovereignty or "territorial integrity" has been supported by members of the Arab League[1],[2] and by 25 states."

It seems that the status of Western Sahara as "part of Morocco" isn't really recognised by most of the countries...

Also quoted from Wikipedia:
"The Western Sahara conflict has resulted in severe human rights abuses, most notably the displacement of around 200,000 Sahrawi civilians from the country. Both Morocco and the Polisario accuse each other of violating the human rights of the populations under their control.

Morocco has been heavily criticised by international human rights organizations for its actions in Western Sahara, while criticism of the Polisario has been less frequent.[4] During the war, both sides accused each other of targeting civilians. Morocco has been internationally condemned for employing napalm against refugee columns in 1975[5] and for collective punishment against Sahrawi civilians (see 'The "Disappeared"'). The Moroccan claims of Polisario terrorism has generally received little support abroad, with the USA refusing to include the group on its list of terrorist organizations. Polisario in turn maintained that they are ideologically opposed to terrorism and will only wage a "clean war of national liberation". For human rights abuse in Tindouf camps, see Human rights in Western Sahara"

and I found this quite interesting as well:
"The referendum stalls
The referendum, originally scheduled for 1992, was planned to give the indigenous population the option between independence or inclusion to Morocco, but has not taken place as of 2006. At the heart of the dispute lies the question of who can be registered as an indigenous voter. In 1997, the Houston Agreement made another attempt to implement the referendum, but failed.

Both sides blame each other for the stalling of the referendum. But while the Polisario has consistently asked for the UN to go ahead with the vote, standing only to lose from the status quo, Morocco has been troubled by the risk of losing a referendum or receiving a large enough vote against annexation to undermine years of nationalist rhetoric from the government. Indeed, shortly after the Houston Agreement, the kingdom officially declared that it was "no longer necessary" to include an option of independence on the ballot, offering instead autonomy. Erik Jensen, who played an administrative role in MINURSO, wrote that neither side would agree to a voter registration in which they were destined to lose (see Western Sahara: Anatomy of a Stalemate)."

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[TooNs]

^^ Lol... I like this map... The countries shown in red can give an opinion of the type of governments that recognize the fantomatic republic of western sahara... Cuba (Castro), Venezuela (Chavez), N-Korea (Kim Il Sung(?)), Vietnam... Commies rulezzz! :D

(naréééééé j'ai du mal á parler anglais... les vacances kherjou aalya :S)

[TooNs]

^^ Lol... I like this map... The countries shown in red can give an opinion of the type of governments that recognize the fantomatic republic of western sahara... Cuba (Castro), Venezuela (Chavez), N-Korea (Kim Il Sung(?)), Vietnam... Commies rulezzz! :D

(naréééééé j'ai du mal á parler anglais... les vacances kherjou aalya :S)

[TooNs]

^^ Lol... I like this map... The countries shown in red can give an opinion of the type of governments that recognize the fantomatic republic of western sahara... Cuba (Castro), Venezuela (Chavez), N-Korea (Kim Il Sung(?)), Vietnam... Commies rulezzz! :D

(naréééééé j'ai du mal á parler anglais... les vacances kherjou aalya :S)

[TooNs]

^^ Lol... I like this map... The countries shown in red can give an opinion of the type of governments that recognize the fantomatic republic of western sahara... Cuba (Castro), Venezuela (Chavez), N-Korea (Kim Il Sung(?)), Vietnam... Commies rulezzz! :D

(naréééééé j'ai du mal á parler anglais... les vacances kherjou aalya :S)

[TooNs]

^^ Lol... I like this map... The countries shown in red can give an opinion of the type of governments that recognize the fantomatic republic of western sahara... Cuba (Castro), Venezuela (Chavez), N-Korea (Kim Il Sung(?)), Vietnam... Commies rulezzz! :D

(naréééééé j'ai du mal á parler anglais... les vacances kherjou aalya :S)

[TooNs]

^^ Lol... I like this map... The countries shown in red can give an opinion of the type of governments that recognize the fantomatic republic of western sahara... Cuba (Castro), Venezuela (Chavez), N-Korea (Kim Il Sung(?)), Vietnam... Commies rulezzz! :D

(naréééééé j'ai du mal á parler anglais... les vacances kherjou aalya :S)

[nwusaad]

wow thats an amazing map of the world and the position of countries vis-a-vis the conflict. Im hesitant when it comes to Europe though! France should be Blue , or light blue and I would think that Spain should be somewhat more sympathetic to Polisario.
I think that the European continent does not give a clear account of thieir positions in the conflict.

Anton: I understand that there are pressures by Polisario in Spain to push Spain to intervene more in the conflict. I understand that Spain has been active in the conflict before, but for many Moroccans it is simply seen as a position against Morocco. The fact that they use the problem so that Repsol gets better deals in Algeria (during Aznar's time) was interpreted extremely negative by the public opinion. Hence, many pple believe that Spain is taking advantage of the conflict between essentially Algeria and Morocco to actually get better deals and terms between both parties. I think this has changed and the PSOE rise has made Spain more sympathetic to Morocco's position. (this is believed)
Human rights abuses have occurred and were common between both sides. Do understand that there was guerilla warfare for a very long time until around 1991. All wars entail abuses, and I find it hard to believe that only Morocco does so (or at least most). The longest Prisoners of War record has been set by Polisario 25yrs, and without US intervention they would still be held.
Please know that a huge chunk of the budget for decades has gone to the Sahara: war with Polisario/algeria/libya, infrastructure... Also, all consumption goods are subsidized by the central government for the south. Gaz and fuel is subsidized up to 50% for the population of the south, food (wheat, grain), exoneration for imports for the consumption of the sahrawi population, sugar... basically this is an important part of the budget that is allocated there.
Much of the fury of the population of the South is that they see that the problem has not been solved yet, and until it is investments and amelioration of the socio-economic standards of the people will not occur because investors are hesitant to invest in an area that is disputed... Imagine the tourism projects, industrialization... that would take place and FDIs attracted once problem will be resolved.
It is the status quo that is the real problem and cause of the fury of the people.
Given that Morocco, sees the territory as totally

[nwusaad]

wow thats an amazing map of the world and the position of countries vis-a-vis the conflict. Im hesitant when it comes to Europe though! France should be Blue , or light blue and I would think that Spain should be somewhat more sympathetic to Polisario.
I think that the European continent does not give a clear account of thieir positions in the conflict.

Anton: I understand that there are pressures by Polisario in Spain to push Spain to intervene more in the conflict. I understand that Spain has been active in the conflict before, but for many Moroccans it is simply seen as a position against Morocco. The fact that they use the problem so that Repsol gets better deals in Algeria (during Aznar's time) was interpreted extremely negative by the public opinion. Hence, many pple believe that Spain is taking advantage of the conflict between essentially Algeria and Morocco to actually get better deals and terms between both parties. I think this has changed and the PSOE rise has made Spain more sympathetic to Morocco's position. (this is believed)
Human rights abuses have occurred and were common between both sides. Do understand that there was guerilla warfare for a very long time until around 1991. All wars entail abuses, and I find it hard to believe that only Morocco does so (or at least most). The longest Prisoners of War record has been set by Polisario 25yrs, and without US intervention they would still be held.
Please know that a huge chunk of the budget for decades has gone to the Sahara: war with Polisario/algeria/libya, infrastructure... Also, all consumption goods are subsidized by the central government for the south. Gaz and fuel is subsidized up to 50% for the population of the south, food (wheat, grain), exoneration for imports for the consumption of the sahrawi population, sugar... basically this is an important part of the budget that is allocated there.
Much of the fury of the population of the South is that they see that the problem has not been solved yet, and until it is investments and amelioration of the socio-economic standards of the people will not occur because investors are hesitant to invest in an area that is disputed... Imagine the tourism projects, industrialization... that would take place and FDIs attracted once problem will be resolved.
It is the status quo that is the real problem and cause of the fury of the people.
Given that Morocco, sees the territory as totally

[nwusaad]

wow thats an amazing map of the world and the position of countries vis-a-vis the conflict. Im hesitant when it comes to Europe though! France should be Blue , or light blue and I would think that Spain should be somewhat more sympathetic to Polisario.
I think that the European continent does not give a clear account of thieir positions in the conflict.

Anton: I understand that there are pressures by Polisario in Spain to push Spain to intervene more in the conflict. I understand that Spain has been active in the conflict before, but for many Moroccans it is simply seen as a position against Morocco. The fact that they use the problem so that Repsol gets better deals in Algeria (during Aznar's time) was interpreted extremely negative by the public opinion. Hence, many pple believe that Spain is taking advantage of the conflict between essentially Algeria and Morocco to actually get better deals and terms between both parties. I think this has changed and the PSOE rise has made Spain more sympathetic to Morocco's position. (this is believed)
Human rights abuses have occurred and were common between both sides. Do understand that there was guerilla warfare for a very long time until around 1991. All wars entail abuses, and I find it hard to believe that only Morocco does so (or at least most). The longest Prisoners of War record has been set by Polisario 25yrs, and without US intervention they would still be held.
Please know that a huge chunk of the budget for decades has gone to the Sahara: war with Polisario/algeria/libya, infrastructure... Also, all consumption goods are subsidized by the central government for the south. Gaz and fuel is subsidized up to 50% for the population of the south, food (wheat, grain), exoneration for imports for the consumption of the sahrawi population, sugar... basically this is an important part of the budget that is allocated there.
Much of the fury of the population of the South is that they see that the problem has not been solved yet, and until it is investments and amelioration of the socio-economic standards of the people will not occur because investors are hesitant to invest in an area that is disputed... Imagine the tourism projects, industrialization... that would take place and FDIs attracted once problem will be resolved.
It is the status quo that is the real problem and cause of the fury of the people.
Given that Morocco, sees the territory as totally

[nwusaad]

wow thats an amazing map of the world and the position of countries vis-a-vis the conflict. Im hesitant when it comes to Europe though! France should be Blue , or light blue and I would think that Spain should be somewhat more sympathetic to Polisario.
I think that the European continent does not give a clear account of thieir positions in the conflict.

Anton: I understand that there are pressures by Polisario in Spain to push Spain to intervene more in the conflict. I understand that Spain has been active in the conflict before, but for many Moroccans it is simply seen as a position against Morocco. The fact that they use the problem so that Repsol gets better deals in Algeria (during Aznar's time) was interpreted extremely negative by the public opinion. Hence, many pple believe that Spain is taking advantage of the conflict between essentially Algeria and Morocco to actually get better deals and terms between both parties. I think this has changed and the PSOE rise has made Spain more sympathetic to Morocco's position. (this is believed)
Human rights abuses have occurred and were common between both sides. Do understand that there was guerilla warfare for a very long time until around 1991. All wars entail abuses, and I find it hard to believe that only Morocco does so (or at least most). The longest Prisoners of War record has been set by Polisario 25yrs, and without US intervention they would still be held.
Please know that a huge chunk of the budget for decades has gone to the Sahara: war with Polisario/algeria/libya, infrastructure... Also, all consumption goods are subsidized by the central government for the south. Gaz and fuel is subsidized up to 50% for the population of the south, food (wheat, grain), exoneration for imports for the consumption of the sahrawi population, sugar... basically this is an important part of the budget that is allocated there.
Much of the fury of the population of the South is that they see that the problem has not been solved yet, and until it is investments and amelioration of the socio-economic standards of the people will not occur because investors are hesitant to invest in an area that is disputed... Imagine the tourism projects, industrialization... that would take place and FDIs attracted once problem will be resolved.
It is the status quo that is the real problem and cause of the fury of the people.
Given that Morocco, sees the territory as totally

[nwusaad]

wow thats an amazing map of the world and the position of countries vis-a-vis the conflict. Im hesitant when it comes to Europe though! France should be Blue , or light blue and I would think that Spain should be somewhat more sympathetic to Polisario.
I think that the European continent does not give a clear account of thieir positions in the conflict.

Anton: I understand that there are pressures by Polisario in Spain to push Spain to intervene more in the conflict. I understand that Spain has been active in the conflict before, but for many Moroccans it is simply seen as a position against Morocco. The fact that they use the problem so that Repsol gets better deals in Algeria (during Aznar's time) was interpreted extremely negative by the public opinion. Hence, many pple believe that Spain is taking advantage of the conflict between essentially Algeria and Morocco to actually get better deals and terms between both parties. I think this has changed and the PSOE rise has made Spain more sympathetic to Morocco's position. (this is believed)
Human rights abuses have occurred and were common between both sides. Do understand that there was guerilla warfare for a very long time until around 1991. All wars entail abuses, and I find it hard to believe that only Morocco does so (or at least most). The longest Prisoners of War record has been set by Polisario 25yrs, and without US intervention they would still be held.
Please know that a huge chunk of the budget for decades has gone to the Sahara: war with Polisario/algeria/libya, infrastructure... Also, all consumption goods are subsidized by the central government for the south. Gaz and fuel is subsidized up to 50% for the population of the south, food (wheat, grain), exoneration for imports for the consumption of the sahrawi population, sugar... basically this is an important part of the budget that is allocated there.
Much of the fury of the population of the South is that they see that the problem has not been solved yet, and until it is investments and amelioration of the socio-economic standards of the people will not occur because investors are hesitant to invest in an area that is disputed... Imagine the tourism projects, industrialization... that would take place and FDIs attracted once problem will be resolved.
It is the status quo that is the real problem and cause of the fury of the people.
Given that Morocco, sees the territory as totally

[nwusaad]

wow thats an amazing map of the world and the position of countries vis-a-vis the conflict. Im hesitant when it comes to Europe though! France should be Blue , or light blue and I would think that Spain should be somewhat more sympathetic to Polisario.
I think that the European continent does not give a clear account of thieir positions in the conflict.

Anton: I understand that there are pressures by Polisario in Spain to push Spain to intervene more in the conflict. I understand that Spain has been active in the conflict before, but for many Moroccans it is simply seen as a position against Morocco. The fact that they use the problem so that Repsol gets better deals in Algeria (during Aznar's time) was interpreted extremely negative by the public opinion. Hence, many pple believe that Spain is taking advantage of the conflict between essentially Algeria and Morocco to actually get better deals and terms between both parties. I think this has changed and the PSOE rise has made Spain more sympathetic to Morocco's position. (this is believed)
Human rights abuses have occurred and were common between both sides. Do understand that there was guerilla warfare for a very long time until around 1991. All wars entail abuses, and I find it hard to believe that only Morocco does so (or at least most). The longest Prisoners of War record has been set by Polisario 25yrs, and without US intervention they would still be held.
Please know that a huge chunk of the budget for decades has gone to the Sahara: war with Polisario/algeria/libya, infrastructure... Also, all consumption goods are subsidized by the central government for the south. Gaz and fuel is subsidized up to 50% for the population of the south, food (wheat, grain), exoneration for imports for the consumption of the sahrawi population, sugar... basically this is an important part of the budget that is allocated there.
Much of the fury of the population of the South is that they see that the problem has not been solved yet, and until it is investments and amelioration of the socio-economic standards of the people will not occur because investors are hesitant to invest in an area that is disputed... Imagine the tourism projects, industrialization... that would take place and FDIs attracted once problem will be resolved.
It is the status quo that is the real problem and cause of the fury of the people.
Given that Morocco, sees the territory as totally

[AntonAmeneiro]

I think the Saharauis get the Spanish support (to a public opinion level at least) because they're seen as the victims of the conflict... which is actually true... they were the colony, and their status even today isn't clear... so people say, well, let's just give them a chance to decide, through a referendum. It seems the UN is favorable to such referendum and has pressured Morocco to accept it...but Morocco isn't willing to do it... that also makes Spaniards think that Morocco doesn't really care about the people in Western Sahara, since they don't want to let them decide...

[AntonAmeneiro]

I think the Saharauis get the Spanish support (to a public opinion level at least) because they're seen as the victims of the conflict... which is actually true... they were the colony, and their status even today isn't clear... so people say, well, let's just give them a chance to decide, through a referendum. It seems the UN is favorable to such referendum and has pressured Morocco to accept it...but Morocco isn't willing to do it... that also makes Spaniards think that Morocco doesn't really care about the people in Western Sahara, since they don't want to let them decide...

[AntonAmeneiro]

I think the Saharauis get the Spanish support (to a public opinion level at least) because they're seen as the victims of the conflict... which is actually true... they were the colony, and their status even today isn't clear... so people say, well, let's just give them a chance to decide, through a referendum. It seems the UN is favorable to such referendum and has pressured Morocco to accept it...but Morocco isn't willing to do it... that also makes Spaniards think that Morocco doesn't really care about the people in Western Sahara, since they don't want to let them decide...

[AntonAmeneiro]

I think the Saharauis get the Spanish support (to a public opinion level at least) because they're seen as the victims of the conflict... which is actually true... they were the colony, and their status even today isn't clear... so people say, well, let's just give them a chance to decide, through a referendum. It seems the UN is favorable to such referendum and has pressured Morocco to accept it...but Morocco isn't willing to do it... that also makes Spaniards think that Morocco doesn't really care about the people in Western Sahara, since they don't want to let them decide...

[AntonAmeneiro]

I think the Saharauis get the Spanish support (to a public opinion level at least) because they're seen as the victims of the conflict... which is actually true... they were the colony, and their status even today isn't clear... so people say, well, let's just give them a chance to decide, through a referendum. It seems the UN is favorable to such referendum and has pressured Morocco to accept it...but Morocco isn't willing to do it... that also makes Spaniards think that Morocco doesn't really care about the people in Western Sahara, since they don't want to let them decide...

[AntonAmeneiro]

I think the Saharauis get the Spanish support (to a public opinion level at least) because they're seen as the victims of the conflict... which is actually true... they were the colony, and their status even today isn't clear... so people say, well, let's just give them a chance to decide, through a referendum. It seems the UN is favorable to such referendum and has pressured Morocco to accept it...but Morocco isn't willing to do it... that also makes Spaniards think that Morocco doesn't really care about the people in Western Sahara, since they don't want to let them decide...

[Redalinho]

Morocco lauds as wise India's decision to withdraw recognition of polisario republic

http://www.allstates-flag.com/images/full-size/flags/international/cambodia.gif

Phnom Penh, 14/08/06 -Le Royaume du Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la soi-disant +RASD+ et son gouvernement est décidé à n'entretenir avec elle aucune relation.

Dans un communiqué officiel publié, samedi, à l'issue des entretiens à Phnom Penh du ministre délégué aux Affaires étrangères et à la coopération, M.Taïb Fassi Fihri avec le Premier ministre du Cambodge, M. Hun Sen et le Vice-premier ministre et ministre des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération internationale, M. Hor Namhong, les autorités cambodgiennes ont tenu à préciser que leur pays n'entretient aucune relation avec la prétendue +RASD+ et que, elles mêmes, n'entendent pas en entretenir à l'avenir.

M. Fassi Fihri a effectué une visite au Royaume du Cambodge au cours de laquelle il a remis un message de SM le Roi Mohammed VI au Premier ministre cambodgien.

Le ministre marocain a été également reçu en audience par le Roi du Cambodge, Norodom Sihamoni, et a eu des entretiens avec plusieurs responsables de ce pays.


http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/images/ibc_map_cambodia_en.gif

[Redalinho]

Morocco lauds as wise India's decision to withdraw recognition of polisario republic

http://www.allstates-flag.com/images/full-size/flags/international/cambodia.gif

Phnom Penh, 14/08/06 -Le Royaume du Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la soi-disant +RASD+ et son gouvernement est décidé à n'entretenir avec elle aucune relation.

Dans un communiqué officiel publié, samedi, à l'issue des entretiens à Phnom Penh du ministre délégué aux Affaires étrangères et à la coopération, M.Taïb Fassi Fihri avec le Premier ministre du Cambodge, M. Hun Sen et le Vice-premier ministre et ministre des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération internationale, M. Hor Namhong, les autorités cambodgiennes ont tenu à préciser que leur pays n'entretient aucune relation avec la prétendue +RASD+ et que, elles mêmes, n'entendent pas en entretenir à l'avenir.

M. Fassi Fihri a effectué une visite au Royaume du Cambodge au cours de laquelle il a remis un message de SM le Roi Mohammed VI au Premier ministre cambodgien.

Le ministre marocain a été également reçu en audience par le Roi du Cambodge, Norodom Sihamoni, et a eu des entretiens avec plusieurs responsables de ce pays.


http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/images/ibc_map_cambodia_en.gif

[Redalinho]

Morocco lauds as wise India's decision to withdraw recognition of polisario republic

http://www.allstates-flag.com/images/full-size/flags/international/cambodia.gif

Phnom Penh, 14/08/06 -Le Royaume du Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la soi-disant +RASD+ et son gouvernement est décidé à n'entretenir avec elle aucune relation.

Dans un communiqué officiel publié, samedi, à l'issue des entretiens à Phnom Penh du ministre délégué aux Affaires étrangères et à la coopération, M.Taïb Fassi Fihri avec le Premier ministre du Cambodge, M. Hun Sen et le Vice-premier ministre et ministre des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération internationale, M. Hor Namhong, les autorités cambodgiennes ont tenu à préciser que leur pays n'entretient aucune relation avec la prétendue +RASD+ et que, elles mêmes, n'entendent pas en entretenir à l'avenir.

M. Fassi Fihri a effectué une visite au Royaume du Cambodge au cours de laquelle il a remis un message de SM le Roi Mohammed VI au Premier ministre cambodgien.

Le ministre marocain a été également reçu en audience par le Roi du Cambodge, Norodom Sihamoni, et a eu des entretiens avec plusieurs responsables de ce pays.


http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/images/ibc_map_cambodia_en.gif

[Redalinho]

Morocco lauds as wise India's decision to withdraw recognition of polisario republic

http://www.allstates-flag.com/images/full-size/flags/international/cambodia.gif

Phnom Penh, 14/08/06 -Le Royaume du Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la soi-disant +RASD+ et son gouvernement est décidé à n'entretenir avec elle aucune relation.

Dans un communiqué officiel publié, samedi, à l'issue des entretiens à Phnom Penh du ministre délégué aux Affaires étrangères et à la coopération, M.Taïb Fassi Fihri avec le Premier ministre du Cambodge, M. Hun Sen et le Vice-premier ministre et ministre des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération internationale, M. Hor Namhong, les autorités cambodgiennes ont tenu à préciser que leur pays n'entretient aucune relation avec la prétendue +RASD+ et que, elles mêmes, n'entendent pas en entretenir à l'avenir.

M. Fassi Fihri a effectué une visite au Royaume du Cambodge au cours de laquelle il a remis un message de SM le Roi Mohammed VI au Premier ministre cambodgien.

Le ministre marocain a été également reçu en audience par le Roi du Cambodge, Norodom Sihamoni, et a eu des entretiens avec plusieurs responsables de ce pays.


http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/images/ibc_map_cambodia_en.gif

[Redalinho]

Morocco lauds as wise India's decision to withdraw recognition of polisario republic

http://www.allstates-flag.com/images/full-size/flags/international/cambodia.gif

Phnom Penh, 14/08/06 -Le Royaume du Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la soi-disant +RASD+ et son gouvernement est décidé à n'entretenir avec elle aucune relation.

Dans un communiqué officiel publié, samedi, à l'issue des entretiens à Phnom Penh du ministre délégué aux Affaires étrangères et à la coopération, M.Taïb Fassi Fihri avec le Premier ministre du Cambodge, M. Hun Sen et le Vice-premier ministre et ministre des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération internationale, M. Hor Namhong, les autorités cambodgiennes ont tenu à préciser que leur pays n'entretient aucune relation avec la prétendue +RASD+ et que, elles mêmes, n'entendent pas en entretenir à l'avenir.

M. Fassi Fihri a effectué une visite au Royaume du Cambodge au cours de laquelle il a remis un message de SM le Roi Mohammed VI au Premier ministre cambodgien.

Le ministre marocain a été également reçu en audience par le Roi du Cambodge, Norodom Sihamoni, et a eu des entretiens avec plusieurs responsables de ce pays.


http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/images/ibc_map_cambodia_en.gif

[Redalinho]

Morocco lauds as wise India's decision to withdraw recognition of polisario republic

http://www.allstates-flag.com/images/full-size/flags/international/cambodia.gif

Phnom Penh, 14/08/06 -Le Royaume du Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la soi-disant +RASD+ et son gouvernement est décidé à n'entretenir avec elle aucune relation.

Dans un communiqué officiel publié, samedi, à l'issue des entretiens à Phnom Penh du ministre délégué aux Affaires étrangères et à la coopération, M.Taïb Fassi Fihri avec le Premier ministre du Cambodge, M. Hun Sen et le Vice-premier ministre et ministre des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération internationale, M. Hor Namhong, les autorités cambodgiennes ont tenu à préciser que leur pays n'entretient aucune relation avec la prétendue +RASD+ et que, elles mêmes, n'entendent pas en entretenir à l'avenir.

M. Fassi Fihri a effectué une visite au Royaume du Cambodge au cours de laquelle il a remis un message de SM le Roi Mohammed VI au Premier ministre cambodgien.

Le ministre marocain a été également reçu en audience par le Roi du Cambodge, Norodom Sihamoni, et a eu des entretiens avec plusieurs responsables de ce pays.


http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/images/ibc_map_cambodia_en.gif

[Redalinho]

Now There are only 5 countries that still support the Polisario Front ( North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Taiwan and Timore-Leste)

[Redalinho]

Now There are only 5 countries that still support the Polisario Front ( North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Taiwan and Timore-Leste)

[Redalinho]

Now There are only 5 countries that still support the Polisario Front ( North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Taiwan and Timore-Leste)

[Redalinho]

Now There are only 5 countries that still support the Polisario Front ( North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Taiwan and Timore-Leste)

[Redalinho]

Now There are only 5 countries that still support the Polisario Front ( North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Taiwan and Timore-Leste)

[Redalinho]

Now There are only 5 countries that still support the Polisario Front ( North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Taiwan and Timore-Leste)

[AntonAmeneiro]

Actually... the UN does not consider Western Sahara part of Morocco. I understand you feel strongly about that, Redalinho, but it's not like the whole world recognises the authority of Morocco in WS.

Quoting from Wikipedia:
"The legal status of the territory and the question of its sovereignty remains unresolved; the territory is contested between Morocco and Polisario Front. It is considered a non self-governed territory by the United Nations."

Now going completely off topic, if that's a pic of you, you should be posting it in the Post your pic thread! :)

[AntonAmeneiro]

Actually... the UN does not consider Western Sahara part of Morocco. I understand you feel strongly about that, Redalinho, but it's not like the whole world recognises the authority of Morocco in WS.

Quoting from Wikipedia:
"The legal status of the territory and the question of its sovereignty remains unresolved; the territory is contested between Morocco and Polisario Front. It is considered a non self-governed territory by the United Nations."

Now going completely off topic, if that's a pic of you, you should be posting it in the Post your pic thread! :)

[AntonAmeneiro]

Actually... the UN does not consider Western Sahara part of Morocco. I understand you feel strongly about that, Redalinho, but it's not like the whole world recognises the authority of Morocco in WS.

Quoting from Wikipedia:
"The legal status of the territory and the question of its sovereignty remains unresolved; the territory is contested between Morocco and Polisario Front. It is considered a non self-governed territory by the United Nations."

Now going completely off topic, if that's a pic of you, you should be posting it in the Post your pic thread! :)

[AntonAmeneiro]

Actually... the UN does not consider Western Sahara part of Morocco. I understand you feel strongly about that, Redalinho, but it's not like the whole world recognises the authority of Morocco in WS.

Quoting from Wikipedia:
"The legal status of the territory and the question of its sovereignty remains unresolved; the territory is contested between Morocco and Polisario Front. It is considered a non self-governed territory by the United Nations."

Now going completely off topic, if that's a pic of you, you should be posting it in the Post your pic thread! :)

[AntonAmeneiro]

Actually... the UN does not consider Western Sahara part of Morocco. I understand you feel strongly about that, Redalinho, but it's not like the whole world recognises the authority of Morocco in WS.

Quoting from Wikipedia:
"The legal status of the territory and the question of its sovereignty remains unresolved; the territory is contested between Morocco and Polisario Front. It is considered a non self-governed territory by the United Nations."

Now going completely off topic, if that's a pic of you, you should be posting it in the Post your pic thread! :)

[AntonAmeneiro]

Actually... the UN does not consider Western Sahara part of Morocco. I understand you feel strongly about that, Redalinho, but it's not like the whole world recognises the authority of Morocco in WS.

Quoting from Wikipedia:
"The legal status of the territory and the question of its sovereignty remains unresolved; the territory is contested between Morocco and Polisario Front. It is considered a non self-governed territory by the United Nations."

Now going completely off topic, if that's a pic of you, you should be posting it in the Post your pic thread! :)

[Redalinho]

Actually... the UN does not consider Western Sahara part of Morocco. I understand you feel strongly about that, Redalinho, but it's not like the whole world recognises the authority of Morocco in WS.

Quoting from Wikipedia:
"The legal status of the territory and the question of its sovereignty remains unresolved; the territory is contested between Morocco and Polisario Front. It is considered a non self-governed territory by the United Nations."

Now going completely off topic, if that's a pic of you, you should be posting it in the Post your pic thread! :)

The controversial new UN plan for a solution to the conflict in Western Sahara seems to polarise even more the parties to the conflict. While the Moroccan government already has agreed to the plan the Polisario separatists threatens war, and they are fearing Morocco's victory trying to shrink voters' rolls through denying the right of thousands of genuine Sahrawis to participate in the referendum.

[Redalinho]

Actually... the UN does not consider Western Sahara part of Morocco. I understand you feel strongly about that, Redalinho, but it's not like the whole world recognises the authority of Morocco in WS.

Quoting from Wikipedia:
"The legal status of the territory and the question of its sovereignty remains unresolved; the territory is contested between Morocco and Polisario Front. It is considered a non self-governed territory by the United Nations."

Now going completely off topic, if that's a pic of you, you should be posting it in the Post your pic thread! :)

The controversial new UN plan for a solution to the conflict in Western Sahara seems to polarise even more the parties to the conflict. While the Moroccan government already has agreed to the plan the Polisario separatists threatens war, and they are fearing Morocco's victory trying to shrink voters' rolls through denying the right of thousands of genuine Sahrawis to participate in the referendum.

[Redalinho]

Actually... the UN does not consider Western Sahara part of Morocco. I understand you feel strongly about that, Redalinho, but it's not like the whole world recognises the authority of Morocco in WS.

Quoting from Wikipedia:
"The legal status of the territory and the question of its sovereignty remains unresolved; the territory is contested between Morocco and Polisario Front. It is considered a non self-governed territory by the United Nations."

Now going completely off topic, if that's a pic of you, you should be posting it in the Post your pic thread! :)

The controversial new UN plan for a solution to the conflict in Western Sahara seems to polarise even more the parties to the conflict. While the Moroccan government already has agreed to the plan the Polisario separatists threatens war, and they are fearing Morocco's victory trying to shrink voters' rolls through denying the right of thousands of genuine Sahrawis to participate in the referendum.

[Redalinho]

Actually... the UN does not consider Western Sahara part of Morocco. I understand you feel strongly about that, Redalinho, but it's not like the whole world recognises the authority of Morocco in WS.

Quoting from Wikipedia:
"The legal status of the territory and the question of its sovereignty remains unresolved; the territory is contested between Morocco and Polisario Front. It is considered a non self-governed territory by the United Nations."

Now going completely off topic, if that's a pic of you, you should be posting it in the Post your pic thread! :)

The controversial new UN plan for a solution to the conflict in Western Sahara seems to polarise even more the parties to the conflict. While the Moroccan government already has agreed to the plan the Polisario separatists threatens war, and they are fearing Morocco's victory trying to shrink voters' rolls through denying the right of thousands of genuine Sahrawis to participate in the referendum.

[Redalinho]

Actually... the UN does not consider Western Sahara part of Morocco. I understand you feel strongly about that, Redalinho, but it's not like the whole world recognises the authority of Morocco in WS.

Quoting from Wikipedia:
"The legal status of the territory and the question of its sovereignty remains unresolved; the territory is contested between Morocco and Polisario Front. It is considered a non self-governed territory by the United Nations."

Now going completely off topic, if that's a pic of you, you should be posting it in the Post your pic thread! :)

The controversial new UN plan for a solution to the conflict in Western Sahara seems to polarise even more the parties to the conflict. While the Moroccan government already has agreed to the plan the Polisario separatists threatens war, and they are fearing Morocco's victory trying to shrink voters' rolls through denying the right of thousands of genuine Sahrawis to participate in the referendum.

[Redalinho]

Actually... the UN does not consider Western Sahara part of Morocco. I understand you feel strongly about that, Redalinho, but it's not like the whole world recognises the authority of Morocco in WS.

Quoting from Wikipedia:
"The legal status of the territory and the question of its sovereignty remains unresolved; the territory is contested between Morocco and Polisario Front. It is considered a non self-governed territory by the United Nations."

Now going completely off topic, if that's a pic of you, you should be posting it in the Post your pic thread! :)

The controversial new UN plan for a solution to the conflict in Western Sahara seems to polarise even more the parties to the conflict. While the Moroccan government already has agreed to the plan the Polisario separatists threatens war, and they are fearing Morocco's victory trying to shrink voters' rolls through denying the right of thousands of genuine Sahrawis to participate in the referendum.

[AntonAmeneiro]

I see... well I hope a fair referendum will be held, where all Saharawis will be able to participate. I'm happy to read that the Moroccan government already agreed to the plan, and let's hope the Polisario separatists will understand that this the only way to reach a peaceful solution to the conflict.

[AntonAmeneiro]

I see... well I hope a fair referendum will be held, where all Saharawis will be able to participate. I'm happy to read that the Moroccan government already agreed to the plan, and let's hope the Polisario separatists will understand that this the only way to reach a peaceful solution to the conflict.

[AntonAmeneiro]

I see... well I hope a fair referendum will be held, where all Saharawis will be able to participate. I'm happy to read that the Moroccan government already agreed to the plan, and let's hope the Polisario separatists will understand that this the only way to reach a peaceful solution to the conflict.

[AntonAmeneiro]

I see... well I hope a fair referendum will be held, where all Saharawis will be able to participate. I'm happy to read that the Moroccan government already agreed to the plan, and let's hope the Polisario separatists will understand that this the only way to reach a peaceful solution to the conflict.

[AntonAmeneiro]

I see... well I hope a fair referendum will be held, where all Saharawis will be able to participate. I'm happy to read that the Moroccan government already agreed to the plan, and let's hope the Polisario separatists will understand that this the only way to reach a peaceful solution to the conflict.

[AntonAmeneiro]

I see... well I hope a fair referendum will be held, where all Saharawis will be able to participate. I'm happy to read that the Moroccan government already agreed to the plan, and let's hope the Polisario separatists will understand that this the only way to reach a peaceful solution to the conflict.

[Redalinho]

But technically speaking this referendum can never take place, as you the UN has never organised a referendum based on ethnic identification. It's well attested that i f we want to organise a honest referendum , it's required to include also the Sahraoui tribes living in Western Algeria, North-Western Mauritnia and Northern Mali, which is quasi-impossible to realise
So the next September, Morocco plans to submit a proposal to grant autonomy to Western Sahara

[Redalinho]

But technically speaking this referendum can never take place, as you the UN has never organised a referendum based on ethnic identification. It's well attested that i f we want to organise a honest referendum , it's required to include also the Sahraoui tribes living in Western Algeria, North-Western Mauritnia and Northern Mali, which is quasi-impossible to realise
So the next September, Morocco plans to submit a proposal to grant autonomy to Western Sahara

[Redalinho]

But technically speaking this referendum can never take place, as you the UN has never organised a referendum based on ethnic identification. It's well attested that i f we want to organise a honest referendum , it's required to include also the Sahraoui tribes living in Western Algeria, North-Western Mauritnia and Northern Mali, which is quasi-impossible to realise
So the next September, Morocco plans to submit a proposal to grant autonomy to Western Sahara

[Redalinho]

But technically speaking this referendum can never take place, as you the UN has never organised a referendum based on ethnic identification. It's well attested that i f we want to organise a honest referendum , it's required to include also the Sahraoui tribes living in Western Algeria, North-Western Mauritnia and Northern Mali, which is quasi-impossible to realise
So the next September, Morocco plans to submit a proposal to grant autonomy to Western Sahara

[Redalinho]

But technically speaking this referendum can never take place, as you the UN has never organised a referendum based on ethnic identification. It's well attested that i f we want to organise a honest referendum , it's required to include also the Sahraoui tribes living in Western Algeria, North-Western Mauritnia and Northern Mali, which is quasi-impossible to realise
So the next September, Morocco plans to submit a proposal to grant autonomy to Western Sahara

[Redalinho]

But technically speaking this referendum can never take place, as you the UN has never organised a referendum based on ethnic identification. It's well attested that i f we want to organise a honest referendum , it's required to include also the Sahraoui tribes living in Western Algeria, North-Western Mauritnia and Northern Mali, which is quasi-impossible to realise
So the next September, Morocco plans to submit a proposal to grant autonomy to Western Sahara

[Casa]

The HCR and WFP decided to reduce by 43 % the assistance intended for the camps of Tindouf on the Algerian ground. The separatists, who took the practice to divert the essence of this basket, shout to a plot.


The HCR (Office of the High Commission of the Refugees) has just decided the reduction of the humanitarian aid intended for the camps of Tindouf of 43 %. This decision, moved by the blur which surrounds the number of the populations having to profit from this assistance, caused the anger of Polisario which showed the HCR, WFP (world food Program), Morocco and its "allies" as "affamer of the sahraoui women and children". Such is the contents of virulent criticize of the president of the CRS ( sahraoui Red croissant ) which reacted to the decision of the U.N. organization, while being pleased with the initiatives of several countries to increase their assistances to the populations of the camps. This war of the figures does not go back to today. The HCR and WFP had based themselves, during decades, on the only statistical ones advanced by Algeria and which evaluated the population of the camps to more than 160.000 people. These statistics were always disputed by Morocco which did not cease asking for a census of these populations and denouncing that these humanitarian aids end up enriching the pockets of the leaders of Polisario after their flow on the black markets of Algeria and Mauritania. In fact similar charges have been just carried against the friends of Mohamed Abdelaziz by the persons in charge for the Council of the American national clergy.
The last autumn, the HCR had ended up estimating at 90.000 the number of vulnerable people who could benefit from its assistance as from September 2005. However, Morocco declared at the same period, it acted there only of the implementation of the estimate retained in the report/ratio of the high commissioner at the general assembly of UNO, May 2, 1997. These figures were exaggerated and did not rest on any standard or parameter recognized by the international community, of which the process called "Project Profile".
At the beginning of October 2005, the HCR had recalled in a note that official requests were made to Algiers in 1977, 2001, 2003 and 2005 without any result. Similar requests were introduced at Polisario, in vain. Algeria and its protected had finally answered that it was initially necessary to lead to a "political solution" to the problem, while Morocco invited to dissociate the humane shutter of the political aspect of the conflict. Ultimately, they are the sequestered populations with Tindouf which were taken with the trap following this decision of the HCR. Considering a great part of the assistance which was intended to them was diverted by the leaders of Polisario, the situation will worsen during the years to come, since the international assistances will be able to drop. In a document of the HCR, last 29 May, the U.N. organization insists again on the need for an operation of census and invites "to revalue the assistance" provided to the camps of Tindouf. It is what finished by being made at the time of the 35ème session of the Standing Committee of the HCR.
Last October, Morocco which is one of the large contributors of the HCR in the area of the Maghreb, pled for the repatriation of the populations of Tindouf, independently of the political process. The Kingdom had advanced the example of 500.000 African and Afghan refugees (figures of the HCR) who could turn over in their countries in 2005.

[Casa]

The HCR and WFP decided to reduce by 43 % the assistance intended for the camps of Tindouf on the Algerian ground. The separatists, who took the practice to divert the essence of this basket, shout to a plot.


The HCR (Office of the High Commission of the Refugees) has just decided the reduction of the humanitarian aid intended for the camps of Tindouf of 43 %. This decision, moved by the blur which surrounds the number of the populations having to profit from this assistance, caused the anger of Polisario which showed the HCR, WFP (world food Program), Morocco and its "allies" as "affamer of the sahraoui women and children". Such is the contents of virulent criticize of the president of the CRS ( sahraoui Red croissant ) which reacted to the decision of the U.N. organization, while being pleased with the initiatives of several countries to increase their assistances to the populations of the camps. This war of the figures does not go back to today. The HCR and WFP had based themselves, during decades, on the only statistical ones advanced by Algeria and which evaluated the population of the camps to more than 160.000 people. These statistics were always disputed by Morocco which did not cease asking for a census of these populations and denouncing that these humanitarian aids end up enriching the pockets of the leaders of Polisario after their flow on the black markets of Algeria and Mauritania. In fact similar charges have been just carried against the friends of Mohamed Abdelaziz by the persons in charge for the Council of the American national clergy.
The last autumn, the HCR had ended up estimating at 90.000 the number of vulnerable people who could benefit from its assistance as from September 2005. However, Morocco declared at the same period, it acted there only of the implementation of the estimate retained in the report/ratio of the high commissioner at the general assembly of UNO, May 2, 1997. These figures were exaggerated and did not rest on any standard or parameter recognized by the international community, of which the process called "Project Profile".
At the beginning of October 2005, the HCR had recalled in a note that official requests were made to Algiers in 1977, 2001, 2003 and 2005 without any result. Similar requests were introduced at Polisario, in vain. Algeria and its protected had finally answered that it was initially necessary to lead to a "political solution" to the problem, while Morocco invited to dissociate the humane shutter of the political aspect of the conflict. Ultimately, they are the sequestered populations with Tindouf which were taken with the trap following this decision of the HCR. Considering a great part of the assistance which was intended to them was diverted by the leaders of Polisario, the situation will worsen during the years to come, since the international assistances will be able to drop. In a document of the HCR, last 29 May, the U.N. organization insists again on the need for an operation of census and invites "to revalue the assistance" provided to the camps of Tindouf. It is what finished by being made at the time of the 35ème session of the Standing Committee of the HCR.
Last October, Morocco which is one of the large contributors of the HCR in the area of the Maghreb, pled for the repatriation of the populations of Tindouf, independently of the political process. The Kingdom had advanced the example of 500.000 African and Afghan refugees (figures of the HCR) who could turn over in their countries in 2005.

[Casa]

The HCR and WFP decided to reduce by 43 % the assistance intended for the camps of Tindouf on the Algerian ground. The separatists, who took the practice to divert the essence of this basket, shout to a plot.


The HCR (Office of the High Commission of the Refugees) has just decided the reduction of the humanitarian aid intended for the camps of Tindouf of 43 %. This decision, moved by the blur which surrounds the number of the populations having to profit from this assistance, caused the anger of Polisario which showed the HCR, WFP (world food Program), Morocco and its "allies" as "affamer of the sahraoui women and children". Such is the contents of virulent criticize of the president of the CRS ( sahraoui Red croissant ) which reacted to the decision of the U.N. organization, while being pleased with the initiatives of several countries to increase their assistances to the populations of the camps. This war of the figures does not go back to today. The HCR and WFP had based themselves, during decades, on the only statistical ones advanced by Algeria and which evaluated the population of the camps to more than 160.000 people. These statistics were always disputed by Morocco which did not cease asking for a census of these populations and denouncing that these humanitarian aids end up enriching the pockets of the leaders of Polisario after their flow on the black markets of Algeria and Mauritania. In fact similar charges have been just carried against the friends of Mohamed Abdelaziz by the persons in charge for the Council of the American national clergy.
The last autumn, the HCR had ended up estimating at 90.000 the number of vulnerable people who could benefit from its assistance as from September 2005. However, Morocco declared at the same period, it acted there only of the implementation of the estimate retained in the report/ratio of the high commissioner at the general assembly of UNO, May 2, 1997. These figures were exaggerated and did not rest on any standard or parameter recognized by the international community, of which the process called "Project Profile".
At the beginning of October 2005, the HCR had recalled in a note that official requests were made to Algiers in 1977, 2001, 2003 and 2005 without any result. Similar requests were introduced at Polisario, in vain. Algeria and its protected had finally answered that it was initially necessary to lead to a "political solution" to the problem, while Morocco invited to dissociate the humane shutter of the political aspect of the conflict. Ultimately, they are the sequestered populations with Tindouf which were taken with the trap following this decision of the HCR. Considering a great part of the assistance which was intended to them was diverted by the leaders of Polisario, the situation will worsen during the years to come, since the international assistances will be able to drop. In a document of the HCR, last 29 May, the U.N. organization insists again on the need for an operation of census and invites "to revalue the assistance" provided to the camps of Tindouf. It is what finished by being made at the time of the 35ème session of the Standing Committee of the HCR.
Last October, Morocco which is one of the large contributors of the HCR in the area of the Maghreb, pled for the repatriation of the populations of Tindouf, independently of the political process. The Kingdom had advanced the example of 500.000 African and Afghan refugees (figures of the HCR) who could turn over in their countries in 2005.

[Casa]

The HCR and WFP decided to reduce by 43 % the assistance intended for the camps of Tindouf on the Algerian ground. The separatists, who took the practice to divert the essence of this basket, shout to a plot.


The HCR (Office of the High Commission of the Refugees) has just decided the reduction of the humanitarian aid intended for the camps of Tindouf of 43 %. This decision, moved by the blur which surrounds the number of the populations having to profit from this assistance, caused the anger of Polisario which showed the HCR, WFP (world food Program), Morocco and its "allies" as "affamer of the sahraoui women and children". Such is the contents of virulent criticize of the president of the CRS ( sahraoui Red croissant ) which reacted to the decision of the U.N. organization, while being pleased with the initiatives of several countries to increase their assistances to the populations of the camps. This war of the figures does not go back to today. The HCR and WFP had based themselves, during decades, on the only statistical ones advanced by Algeria and which evaluated the population of the camps to more than 160.000 people. These statistics were always disputed by Morocco which did not cease asking for a census of these populations and denouncing that these humanitarian aids end up enriching the pockets of the leaders of Polisario after their flow on the black markets of Algeria and Mauritania. In fact similar charges have been just carried against the friends of Mohamed Abdelaziz by the persons in charge for the Council of the American national clergy.
The last autumn, the HCR had ended up estimating at 90.000 the number of vulnerable people who could benefit from its assistance as from September 2005. However, Morocco declared at the same period, it acted there only of the implementation of the estimate retained in the report/ratio of the high commissioner at the general assembly of UNO, May 2, 1997. These figures were exaggerated and did not rest on any standard or parameter recognized by the international community, of which the process called "Project Profile".
At the beginning of October 2005, the HCR had recalled in a note that official requests were made to Algiers in 1977, 2001, 2003 and 2005 without any result. Similar requests were introduced at Polisario, in vain. Algeria and its protected had finally answered that it was initially necessary to lead to a "political solution" to the problem, while Morocco invited to dissociate the humane shutter of the political aspect of the conflict. Ultimately, they are the sequestered populations with Tindouf which were taken with the trap following this decision of the HCR. Considering a great part of the assistance which was intended to them was diverted by the leaders of Polisario, the situation will worsen during the years to come, since the international assistances will be able to drop. In a document of the HCR, last 29 May, the U.N. organization insists again on the need for an operation of census and invites "to revalue the assistance" provided to the camps of Tindouf. It is what finished by being made at the time of the 35ème session of the Standing Committee of the HCR.
Last October, Morocco which is one of the large contributors of the HCR in the area of the Maghreb, pled for the repatriation of the populations of Tindouf, independently of the political process. The Kingdom had advanced the example of 500.000 African and Afghan refugees (figures of the HCR) who could turn over in their countries in 2005.

[Casa]

The HCR and WFP decided to reduce by 43 % the assistance intended for the camps of Tindouf on the Algerian ground. The separatists, who took the practice to divert the essence of this basket, shout to a plot.


The HCR (Office of the High Commission of the Refugees) has just decided the reduction of the humanitarian aid intended for the camps of Tindouf of 43 %. This decision, moved by the blur which surrounds the number of the populations having to profit from this assistance, caused the anger of Polisario which showed the HCR, WFP (world food Program), Morocco and its "allies" as "affamer of the sahraoui women and children". Such is the contents of virulent criticize of the president of the CRS ( sahraoui Red croissant ) which reacted to the decision of the U.N. organization, while being pleased with the initiatives of several countries to increase their assistances to the populations of the camps. This war of the figures does not go back to today. The HCR and WFP had based themselves, during decades, on the only statistical ones advanced by Algeria and which evaluated the population of the camps to more than 160.000 people. These statistics were always disputed by Morocco which did not cease asking for a census of these populations and denouncing that these humanitarian aids end up enriching the pockets of the leaders of Polisario after their flow on the black markets of Algeria and Mauritania. In fact similar charges have been just carried against the friends of Mohamed Abdelaziz by the persons in charge for the Council of the American national clergy.
The last autumn, the HCR had ended up estimating at 90.000 the number of vulnerable people who could benefit from its assistance as from September 2005. However, Morocco declared at the same period, it acted there only of the implementation of the estimate retained in the report/ratio of the high commissioner at the general assembly of UNO, May 2, 1997. These figures were exaggerated and did not rest on any standard or parameter recognized by the international community, of which the process called "Project Profile".
At the beginning of October 2005, the HCR had recalled in a note that official requests were made to Algiers in 1977, 2001, 2003 and 2005 without any result. Similar requests were introduced at Polisario, in vain. Algeria and its protected had finally answered that it was initially necessary to lead to a "political solution" to the problem, while Morocco invited to dissociate the humane shutter of the political aspect of the conflict. Ultimately, they are the sequestered populations with Tindouf which were taken with the trap following this decision of the HCR. Considering a great part of the assistance which was intended to them was diverted by the leaders of Polisario, the situation will worsen during the years to come, since the international assistances will be able to drop. In a document of the HCR, last 29 May, the U.N. organization insists again on the need for an operation of census and invites "to revalue the assistance" provided to the camps of Tindouf. It is what finished by being made at the time of the 35ème session of the Standing Committee of the HCR.
Last October, Morocco which is one of the large contributors of the HCR in the area of the Maghreb, pled for the repatriation of the populations of Tindouf, independently of the political process. The Kingdom had advanced the example of 500.000 African and Afghan refugees (figures of the HCR) who could turn over in their countries in 2005.

[Casa]

The HCR and WFP decided to reduce by 43 % the assistance intended for the camps of Tindouf on the Algerian ground. The separatists, who took the practice to divert the essence of this basket, shout to a plot.


The HCR (Office of the High Commission of the Refugees) has just decided the reduction of the humanitarian aid intended for the camps of Tindouf of 43 %. This decision, moved by the blur which surrounds the number of the populations having to profit from this assistance, caused the anger of Polisario which showed the HCR, WFP (world food Program), Morocco and its "allies" as "affamer of the sahraoui women and children". Such is the contents of virulent criticize of the president of the CRS ( sahraoui Red croissant ) which reacted to the decision of the U.N. organization, while being pleased with the initiatives of several countries to increase their assistances to the populations of the camps. This war of the figures does not go back to today. The HCR and WFP had based themselves, during decades, on the only statistical ones advanced by Algeria and which evaluated the population of the camps to more than 160.000 people. These statistics were always disputed by Morocco which did not cease asking for a census of these populations and denouncing that these humanitarian aids end up enriching the pockets of the leaders of Polisario after their flow on the black markets of Algeria and Mauritania. In fact similar charges have been just carried against the friends of Mohamed Abdelaziz by the persons in charge for the Council of the American national clergy.
The last autumn, the HCR had ended up estimating at 90.000 the number of vulnerable people who could benefit from its assistance as from September 2005. However, Morocco declared at the same period, it acted there only of the implementation of the estimate retained in the report/ratio of the high commissioner at the general assembly of UNO, May 2, 1997. These figures were exaggerated and did not rest on any standard or parameter recognized by the international community, of which the process called "Project Profile".
At the beginning of October 2005, the HCR had recalled in a note that official requests were made to Algiers in 1977, 2001, 2003 and 2005 without any result. Similar requests were introduced at Polisario, in vain. Algeria and its protected had finally answered that it was initially necessary to lead to a "political solution" to the problem, while Morocco invited to dissociate the humane shutter of the political aspect of the conflict. Ultimately, they are the sequestered populations with Tindouf which were taken with the trap following this decision of the HCR. Considering a great part of the assistance which was intended to them was diverted by the leaders of Polisario, the situation will worsen during the years to come, since the international assistances will be able to drop. In a document of the HCR, last 29 May, the U.N. organization insists again on the need for an operation of census and invites "to revalue the assistance" provided to the camps of Tindouf. It is what finished by being made at the time of the 35ème session of the Standing Committee of the HCR.
Last October, Morocco which is one of the large contributors of the HCR in the area of the Maghreb, pled for the repatriation of the populations of Tindouf, independently of the political process. The Kingdom had advanced the example of 500.000 African and Afghan refugees (figures of the HCR) who could turn over in their countries in 2005.

[Aícha]

Le Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la RASD Retour aux dépêches

Le Royaume du Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la «RASD» et son gouvernement est décidé à n’entretenir avec elle aucune relation.

C’est ce qui a été annoncé dans un communiqué officiel publié à l’issue des entretiens à Phnom Penh du ministre délégué aux Affaires étrangères et à la coopération, Taïb Fassi Fihri avec le Premier ministre du Cambodge, Hun Sen et le Vice-premier ministre et ministre des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération internationale, Hor Namhong.

[Aícha]

Le Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la RASD Retour aux dépêches

Le Royaume du Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la «RASD» et son gouvernement est décidé à n’entretenir avec elle aucune relation.

C’est ce qui a été annoncé dans un communiqué officiel publié à l’issue des entretiens à Phnom Penh du ministre délégué aux Affaires étrangères et à la coopération, Taïb Fassi Fihri avec le Premier ministre du Cambodge, Hun Sen et le Vice-premier ministre et ministre des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération internationale, Hor Namhong.

[Aícha]

Le Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la RASD Retour aux dépêches

Le Royaume du Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la «RASD» et son gouvernement est décidé à n’entretenir avec elle aucune relation.

C’est ce qui a été annoncé dans un communiqué officiel publié à l’issue des entretiens à Phnom Penh du ministre délégué aux Affaires étrangères et à la coopération, Taïb Fassi Fihri avec le Premier ministre du Cambodge, Hun Sen et le Vice-premier ministre et ministre des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération internationale, Hor Namhong.

[Aícha]

Le Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la RASD Retour aux dépêches

Le Royaume du Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la «RASD» et son gouvernement est décidé à n’entretenir avec elle aucune relation.

C’est ce qui a été annoncé dans un communiqué officiel publié à l’issue des entretiens à Phnom Penh du ministre délégué aux Affaires étrangères et à la coopération, Taïb Fassi Fihri avec le Premier ministre du Cambodge, Hun Sen et le Vice-premier ministre et ministre des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération internationale, Hor Namhong.

[Aícha]

Le Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la RASD Retour aux dépêches

Le Royaume du Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la «RASD» et son gouvernement est décidé à n’entretenir avec elle aucune relation.

C’est ce qui a été annoncé dans un communiqué officiel publié à l’issue des entretiens à Phnom Penh du ministre délégué aux Affaires étrangères et à la coopération, Taïb Fassi Fihri avec le Premier ministre du Cambodge, Hun Sen et le Vice-premier ministre et ministre des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération internationale, Hor Namhong.

[Aícha]

Le Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la RASD Retour aux dépêches

Le Royaume du Cambodge ne reconnaît plus la «RASD» et son gouvernement est décidé à n’entretenir avec elle aucune relation.

C’est ce qui a été annoncé dans un communiqué officiel publié à l’issue des entretiens à Phnom Penh du ministre délégué aux Affaires étrangères et à la coopération, Taïb Fassi Fihri avec le Premier ministre du Cambodge, Hun Sen et le Vice-premier ministre et ministre des Affaires étrangères et de la Coopération internationale, Hor Namhong.

[Redalinho]

Four young Moroccan Sahaouis flee Polisario, return home

Rabat, Aug. 15 - Four young Moroccans have fled the Polisario camps to return to Morocco, reported on Tuesday the Arabic-speaking daily "Assabah".

The Polisario is an Algeria-backed guerrilla movement claiming the separation of Morocco's southern provinces, known as the Sahara. The former Spanish colony was retrieved by Morocco in 1975 under Madrid accords.

The youths described their journey out of Lahmada camps in Tindouf (south-western Algeria) onboard a merchandise van till the safety belt of El Mahbas region, where they presented themselves to the Moroccan armed forces.

Mehdi Ould Ali Salem Ould N'faae (34), Ali Ould Salem (27), Ahmed Ould Mhamed (19) and Othmane Ould Mrabih (14) gave overwhelming testimonies about the inhumane situation that sequestered families are enduring in Tindouf camps on the Algerian soil.

They said that the state of siege was reinforced in Tindouf camps following the demonstrations staged by members of Rguibate El-Ayaycha tribe, who support the autonomy proposal, adding that the armed militias of Polisario savagely repressed these demonstrations.

The youths also called upon the international community to step in to lift the siege imposed on the sequestered families in Tindouf to allow them return to their homeland and to save children subjected to forced work and deportation to Cuba against their parents’ will.

[Redalinho]

Four young Moroccan Sahaouis flee Polisario, return home

Rabat, Aug. 15 - Four young Moroccans have fled the Polisario camps to return to Morocco, reported on Tuesday the Arabic-speaking daily "Assabah".

The Polisario is an Algeria-backed guerrilla movement claiming the separation of Morocco's southern provinces, known as the Sahara. The former Spanish colony was retrieved by Morocco in 1975 under Madrid accords.

The youths described their journey out of Lahmada camps in Tindouf (south-western Algeria) onboard a merchandise van till the safety belt of El Mahbas region, where they presented themselves to the Moroccan armed forces.

Mehdi Ould Ali Salem Ould N'faae (34), Ali Ould Salem (27), Ahmed Ould Mhamed (19) and Othmane Ould Mrabih (14) gave overwhelming testimonies about the inhumane situation that sequestered families are enduring in Tindouf camps on the Algerian soil.

They said that the state of siege was reinforced in Tindouf camps following the demonstrations staged by members of Rguibate El-Ayaycha tribe, who support the autonomy proposal, adding that the armed militias of Polisario savagely repressed these demonstrations.

The youths also called upon the international community to step in to lift the siege imposed on the sequestered families in Tindouf to allow them return to their homeland and to save children subjected to forced work and deportation to Cuba against their parents’ will.

[Redalinho]

Four young Moroccan Sahaouis flee Polisario, return home

Rabat, Aug. 15 - Four young Moroccans have fled the Polisario camps to return to Morocco, reported on Tuesday the Arabic-speaking daily "Assabah".

The Polisario is an Algeria-backed guerrilla movement claiming the separation of Morocco's southern provinces, known as the Sahara. The former Spanish colony was retrieved by Morocco in 1975 under Madrid accords.

The youths described their journey out of Lahmada camps in Tindouf (south-western Algeria) onboard a merchandise van till the safety belt of El Mahbas region, where they presented themselves to the Moroccan armed forces.

Mehdi Ould Ali Salem Ould N'faae (34), Ali Ould Salem (27), Ahmed Ould Mhamed (19) and Othmane Ould Mrabih (14) gave overwhelming testimonies about the inhumane situation that sequestered families are enduring in Tindouf camps on the Algerian soil.

They said that the state of siege was reinforced in Tindouf camps following the demonstrations staged by members of Rguibate El-Ayaycha tribe, who support the autonomy proposal, adding that the armed militias of Polisario savagely repressed these demonstrations.

The youths also called upon the international community to step in to lift the siege imposed on the sequestered families in Tindouf to allow them return to their homeland and to save children subjected to forced work and deportation to Cuba against their parents’ will.

[Redalinho]

Four young Moroccan Sahaouis flee Polisario, return home

Rabat, Aug. 15 - Four young Moroccans have fled the Polisario camps to return to Morocco, reported on Tuesday the Arabic-speaking daily "Assabah".

The Polisario is an Algeria-backed guerrilla movement claiming the separation of Morocco's southern provinces, known as the Sahara. The former Spanish colony was retrieved by Morocco in 1975 under Madrid accords.

The youths described their journey out of Lahmada camps in Tindouf (south-western Algeria) onboard a merchandise van till the safety belt of El Mahbas region, where they presented themselves to the Moroccan armed forces.

Mehdi Ould Ali Salem Ould N'faae (34), Ali Ould Salem (27), Ahmed Ould Mhamed (19) and Othmane Ould Mrabih (14) gave overwhelming testimonies about the inhumane situation that sequestered families are enduring in Tindouf camps on the Algerian soil.

They said that the state of siege was reinforced in Tindouf camps following the demonstrations staged by members of Rguibate El-Ayaycha tribe, who support the autonomy proposal, adding that the armed militias of Polisario savagely repressed these demonstrations.

The youths also called upon the international community to step in to lift the siege imposed on the sequestered families in Tindouf to allow them return to their homeland and to save children subjected to forced work and deportation to Cuba against their parents’ will.

[Redalinho]

Four young Moroccan Sahaouis flee Polisario, return home

Rabat, Aug. 15 - Four young Moroccans have fled the Polisario camps to return to Morocco, reported on Tuesday the Arabic-speaking daily "Assabah".

The Polisario is an Algeria-backed guerrilla movement claiming the separation of Morocco's southern provinces, known as the Sahara. The former Spanish colony was retrieved by Morocco in 1975 under Madrid accords.

The youths described their journey out of Lahmada camps in Tindouf (south-western Algeria) onboard a merchandise van till the safety belt of El Mahbas region, where they presented themselves to the Moroccan armed forces.

Mehdi Ould Ali Salem Ould N'faae (34), Ali Ould Salem (27), Ahmed Ould Mhamed (19) and Othmane Ould Mrabih (14) gave overwhelming testimonies about the inhumane situation that sequestered families are enduring in Tindouf camps on the Algerian soil.

They said that the state of siege was reinforced in Tindouf camps following the demonstrations staged by members of Rguibate El-Ayaycha tribe, who support the autonomy proposal, adding that the armed militias of Polisario savagely repressed these demonstrations.

The youths also called upon the international community to step in to lift the siege imposed on the sequestered families in Tindouf to allow them return to their homeland and to save children subjected to forced work and deportation to Cuba against their parents’ will.

[Redalinho]

Four young Moroccan Sahaouis flee Polisario, return home

Rabat, Aug. 15 - Four young Moroccans have fled the Polisario camps to return to Morocco, reported on Tuesday the Arabic-speaking daily "Assabah".

The Polisario is an Algeria-backed guerrilla movement claiming the separation of Morocco's southern provinces, known as the Sahara. The former Spanish colony was retrieved by Morocco in 1975 under Madrid accords.

The youths described their journey out of Lahmada camps in Tindouf (south-western Algeria) onboard a merchandise van till the safety belt of El Mahbas region, where they presented themselves to the Moroccan armed forces.

Mehdi Ould Ali Salem Ould N'faae (34), Ali Ould Salem (27), Ahmed Ould Mhamed (19) and Othmane Ould Mrabih (14) gave overwhelming testimonies about the inhumane situation that sequestered families are enduring in Tindouf camps on the Algerian soil.

They said that the state of siege was reinforced in Tindouf camps following the demonstrations staged by members of Rguibate El-Ayaycha tribe, who support the autonomy proposal, adding that the armed militias of Polisario savagely repressed these demonstrations.

The youths also called upon the international community to step in to lift the siege imposed on the sequestered families in Tindouf to allow them return to their homeland and to save children subjected to forced work and deportation to Cuba against their parents’ will.

[nwusaad]

I hope the UN can pressure the polisario more, and make the corcas the ultimate actor for representing the Sahrawi interest.

After all if they are given autonomy, under a strong and internationally respected state; I dont see why anyone would complain.

The period of self-determination has become outdated, today is an era for consolidation and regional blocs.

[nwusaad]

I hope the UN can pressure the polisario more, and make the corcas the ultimate actor for representing the Sahrawi interest.

After all if they are given autonomy, under a strong and internationally respected state; I dont see why anyone would complain.

The period of self-determination has become outdated, today is an era for consolidation and regional blocs.

[nwusaad]

I hope the UN can pressure the polisario more, and make the corcas the ultimate actor for representing the Sahrawi interest.

After all if they are given autonomy, under a strong and internationally respected state; I dont see why anyone would complain.

The period of self-determination has become outdated, today is an era for consolidation and regional blocs.

[nwusaad]

I hope the UN can pressure the polisario more, and make the corcas the ultimate actor for representing the Sahrawi interest.

After all if they are given autonomy, under a strong and internationally respected state; I dont see why anyone would complain.

The period of self-determination has become outdated, today is an era for consolidation and regional blocs.

[nwusaad]

I hope the UN can pressure the polisario more, and make the corcas the ultimate actor for representing the Sahrawi interest.

After all if they are given autonomy, under a strong and internationally respected state; I dont see why anyone would complain.

The period of self-determination has become outdated, today is an era for consolidation and regional blocs.

[nwusaad]

I hope the UN can pressure the polisario more, and make the corcas the ultimate actor for representing the Sahrawi interest.

After all if they are given autonomy, under a strong and internationally respected state; I dont see why anyone would complain.

The period of self-determination has become outdated, today is an era for consolidation and regional blocs.

[Redalinho]

Sahrawi children inhumanely treated in Cuba, former Cuban official

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Some former Cuban senior officials confessed that children, who were snatched from their parents in Tindouf camps and deported to Cuban “Youth Island”, endured ill-treatment.

“These children followed military training and courses on the making of explosives,” said former Cuban instructor, Dariel Alarcon.

Dariel Alarcon, known as “Benigno”, testified in a documentary entitled “Cuba and Polisario Front: crime partners” that he was in charge of making Sahrawi children, barely nine years old, undergo a military training.

Alarcon, now exiled in France, recalled boats carrying an "incredibly" high number of Sahrawi children, who later were sent to "Youth island” under military control with no hope of escaping.”

“We taught children how to make home-made explosives with such products as sugar, coffee, sulphur, and nitroglycerine,” he said, revealing that during these courses “several children were killed. Their bodies should still be buried in the island if they were not exhumed,” said Alarcon.

Juan Vives, former agent of Cuban secret services, published a documentary under the title “El Magnifico” in which he described the inhumane condition of children sent from the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps, South-west Algeria, to the Latin American country.

In the documentary, Vives said that the Moroccan Sahrawi children were sent to schools, which were established especially for them, to follow their politically oriented studies.

“Children were obliged to work in the fields in the morning and go to school in the afternoon. Some did not cease to cry, claiming their parents. It was inhumane. Some arrived so young to Cuba that they hardly remembered from where they came. And it is very inhumane,” said Vives.

The former agent said that some young people stayed in Cuba over 12 years, admitting that his country hosted “a network of kidnapping children.”

The documentary, which indicated that 2,000 to 3,000 young Sahrawis are still in Cuba and hundreds of children are still being sent each year, talked about other abuses exerted by the Polisario, including the embezzlement of the international aids and the inhumane treatment of the Moroccan detainees in Tindouf camps.

The DVD documentary was screened during the Moroccan delegation's tour to several US cities in order to draw the attention of the American public opinion, particularly the Christian community, to the plight of the sequestered population in the camps.

During some meetings held in Trenton, New Jersey, Sarasota, Florida and Jacksonville, the members of the Moroccan delegation presented copies of this documentary to religious leaders to share it with their communities and show them the real face of the so-called Polisario.

The Moroccan delegation, composed of Saadani Maa Oulainine, Boussoula Mohammed Ebeya, Bachir Edkhil, Ali Najab and Ali Jaouhar, delivered poignant testimonies on the torture they endured during their detention in Tindouf camps.

[Redalinho]

Sahrawi children inhumanely treated in Cuba, former Cuban official

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/24/xin_051202240914731139512.jpg

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9707/23/cuba.explosion/cuba.map.jpg

Some former Cuban senior officials confessed that children, who were snatched from their parents in Tindouf camps and deported to Cuban “Youth Island”, endured ill-treatment.

“These children followed military training and courses on the making of explosives,” said former Cuban instructor, Dariel Alarcon.

Dariel Alarcon, known as “Benigno”, testified in a documentary entitled “Cuba and Polisario Front: crime partners” that he was in charge of making Sahrawi children, barely nine years old, undergo a military training.

Alarcon, now exiled in France, recalled boats carrying an "incredibly" high number of Sahrawi children, who later were sent to "Youth island” under military control with no hope of escaping.”

“We taught children how to make home-made explosives with such products as sugar, coffee, sulphur, and nitroglycerine,” he said, revealing that during these courses “several children were killed. Their bodies should still be buried in the island if they were not exhumed,” said Alarcon.

Juan Vives, former agent of Cuban secret services, published a documentary under the title “El Magnifico” in which he described the inhumane condition of children sent from the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps, South-west Algeria, to the Latin American country.

In the documentary, Vives said that the Moroccan Sahrawi children were sent to schools, which were established especially for them, to follow their politically oriented studies.

“Children were obliged to work in the fields in the morning and go to school in the afternoon. Some did not cease to cry, claiming their parents. It was inhumane. Some arrived so young to Cuba that they hardly remembered from where they came. And it is very inhumane,” said Vives.

The former agent said that some young people stayed in Cuba over 12 years, admitting that his country hosted “a network of kidnapping children.”

The documentary, which indicated that 2,000 to 3,000 young Sahrawis are still in Cuba and hundreds of children are still being sent each year, talked about other abuses exerted by the Polisario, including the embezzlement of the international aids and the inhumane treatment of the Moroccan detainees in Tindouf camps.

The DVD documentary was screened during the Moroccan delegation's tour to several US cities in order to draw the attention of the American public opinion, particularly the Christian community, to the plight of the sequestered population in the camps.

During some meetings held in Trenton, New Jersey, Sarasota, Florida and Jacksonville, the members of the Moroccan delegation presented copies of this documentary to religious leaders to share it with their communities and show them the real face of the so-called Polisario.

The Moroccan delegation, composed of Saadani Maa Oulainine, Boussoula Mohammed Ebeya, Bachir Edkhil, Ali Najab and Ali Jaouhar, delivered poignant testimonies on the torture they endured during their detention in Tindouf camps.

[Redalinho]

Sahrawi children inhumanely treated in Cuba, former Cuban official

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/24/xin_051202240914731139512.jpg

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9707/23/cuba.explosion/cuba.map.jpg

Some former Cuban senior officials confessed that children, who were snatched from their parents in Tindouf camps and deported to Cuban “Youth Island”, endured ill-treatment.

“These children followed military training and courses on the making of explosives,” said former Cuban instructor, Dariel Alarcon.

Dariel Alarcon, known as “Benigno”, testified in a documentary entitled “Cuba and Polisario Front: crime partners” that he was in charge of making Sahrawi children, barely nine years old, undergo a military training.

Alarcon, now exiled in France, recalled boats carrying an "incredibly" high number of Sahrawi children, who later were sent to "Youth island” under military control with no hope of escaping.”

“We taught children how to make home-made explosives with such products as sugar, coffee, sulphur, and nitroglycerine,” he said, revealing that during these courses “several children were killed. Their bodies should still be buried in the island if they were not exhumed,” said Alarcon.

Juan Vives, former agent of Cuban secret services, published a documentary under the title “El Magnifico” in which he described the inhumane condition of children sent from the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps, South-west Algeria, to the Latin American country.

In the documentary, Vives said that the Moroccan Sahrawi children were sent to schools, which were established especially for them, to follow their politically oriented studies.

“Children were obliged to work in the fields in the morning and go to school in the afternoon. Some did not cease to cry, claiming their parents. It was inhumane. Some arrived so young to Cuba that they hardly remembered from where they came. And it is very inhumane,” said Vives.

The former agent said that some young people stayed in Cuba over 12 years, admitting that his country hosted “a network of kidnapping children.”

The documentary, which indicated that 2,000 to 3,000 young Sahrawis are still in Cuba and hundreds of children are still being sent each year, talked about other abuses exerted by the Polisario, including the embezzlement of the international aids and the inhumane treatment of the Moroccan detainees in Tindouf camps.

The DVD documentary was screened during the Moroccan delegation's tour to several US cities in order to draw the attention of the American public opinion, particularly the Christian community, to the plight of the sequestered population in the camps.

During some meetings held in Trenton, New Jersey, Sarasota, Florida and Jacksonville, the members of the Moroccan delegation presented copies of this documentary to religious leaders to share it with their communities and show them the real face of the so-called Polisario.

The Moroccan delegation, composed of Saadani Maa Oulainine, Boussoula Mohammed Ebeya, Bachir Edkhil, Ali Najab and Ali Jaouhar, delivered poignant testimonies on the torture they endured during their detention in Tindouf camps.

[Redalinho]

Sahrawi children inhumanely treated in Cuba, former Cuban official

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/24/xin_051202240914731139512.jpg

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9707/23/cuba.explosion/cuba.map.jpg

Some former Cuban senior officials confessed that children, who were snatched from their parents in Tindouf camps and deported to Cuban “Youth Island”, endured ill-treatment.

“These children followed military training and courses on the making of explosives,” said former Cuban instructor, Dariel Alarcon.

Dariel Alarcon, known as “Benigno”, testified in a documentary entitled “Cuba and Polisario Front: crime partners” that he was in charge of making Sahrawi children, barely nine years old, undergo a military training.

Alarcon, now exiled in France, recalled boats carrying an "incredibly" high number of Sahrawi children, who later were sent to "Youth island” under military control with no hope of escaping.”

“We taught children how to make home-made explosives with such products as sugar, coffee, sulphur, and nitroglycerine,” he said, revealing that during these courses “several children were killed. Their bodies should still be buried in the island if they were not exhumed,” said Alarcon.

Juan Vives, former agent of Cuban secret services, published a documentary under the title “El Magnifico” in which he described the inhumane condition of children sent from the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps, South-west Algeria, to the Latin American country.

In the documentary, Vives said that the Moroccan Sahrawi children were sent to schools, which were established especially for them, to follow their politically oriented studies.

“Children were obliged to work in the fields in the morning and go to school in the afternoon. Some did not cease to cry, claiming their parents. It was inhumane. Some arrived so young to Cuba that they hardly remembered from where they came. And it is very inhumane,” said Vives.

The former agent said that some young people stayed in Cuba over 12 years, admitting that his country hosted “a network of kidnapping children.”

The documentary, which indicated that 2,000 to 3,000 young Sahrawis are still in Cuba and hundreds of children are still being sent each year, talked about other abuses exerted by the Polisario, including the embezzlement of the international aids and the inhumane treatment of the Moroccan detainees in Tindouf camps.

The DVD documentary was screened during the Moroccan delegation's tour to several US cities in order to draw the attention of the American public opinion, particularly the Christian community, to the plight of the sequestered population in the camps.

During some meetings held in Trenton, New Jersey, Sarasota, Florida and Jacksonville, the members of the Moroccan delegation presented copies of this documentary to religious leaders to share it with their communities and show them the real face of the so-called Polisario.

The Moroccan delegation, composed of Saadani Maa Oulainine, Boussoula Mohammed Ebeya, Bachir Edkhil, Ali Najab and Ali Jaouhar, delivered poignant testimonies on the torture they endured during their detention in Tindouf camps.

[Redalinho]

Sahrawi children inhumanely treated in Cuba, former Cuban official

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/24/xin_051202240914731139512.jpg

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9707/23/cuba.explosion/cuba.map.jpg

Some former Cuban senior officials confessed that children, who were snatched from their parents in Tindouf camps and deported to Cuban “Youth Island”, endured ill-treatment.

“These children followed military training and courses on the making of explosives,” said former Cuban instructor, Dariel Alarcon.

Dariel Alarcon, known as “Benigno”, testified in a documentary entitled “Cuba and Polisario Front: crime partners” that he was in charge of making Sahrawi children, barely nine years old, undergo a military training.

Alarcon, now exiled in France, recalled boats carrying an "incredibly" high number of Sahrawi children, who later were sent to "Youth island” under military control with no hope of escaping.”

“We taught children how to make home-made explosives with such products as sugar, coffee, sulphur, and nitroglycerine,” he said, revealing that during these courses “several children were killed. Their bodies should still be buried in the island if they were not exhumed,” said Alarcon.

Juan Vives, former agent of Cuban secret services, published a documentary under the title “El Magnifico” in which he described the inhumane condition of children sent from the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps, South-west Algeria, to the Latin American country.

In the documentary, Vives said that the Moroccan Sahrawi children were sent to schools, which were established especially for them, to follow their politically oriented studies.

“Children were obliged to work in the fields in the morning and go to school in the afternoon. Some did not cease to cry, claiming their parents. It was inhumane. Some arrived so young to Cuba that they hardly remembered from where they came. And it is very inhumane,” said Vives.

The former agent said that some young people stayed in Cuba over 12 years, admitting that his country hosted “a network of kidnapping children.”

The documentary, which indicated that 2,000 to 3,000 young Sahrawis are still in Cuba and hundreds of children are still being sent each year, talked about other abuses exerted by the Polisario, including the embezzlement of the international aids and the inhumane treatment of the Moroccan detainees in Tindouf camps.

The DVD documentary was screened during the Moroccan delegation's tour to several US cities in order to draw the attention of the American public opinion, particularly the Christian community, to the plight of the sequestered population in the camps.

During some meetings held in Trenton, New Jersey, Sarasota, Florida and Jacksonville, the members of the Moroccan delegation presented copies of this documentary to religious leaders to share it with their communities and show them the real face of the so-called Polisario.

The Moroccan delegation, composed of Saadani Maa Oulainine, Boussoula Mohammed Ebeya, Bachir Edkhil, Ali Najab and Ali Jaouhar, delivered poignant testimonies on the torture they endured during their detention in Tindouf camps.

[Redalinho]

Sahrawi children inhumanely treated in Cuba, former Cuban official

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-12/24/xin_051202240914731139512.jpg

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9707/23/cuba.explosion/cuba.map.jpg

Some former Cuban senior officials confessed that children, who were snatched from their parents in Tindouf camps and deported to Cuban “Youth Island”, endured ill-treatment.

“These children followed military training and courses on the making of explosives,” said former Cuban instructor, Dariel Alarcon.

Dariel Alarcon, known as “Benigno”, testified in a documentary entitled “Cuba and Polisario Front: crime partners” that he was in charge of making Sahrawi children, barely nine years old, undergo a military training.

Alarcon, now exiled in France, recalled boats carrying an "incredibly" high number of Sahrawi children, who later were sent to "Youth island” under military control with no hope of escaping.”

“We taught children how to make home-made explosives with such products as sugar, coffee, sulphur, and nitroglycerine,” he said, revealing that during these courses “several children were killed. Their bodies should still be buried in the island if they were not exhumed,” said Alarcon.

Juan Vives, former agent of Cuban secret services, published a documentary under the title “El Magnifico” in which he described the inhumane condition of children sent from the Polisario-controlled Tindouf camps, South-west Algeria, to the Latin American country.

In the documentary, Vives said that the Moroccan Sahrawi children were sent to schools, which were established especially for them, to follow their politically oriented studies.

“Children were obliged to work in the fields in the morning and go to school in the afternoon. Some did not cease to cry, claiming their parents. It was inhumane. Some arrived so young to Cuba that they hardly remembered from where they came. And it is very inhumane,” said Vives.

The former agent said that some young people stayed in Cuba over 12 years, admitting that his country hosted “a network of kidnapping children.”

The documentary, which indicated that 2,000 to 3,000 young Sahrawis are still in Cuba and hundreds of children are still being sent each year, talked about other abuses exerted by the Polisario, including the embezzlement of the international aids and the inhumane treatment of the Moroccan detainees in Tindouf camps.

The DVD documentary was screened during the Moroccan delegation's tour to several US cities in order to draw the attention of the American public opinion, particularly the Christian community, to the plight of the sequestered population in the camps.

During some meetings held in Trenton, New Jersey, Sarasota, Florida and Jacksonville, the members of the Moroccan delegation presented copies of this documentary to religious leaders to share it with their communities and show them the real face of the so-called Polisario.

The Moroccan delegation, composed of Saadani Maa Oulainine, Boussoula Mohammed Ebeya, Bachir Edkhil, Ali Najab and Ali Jaouhar, delivered poignant testimonies on the torture they endured during their detention in Tindouf camps.

[belgiumguy]

It's time that Algeria stops helping the polisario and help creating the Maghreb arab union.

[belgiumguy]

It's time that Algeria stops helping the polisario and help creating the Maghreb arab union.

[belgiumguy]

It's time that Algeria stops helping the polisario and help creating the Maghreb arab union.

[belgiumguy]

It's time that Algeria stops helping the polisario and help creating the Maghreb arab union.

[belgiumguy]

It's time that Algeria stops helping the polisario and help creating the Maghreb arab union.

[belgiumguy]

It's time that Algeria stops helping the polisario and help creating the Maghreb arab union.

[wakrah-wi-bas]

the people of the sahra have the right to self determination under it's legitimate representative, Polisario.
the morrocan regime should & must lay-off the people of the sahara. morroco who have the worst record in violation of human rights, should never talk about torture in the camps of tindouf. after all, it's morroco who built the bastille of the 20th century, tizmamart.

[wakrah-wi-bas]

the people of the sahra have the right to self determination under it's legitimate representative, Polisario.
the morrocan regime should & must lay-off the people of the sahara. morroco who have the worst record in violation of human rights, should never talk about torture in the camps of tindouf. after all, it's morroco who built the bastille of the 20th century, tizmamart.

[wakrah-wi-bas]

the people of the sahra have the right to self determination under it's legitimate representative, Polisario.
the morrocan regime should & must lay-off the people of the sahara. morroco who have the worst record in violation of human rights, should never talk about torture in the camps of tindouf. after all, it's morroco who built the bastille of the 20th century, tizmamart.

[wakrah-wi-bas]

the people of the sahra have the right to self determination under it's legitimate representative, Polisario.
the morrocan regime should & must lay-off the people of the sahara. morroco who have the worst record in violation of human rights, should never talk about torture in the camps of tindouf. after all, it's morroco who built the bastille of the 20th century, tizmamart.

[wakrah-wi-bas]

the people of the sahra have the right to self determination under it's legitimate representative, Polisario.
the morrocan regime should & must lay-off the people of the sahara. morroco who have the worst record in violation of human rights, should never talk about torture in the camps of tindouf. after all, it's morroco who built the bastille of the 20th century, tizmamart.

[wakrah-wi-bas]

the people of the sahra have the right to self determination under it's legitimate representative, Polisario.
the morrocan regime should & must lay-off the people of the sahara. morroco who have the worst record in violation of human rights, should never talk about torture in the camps of tindouf. after all, it's morroco who built the bastille of the 20th century, tizmamart.

[belgiumguy]

hahahaha,jou don't know nothing of this.The Sahraoui's live like kings in Laayoune while their families eat sand in Tindouf,food is practically for free..They live in miserable tents while the Sahraoui's in Laayoune have beautiful avenue's,boulevards,squares.Polisario sends his own people to Cuba to work like dogs in the fields.The most funny thing of all is that the leaders of Polisario are all Moroccans,born in Marrakech out for money.

[belgiumguy]

hahahaha,jou don't know nothing of this.The Sahraoui's live like kings in Laayoune while their families eat sand in Tindouf,food is practically for free..They live in miserable tents while the Sahraoui's in Laayoune have beautiful avenue's,boulevards,squares.Polisario sends his own people to Cuba to work like dogs in the fields.The most funny thing of all is that the leaders of Polisario are all Moroccans,born in Marrakech out for money.

[belgiumguy]

hahahaha,jou don't know nothing of this.The Sahraoui's live like kings in Laayoune while their families eat sand in Tindouf,food is practically for free..They live in miserable tents while the Sahraoui's in Laayoune have beautiful avenue's,boulevards,squares.Polisario sends his own people to Cuba to work like dogs in the fields.The most funny thing of all is that the leaders of Polisario are all Moroccans,born in Marrakech out for money.

[belgiumguy]

hahahaha,jou don't know nothing of this.The Sahraoui's live like kings in Laayoune while their families eat sand in Tindouf,food is practically for free..They live in miserable tents while the Sahraoui's in Laayoune have beautiful avenue's,boulevards,squares.Polisario sends his own people to Cuba to work like dogs in the fields.The most funny thing of all is that the leaders of Polisario are all Moroccans,born in Marrakech out for money.

[belgiumguy]

hahahaha,jou don't know nothing of this.The Sahraoui's live like kings in Laayoune while their families eat sand in Tindouf,food is practically for free..They live in miserable tents while the Sahraoui's in Laayoune have beautiful avenue's,boulevards,squares.Polisario sends his own people to Cuba to work like dogs in the fields.The most funny thing of all is that the leaders of Polisario are all Moroccans,born in Marrakech out for money.

[belgiumguy]

hahahaha,jou don't know nothing of this.The Sahraoui's live like kings in Laayoune while their families eat sand in Tindouf,food is practically for free..They live in miserable tents while the Sahraoui's in Laayoune have beautiful avenue's,boulevards,squares.Polisario sends his own people to Cuba to work like dogs in the fields.The most funny thing of all is that the leaders of Polisario are all Moroccans,born in Marrakech out for money.

[nwusaad]

The Western Sahara will become a more prosperous place under Moroccan sovereignty. Sahrawis will be able to rule their own internal affairs, and benefit from Moroccan security, tutelage and diplomacy.
While Morocco has had human rights violations before, the situation has gotten much better as Amnesty International declares. It is not the Polisario, which still holds Moroccans and prisoners in Tindouf since 1975, that will prove to be a better representative. The fact that it sends Sahrawi children to become mercenaries and child soldiers in Cuba makes them more of a mafia organization seeking to make money (armament sales, food and United Nations aid, forced slavery, sequestering prisoners), than actually defending the rights of the Sahrawis.

If they really represent Sahrawis, why dont they leave them go back to their land? Why do they need to keep them refugees in Tindouf camps. As a way to get UN aid. After all they certainly have family there.
The referendum can not work because Polisario and Algerians will keep counting people that are not truly Sahrawis in the list and force them to vote for secession. Furthermore, being a mafia and violent organization, they will threaten people to vote for one side.

Sahrawis just want to live in peace in their land. See their family, villages, do business with their Moroccan, Algerian and Mauritanian brothers. So why doesnt POLISARIO leave them alone rather than torture their children, kidnap/abduct them, and keep fueling the tension between Morocco and Algeria?

[nwusaad]

The Western Sahara will become a more prosperous place under Moroccan sovereignty. Sahrawis will be able to rule their own internal affairs, and benefit from Moroccan security, tutelage and diplomacy.
While Morocco has had human rights violations before, the situation has gotten much better as Amnesty International declares. It is not the Polisario, which still holds Moroccans and prisoners in Tindouf since 1975, that will prove to be a better representative. The fact that it sends Sahrawi children to become mercenaries and child soldiers in Cuba makes them more of a mafia organization seeking to make money (armament sales, food and United Nations aid, forced slavery, sequestering prisoners), than actually defending the rights of the Sahrawis.

If they really represent Sahrawis, why dont they leave them go back to their land? Why do they need to keep them refugees in Tindouf camps. As a way to get UN aid. After all they certainly have family there.
The referendum can not work because Polisario and Algerians will keep counting people that are not truly Sahrawis in the list and force them to vote for secession. Furthermore, being a mafia and violent organization, they will threaten people to vote for one side.

Sahrawis just want to live in peace in their land. See their family, villages, do business with their Moroccan, Algerian and Mauritanian brothers. So why doesnt POLISARIO leave them alone rather than torture their children, kidnap/abduct them, and keep fueling the tension between Morocco and Algeria?

[nwusaad]

The Western Sahara will become a more prosperous place under Moroccan sovereignty. Sahrawis will be able to rule their own internal affairs, and benefit from Moroccan security, tutelage and diplomacy.
While Morocco has had human rights violations before, the situation has gotten much better as Amnesty International declares. It is not the Polisario, which still holds Moroccans and prisoners in Tindouf since 1975, that will prove to be a better representative. The fact that it sends Sahrawi children to become mercenaries and child soldiers in Cuba makes them more of a mafia organization seeking to make money (armament sales, food and United Nations aid, forced slavery, sequestering prisoners), than actually defending the rights of the Sahrawis.

If they really represent Sahrawis, why dont they leave them go back to their land? Why do they need to keep them refugees in Tindouf camps. As a way to get UN aid. After all they certainly have family there.
The referendum can not work because Polisario and Algerians will keep counting people that are not truly Sahrawis in the list and force them to vote for secession. Furthermore, being a mafia and violent organization, they will threaten people to vote for one side.

Sahrawis just want to live in peace in their land. See their family, villages, do business with their Moroccan, Algerian and Mauritanian brothers. So why doesnt POLISARIO leave them alone rather than torture their children, kidnap/abduct them, and keep fueling the tension between Morocco and Algeria?

[nwusaad]

The Western Sahara will become a more prosperous place under Moroccan sovereignty. Sahrawis will be able to rule their own internal affairs, and benefit from Moroccan security, tutelage and diplomacy.
While Morocco has had human rights violations before, the situation has gotten much better as Amnesty International declares. It is not the Polisario, which still holds Moroccans and prisoners in Tindouf since 1975, that will prove to be a better representative. The fact that it sends Sahrawi children to become mercenaries and child soldiers in Cuba makes them more of a mafia organization seeking to make money (armament sales, food and United Nations aid, forced slavery, sequestering prisoners), than actually defending the rights of the Sahrawis.

If they really represent Sahrawis, why dont they leave them go back to their land? Why do they need to keep them refugees in Tindouf camps. As a way to get UN aid. After all they certainly have family there.
The referendum can not work because Polisario and Algerians will keep counting people that are not truly Sahrawis in the list and force them to vote for secession. Furthermore, being a mafia and violent organization, they will threaten people to vote for one side.

Sahrawis just want to live in peace in their land. See their family, villages, do business with their Moroccan, Algerian and Mauritanian brothers. So why doesnt POLISARIO leave them alone rather than torture their children, kidnap/abduct them, and keep fueling the tension between Morocco and Algeria?

[nwusaad]

The Western Sahara will become a more prosperous place under Moroccan sovereignty. Sahrawis will be able to rule their own internal affairs, and benefit from Moroccan security, tutelage and diplomacy.
While Morocco has had human rights violations before, the situation has gotten much better as Amnesty International declares. It is not the Polisario, which still holds Moroccans and prisoners in Tindouf since 1975, that will prove to be a better representative. The fact that it sends Sahrawi children to become mercenaries and child soldiers in Cuba makes them more of a mafia organization seeking to make money (armament sales, food and United Nations aid, forced slavery, sequestering prisoners), than actually defending the rights of the Sahrawis.

If they really represent Sahrawis, why dont they leave them go back to their land? Why do they need to keep them refugees in Tindouf camps. As a way to get UN aid. After all they certainly have family there.
The referendum can not work because Polisario and Algerians will keep counting people that are not truly Sahrawis in the list and force them to vote for secession. Furthermore, being a mafia and violent organization, they will threaten people to vote for one side.

Sahrawis just want to live in peace in their land. See their family, villages, do business with their Moroccan, Algerian and Mauritanian brothers. So why doesnt POLISARIO leave them alone rather than torture their children, kidnap/abduct them, and keep fueling the tension between Morocco and Algeria?

[nwusaad]

The Western Sahara will become a more prosperous place under Moroccan sovereignty. Sahrawis will be able to rule their own internal affairs, and benefit from Moroccan security, tutelage and diplomacy.
While Morocco has had human rights violations before, the situation has gotten much better as Amnesty International declares. It is not the Polisario, which still holds Moroccans and prisoners in Tindouf since 1975, that will prove to be a better representative. The fact that it sends Sahrawi children to become mercenaries and child soldiers in Cuba makes them more of a mafia organization seeking to make money (armament sales, food and United Nations aid, forced slavery, sequestering prisoners), than actually defending the rights of the Sahrawis.

If they really represent Sahrawis, why dont they leave them go back to their land? Why do they need to keep them refugees in Tindouf camps. As a way to get UN aid. After all they certainly have family there.
The referendum can not work because Polisario and Algerians will keep counting people that are not truly Sahrawis in the list and force them to vote for secession. Furthermore, being a mafia and violent organization, they will threaten people to vote for one side.

Sahrawis just want to live in peace in their land. See their family, villages, do business with their Moroccan, Algerian and Mauritanian brothers. So why doesnt POLISARIO leave them alone rather than torture their children, kidnap/abduct them, and keep fueling the tension between Morocco and Algeria?

[Casa]

Autonomy, best solution to settle Sahara issue (former Canary Islands President)


Rabat, Sep. 8 - Former president of the autonomous government of the Canary Islands, Jeronimo Saavedra Acevedo (1983-1987) affirmed, here Friday, that the autonomy project is the "best solution to settle this issue."
Acevedo gave this statement to MAP at the end of a meeting with Sahrawi personalities.

The Sahara issue opposes Morocco to the Algeria-backed Polisario, which claims the separation of Morocco's southern provinces, the Sahara, from the rest of the country. The North African kingdom is presently devising a solution to this conflict that consists of granting the Sahara a large autonomy under its sovereignty.

Currently President of the Spanish Socialist Labor party (PSOE) in the Canary Islands, Acevedo noted that he was the "first" to mention the issue of Sahara autonomy, underlining that this stance has made him target to many critics at that time.

Voicing confidence that autonomy is the best solution to put an end to the Sahara conflict, which has so long lasted, Acevedo condemned Algeria’s attitude that “persists to hinder the efforts aiming to find a lasting solution to this issue.”

The Sahrawi personalities briefed the Spanish politician about the inhuman practices of the Polisario in Tindouf camps (southwest Algeria), and handed him an exhaustive file about the Moroccan civilians and militaries that disappeared in these camps.

The Sahrawis urged Acevedo to exert pressure on Polisario and Algeria to highlight the fate of the Moroccans in the Polisario and Algeria’s prisons.

Jeronimo Saavedra Acevedo is expected to give a conference on Saturday on the “Spanish experience and the autonomy perspectives for the southern province”.

[Casa]

Autonomy, best solution to settle Sahara issue (former Canary Islands President)


Rabat, Sep. 8 - Former president of the autonomous government of the Canary Islands, Jeronimo Saavedra Acevedo (1983-1987) affirmed, here Friday, that the autonomy project is the "best solution to settle this issue."
Acevedo gave this statement to MAP at the end of a meeting with Sahrawi personalities.

The Sahara issue opposes Morocco to the Algeria-backed Polisario, which claims the separation of Morocco's southern provinces, the Sahara, from the rest of the country. The North African kingdom is presently devising a solution to this conflict that consists of granting the Sahara a large autonomy under its sovereignty.

Currently President of the Spanish Socialist Labor party (PSOE) in the Canary Islands, Acevedo noted that he was the "first" to mention the issue of Sahara autonomy, underlining that this stance has made him target to many critics at that time.

Voicing confidence that autonomy is the best solution to put an end to the Sahara conflict, which has so long lasted, Acevedo condemned Algeria’s attitude that “persists to hinder the efforts aiming to find a lasting solution to this issue.”

The Sahrawi personalities briefed the Spanish politician about the inhuman practices of the Polisario in Tindouf camps (southwest Algeria), and handed him an exhaustive file about the Moroccan civilians and militaries that disappeared in these camps.

The Sahrawis urged Acevedo to exert pressure on Polisario and Algeria to highlight the fate of the Moroccans in the Polisario and Algeria’s prisons.

Jeronimo Saavedra Acevedo is expected to give a conference on Saturday on the “Spanish experience and the autonomy perspectives for the southern province”.

[Casa]

Autonomy, best solution to settle Sahara issue (former Canary Islands President)


Rabat, Sep. 8 - Former president of the autonomous government of the Canary Islands, Jeronimo Saavedra Acevedo (1983-1987) affirmed, here Friday, that the autonomy project is the "best solution to settle this issue."
Acevedo gave this statement to MAP at the end of a meeting with Sahrawi personalities.

The Sahara issue opposes Morocco to the Algeria-backed Polisario, which claims the separation of Morocco's southern provinces, the Sahara, from the rest of the country. The North African kingdom is presently devising a solution to this conflict that consists of granting the Sahara a large autonomy under its sovereignty.

Currently President of the Spanish Socialist Labor party (PSOE) in the Canary Islands, Acevedo noted that he was the "first" to mention the issue of Sahara autonomy, underlining that this stance has made him target to many critics at that time.

Voicing confidence that autonomy is the best solution to put an end to the Sahara conflict, which has so long lasted, Acevedo condemned Algeria’s attitude that “persists to hinder the efforts aiming to find a lasting solution to this issue.”

The Sahrawi personalities briefed the Spanish politician about the inhuman practices of the Polisario in Tindouf camps (southwest Algeria), and handed him an exhaustive file about the Moroccan civilians and militaries that disappeared in these camps.

The Sahrawis urged Acevedo to exert pressure on Polisario and Algeria to highlight the fate of the Moroccans in the Polisario and Algeria’s prisons.

Jeronimo Saavedra Acevedo is expected to give a conference on Saturday on the “Spanish experience and the autonomy perspectives for the southern province”.

[Casa]

Autonomy, best solution to settle Sahara issue (former Canary Islands President)


Rabat, Sep. 8 - Former president of the autonomous government of the Canary Islands, Jeronimo Saavedra Acevedo (1983-1987) affirmed, here Friday, that the autonomy project is the "best solution to settle this issue."
Acevedo gave this statement to MAP at the end of a meeting with Sahrawi personalities.

The Sahara issue opposes Morocco to the Algeria-backed Polisario, which claims the separation of Morocco's southern provinces, the Sahara, from the rest of the country. The North African kingdom is presently devising a solution to this conflict that consists of granting the Sahara a large autonomy under its sovereignty.

Currently President of the Spanish Socialist Labor party (PSOE) in the Canary Islands, Acevedo noted that he was the "first" to mention the issue of Sahara autonomy, underlining that this stance has made him target to many critics at that time.

Voicing confidence that autonomy is the best solution to put an end to the Sahara conflict, which has so long lasted, Acevedo condemned Algeria’s attitude that “persists to hinder the efforts aiming to find a lasting solution to this issue.”

The Sahrawi personalities briefed the Spanish politician about the inhuman practices of the Polisario in Tindouf camps (southwest Algeria), and handed him an exhaustive file about the Moroccan civilians and militaries that disappeared in these camps.

The Sahrawis urged Acevedo to exert pressure on Polisario and Algeria to highlight the fate of the Moroccans in the Polisario and Algeria’s prisons.

Jeronimo Saavedra Acevedo is expected to give a conference on Saturday on the “Spanish experience and the autonomy perspectives for the southern province”.

[Casa]

Autonomy, best solution to settle Sahara issue (former Canary Islands President)


Rabat, Sep. 8 - Former president of the autonomous government of the Canary Islands, Jeronimo Saavedra Acevedo (1983-1987) affirmed, here Friday, that the autonomy project is the "best solution to settle this issue."
Acevedo gave this statement to MAP at the end of a meeting with Sahrawi personalities.

The Sahara issue opposes Morocco to the Algeria-backed Polisario, which claims the separation of Morocco's southern provinces, the Sahara, from the rest of the country. The North African kingdom is presently devising a solution to this conflict that consists of granting the Sahara a large autonomy under its sovereignty.

Currently President of the Spanish Socialist Labor party (PSOE) in the Canary Islands, Acevedo noted that he was the "first" to mention the issue of Sahara autonomy, underlining that this stance has made him target to many critics at that time.

Voicing confidence that autonomy is the best solution to put an end to the Sahara conflict, which has so long lasted, Acevedo condemned Algeria’s attitude that “persists to hinder the efforts aiming to find a lasting solution to this issue.”

The Sahrawi personalities briefed the Spanish politician about the inhuman practices of the Polisario in Tindouf camps (southwest Algeria), and handed him an exhaustive file about the Moroccan civilians and militaries that disappeared in these camps.

The Sahrawis urged Acevedo to exert pressure on Polisario and Algeria to highlight the fate of the Moroccans in the Polisario and Algeria’s prisons.

Jeronimo Saavedra Acevedo is expected to give a conference on Saturday on the “Spanish experience and the autonomy perspectives for the southern province”.

[Casa]

Autonomy, best solution to settle Sahara issue (former Canary Islands President)


Rabat, Sep. 8 - Former president of the autonomous government of the Canary Islands, Jeronimo Saavedra Acevedo (1983-1987) affirmed, here Friday, that the autonomy project is the "best solution to settle this issue."
Acevedo gave this statement to MAP at the end of a meeting with Sahrawi personalities.

The Sahara issue opposes Morocco to the Algeria-backed Polisario, which claims the separation of Morocco's southern provinces, the Sahara, from the rest of the country. The North African kingdom is presently devising a solution to this conflict that consists of granting the Sahara a large autonomy under its sovereignty.

Currently President of the Spanish Socialist Labor party (PSOE) in the Canary Islands, Acevedo noted that he was the "first" to mention the issue of Sahara autonomy, underlining that this stance has made him target to many critics at that time.

Voicing confidence that autonomy is the best solution to put an end to the Sahara conflict, which has so long lasted, Acevedo condemned Algeria’s attitude that “persists to hinder the efforts aiming to find a lasting solution to this issue.”

The Sahrawi personalities briefed the Spanish politician about the inhuman practices of the Polisario in Tindouf camps (southwest Algeria), and handed him an exhaustive file about the Moroccan civilians and militaries that disappeared in these camps.

The Sahrawis urged Acevedo to exert pressure on Polisario and Algeria to highlight the fate of the Moroccans in the Polisario and Algeria’s prisons.

Jeronimo Saavedra Acevedo is expected to give a conference on Saturday on the “Spanish experience and the autonomy perspectives for the southern province”.

[Redalinho]

Le Polisario accuse l’Espagne et la France

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Le Front Polisario a fermement réagi à la relance par le Maroc du projet d’autonomie du Sahara préconisé en tant qu’alternative au statu quo.

M. Mohamed Sidati, le représentant de la RASD chargé des relations avec l’Europe, a animé dans la soirée du lundi un point de presse à cette occasion dans le but de réactualiser la position du Polisario.

En accusant explicitement l’Espagne et la France d’être derrière la promotion de l’idée d’autonomie large du Sahara, il fera valoir l’attachement traditionnel de la RASD au principe des négociations directes avec le royaume chérifien sur le seul thème des modalités d’application du référendum d’autodétermination, conformément aux accords conclus entre les deux pays à Houston.

«Nous refusons de négocier avec le Maroc sur autre chose que les modalités d’application des accords déjà conclus, notamment le Plan de règlement de l’Onu de 1991 et les Accords de Houston de 1996", a-t-il déclaré. M. Sidati, qui occupe également la fonction de ministre conseiller auprès du président de la République arabe sahraouie démocratique, M. Mohamed Abdelaziz, a fait savoir que les manoeuvres marocaines ont tendance à faire accréditer la thèse que des Etats veulent faire figurer dans les prochaines résolutions du Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu l’appel à des négociations sur le projet de l’autonomie.

Le conférencier rappellera tout simplement, en guise de réponse, que des négociations entre les deux parties ont eu lieu et ont abouti à la signature du Plan de règlement et des Accords de Houston dans lesquels Rabat accepte la tenue du référendum d’autodétermination au Sahara-Occidental.

M. Sidati se désole que les Nations unies n’aient pas fait preuve de fermeté pour pousser à l’application de ce plan. Quant au plan d’autonomie présenté par le royaume chérifien, le responsable sahraoui ne lui réserve aucune suite.

«C’est un projet mort-né», commentera-t-il, citant en exemple d’illustration de l’hostilité des populations sahraouies, les actions de protestation enregistrées sur les territoires occupés depuis 2005.

Et qui ont valu une réaction de répression des forces de sécurité marocaines, attentant aux droits de l’homme.

Un aspect sur lequel l’attention de la communauté internationale a été sans cesse attirée. Le ministre a parlé d’arrestations arbitraires de militants indépendantistes et la torture pratiquée systématiquement sur les prisonniers.

La relance du projet d’autonomie n’est, aux yeux de Sidati, qu’une manoeuvre de digression destinée à chahuter la nature du conflit qui est celui de la décolonisation que seul «le processus de règlement sus-cité consensuellement approuvé est à même de régler».

Le Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu doit se réunir fin octobre pour voter un renouvellement du mandat de sa mission au Sahara-Occidental, la Minurso, et se prononcer de nouveau sur le conflit opposant le Front Polisario et le Maroc depuis 1975.

Le Polisario mène en ce moment une campagne de sensibilisation de l’Union européenne sur la justesse de l’organisation d’un référendum d’autodétermination qui permettra à la population de choisir en toute souveraineté son sort: s’affranchir des griffes du Maroc ou en dépendre.

La polémique sur le thème de l’autonomie est relancée alors que des informations font état d’un positionnement favorable d’un parti politique marocain - la Voie de la Démocratie - pour la convocation d’un référendum d’autodétermination.

Et a dénoncé par là même, les violences policières menées contre les résistants sahraouis. L’organisation d’un référendum d’autodétermination au Sahara-Occidental est en mesure, selon ce parti politique, de «garantir la paix et la sécurité dans la région» a estimé «Annahdj Eddimocrati» en évoquant le bilan annuel du Sahara-Occidental.

Par Omar S. - Quotidien d'Oran

[Redalinho]

Le Polisario accuse l’Espagne et la France

http://www.33ff.com/flags/XL_flags/Spain_flag.gif

http://www.33ff.com/flags/XL_flags/France_flag.gif

Le Front Polisario a fermement réagi à la relance par le Maroc du projet d’autonomie du Sahara préconisé en tant qu’alternative au statu quo.

M. Mohamed Sidati, le représentant de la RASD chargé des relations avec l’Europe, a animé dans la soirée du lundi un point de presse à cette occasion dans le but de réactualiser la position du Polisario.

En accusant explicitement l’Espagne et la France d’être derrière la promotion de l’idée d’autonomie large du Sahara, il fera valoir l’attachement traditionnel de la RASD au principe des négociations directes avec le royaume chérifien sur le seul thème des modalités d’application du référendum d’autodétermination, conformément aux accords conclus entre les deux pays à Houston.

«Nous refusons de négocier avec le Maroc sur autre chose que les modalités d’application des accords déjà conclus, notamment le Plan de règlement de l’Onu de 1991 et les Accords de Houston de 1996", a-t-il déclaré. M. Sidati, qui occupe également la fonction de ministre conseiller auprès du président de la République arabe sahraouie démocratique, M. Mohamed Abdelaziz, a fait savoir que les manoeuvres marocaines ont tendance à faire accréditer la thèse que des Etats veulent faire figurer dans les prochaines résolutions du Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu l’appel à des négociations sur le projet de l’autonomie.

Le conférencier rappellera tout simplement, en guise de réponse, que des négociations entre les deux parties ont eu lieu et ont abouti à la signature du Plan de règlement et des Accords de Houston dans lesquels Rabat accepte la tenue du référendum d’autodétermination au Sahara-Occidental.

M. Sidati se désole que les Nations unies n’aient pas fait preuve de fermeté pour pousser à l’application de ce plan. Quant au plan d’autonomie présenté par le royaume chérifien, le responsable sahraoui ne lui réserve aucune suite.

«C’est un projet mort-né», commentera-t-il, citant en exemple d’illustration de l’hostilité des populations sahraouies, les actions de protestation enregistrées sur les territoires occupés depuis 2005.

Et qui ont valu une réaction de répression des forces de sécurité marocaines, attentant aux droits de l’homme.

Un aspect sur lequel l’attention de la communauté internationale a été sans cesse attirée. Le ministre a parlé d’arrestations arbitraires de militants indépendantistes et la torture pratiquée systématiquement sur les prisonniers.

La relance du projet d’autonomie n’est, aux yeux de Sidati, qu’une manoeuvre de digression destinée à chahuter la nature du conflit qui est celui de la décolonisation que seul «le processus de règlement sus-cité consensuellement approuvé est à même de régler».

Le Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu doit se réunir fin octobre pour voter un renouvellement du mandat de sa mission au Sahara-Occidental, la Minurso, et se prononcer de nouveau sur le conflit opposant le Front Polisario et le Maroc depuis 1975.

Le Polisario mène en ce moment une campagne de sensibilisation de l’Union européenne sur la justesse de l’organisation d’un référendum d’autodétermination qui permettra à la population de choisir en toute souveraineté son sort: s’affranchir des griffes du Maroc ou en dépendre.

La polémique sur le thème de l’autonomie est relancée alors que des informations font état d’un positionnement favorable d’un parti politique marocain - la Voie de la Démocratie - pour la convocation d’un référendum d’autodétermination.

Et a dénoncé par là même, les violences policières menées contre les résistants sahraouis. L’organisation d’un référendum d’autodétermination au Sahara-Occidental est en mesure, selon ce parti politique, de «garantir la paix et la sécurité dans la région» a estimé «Annahdj Eddimocrati» en évoquant le bilan annuel du Sahara-Occidental.

Par Omar S. - Quotidien d'Oran

[Redalinho]

Le Polisario accuse l’Espagne et la France

http://www.33ff.com/flags/XL_flags/Spain_flag.gif

http://www.33ff.com/flags/XL_flags/France_flag.gif

Le Front Polisario a fermement réagi à la relance par le Maroc du projet d’autonomie du Sahara préconisé en tant qu’alternative au statu quo.

M. Mohamed Sidati, le représentant de la RASD chargé des relations avec l’Europe, a animé dans la soirée du lundi un point de presse à cette occasion dans le but de réactualiser la position du Polisario.

En accusant explicitement l’Espagne et la France d’être derrière la promotion de l’idée d’autonomie large du Sahara, il fera valoir l’attachement traditionnel de la RASD au principe des négociations directes avec le royaume chérifien sur le seul thème des modalités d’application du référendum d’autodétermination, conformément aux accords conclus entre les deux pays à Houston.

«Nous refusons de négocier avec le Maroc sur autre chose que les modalités d’application des accords déjà conclus, notamment le Plan de règlement de l’Onu de 1991 et les Accords de Houston de 1996", a-t-il déclaré. M. Sidati, qui occupe également la fonction de ministre conseiller auprès du président de la République arabe sahraouie démocratique, M. Mohamed Abdelaziz, a fait savoir que les manoeuvres marocaines ont tendance à faire accréditer la thèse que des Etats veulent faire figurer dans les prochaines résolutions du Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu l’appel à des négociations sur le projet de l’autonomie.

Le conférencier rappellera tout simplement, en guise de réponse, que des négociations entre les deux parties ont eu lieu et ont abouti à la signature du Plan de règlement et des Accords de Houston dans lesquels Rabat accepte la tenue du référendum d’autodétermination au Sahara-Occidental.

M. Sidati se désole que les Nations unies n’aient pas fait preuve de fermeté pour pousser à l’application de ce plan. Quant au plan d’autonomie présenté par le royaume chérifien, le responsable sahraoui ne lui réserve aucune suite.

«C’est un projet mort-né», commentera-t-il, citant en exemple d’illustration de l’hostilité des populations sahraouies, les actions de protestation enregistrées sur les territoires occupés depuis 2005.

Et qui ont valu une réaction de répression des forces de sécurité marocaines, attentant aux droits de l’homme.

Un aspect sur lequel l’attention de la communauté internationale a été sans cesse attirée. Le ministre a parlé d’arrestations arbitraires de militants indépendantistes et la torture pratiquée systématiquement sur les prisonniers.

La relance du projet d’autonomie n’est, aux yeux de Sidati, qu’une manoeuvre de digression destinée à chahuter la nature du conflit qui est celui de la décolonisation que seul «le processus de règlement sus-cité consensuellement approuvé est à même de régler».

Le Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu doit se réunir fin octobre pour voter un renouvellement du mandat de sa mission au Sahara-Occidental, la Minurso, et se prononcer de nouveau sur le conflit opposant le Front Polisario et le Maroc depuis 1975.

Le Polisario mène en ce moment une campagne de sensibilisation de l’Union européenne sur la justesse de l’organisation d’un référendum d’autodétermination qui permettra à la population de choisir en toute souveraineté son sort: s’affranchir des griffes du Maroc ou en dépendre.

La polémique sur le thème de l’autonomie est relancée alors que des informations font état d’un positionnement favorable d’un parti politique marocain - la Voie de la Démocratie - pour la convocation d’un référendum d’autodétermination.

Et a dénoncé par là même, les violences policières menées contre les résistants sahraouis. L’organisation d’un référendum d’autodétermination au Sahara-Occidental est en mesure, selon ce parti politique, de «garantir la paix et la sécurité dans la région» a estimé «Annahdj Eddimocrati» en évoquant le bilan annuel du Sahara-Occidental.

Par Omar S. - Quotidien d'Oran

[Redalinho]

Le Polisario accuse l’Espagne et la France

http://www.33ff.com/flags/XL_flags/Spain_flag.gif

http://www.33ff.com/flags/XL_flags/France_flag.gif

Le Front Polisario a fermement réagi à la relance par le Maroc du projet d’autonomie du Sahara préconisé en tant qu’alternative au statu quo.

M. Mohamed Sidati, le représentant de la RASD chargé des relations avec l’Europe, a animé dans la soirée du lundi un point de presse à cette occasion dans le but de réactualiser la position du Polisario.

En accusant explicitement l’Espagne et la France d’être derrière la promotion de l’idée d’autonomie large du Sahara, il fera valoir l’attachement traditionnel de la RASD au principe des négociations directes avec le royaume chérifien sur le seul thème des modalités d’application du référendum d’autodétermination, conformément aux accords conclus entre les deux pays à Houston.

«Nous refusons de négocier avec le Maroc sur autre chose que les modalités d’application des accords déjà conclus, notamment le Plan de règlement de l’Onu de 1991 et les Accords de Houston de 1996", a-t-il déclaré. M. Sidati, qui occupe également la fonction de ministre conseiller auprès du président de la République arabe sahraouie démocratique, M. Mohamed Abdelaziz, a fait savoir que les manoeuvres marocaines ont tendance à faire accréditer la thèse que des Etats veulent faire figurer dans les prochaines résolutions du Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu l’appel à des négociations sur le projet de l’autonomie.

Le conférencier rappellera tout simplement, en guise de réponse, que des négociations entre les deux parties ont eu lieu et ont abouti à la signature du Plan de règlement et des Accords de Houston dans lesquels Rabat accepte la tenue du référendum d’autodétermination au Sahara-Occidental.

M. Sidati se désole que les Nations unies n’aient pas fait preuve de fermeté pour pousser à l’application de ce plan. Quant au plan d’autonomie présenté par le royaume chérifien, le responsable sahraoui ne lui réserve aucune suite.

«C’est un projet mort-né», commentera-t-il, citant en exemple d’illustration de l’hostilité des populations sahraouies, les actions de protestation enregistrées sur les territoires occupés depuis 2005.

Et qui ont valu une réaction de répression des forces de sécurité marocaines, attentant aux droits de l’homme.

Un aspect sur lequel l’attention de la communauté internationale a été sans cesse attirée. Le ministre a parlé d’arrestations arbitraires de militants indépendantistes et la torture pratiquée systématiquement sur les prisonniers.

La relance du projet d’autonomie n’est, aux yeux de Sidati, qu’une manoeuvre de digression destinée à chahuter la nature du conflit qui est celui de la décolonisation que seul «le processus de règlement sus-cité consensuellement approuvé est à même de régler».

Le Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu doit se réunir fin octobre pour voter un renouvellement du mandat de sa mission au Sahara-Occidental, la Minurso, et se prononcer de nouveau sur le conflit opposant le Front Polisario et le Maroc depuis 1975.

Le Polisario mène en ce moment une campagne de sensibilisation de l’Union européenne sur la justesse de l’organisation d’un référendum d’autodétermination qui permettra à la population de choisir en toute souveraineté son sort: s’affranchir des griffes du Maroc ou en dépendre.

La polémique sur le thème de l’autonomie est relancée alors que des informations font état d’un positionnement favorable d’un parti politique marocain - la Voie de la Démocratie - pour la convocation d’un référendum d’autodétermination.

Et a dénoncé par là même, les violences policières menées contre les résistants sahraouis. L’organisation d’un référendum d’autodétermination au Sahara-Occidental est en mesure, selon ce parti politique, de «garantir la paix et la sécurité dans la région» a estimé «Annahdj Eddimocrati» en évoquant le bilan annuel du Sahara-Occidental.

Par Omar S. - Quotidien d'Oran

[Redalinho]

Le Polisario accuse l’Espagne et la France

http://www.33ff.com/flags/XL_flags/Spain_flag.gif

http://www.33ff.com/flags/XL_flags/France_flag.gif

Le Front Polisario a fermement réagi à la relance par le Maroc du projet d’autonomie du Sahara préconisé en tant qu’alternative au statu quo.

M. Mohamed Sidati, le représentant de la RASD chargé des relations avec l’Europe, a animé dans la soirée du lundi un point de presse à cette occasion dans le but de réactualiser la position du Polisario.

En accusant explicitement l’Espagne et la France d’être derrière la promotion de l’idée d’autonomie large du Sahara, il fera valoir l’attachement traditionnel de la RASD au principe des négociations directes avec le royaume chérifien sur le seul thème des modalités d’application du référendum d’autodétermination, conformément aux accords conclus entre les deux pays à Houston.

«Nous refusons de négocier avec le Maroc sur autre chose que les modalités d’application des accords déjà conclus, notamment le Plan de règlement de l’Onu de 1991 et les Accords de Houston de 1996", a-t-il déclaré. M. Sidati, qui occupe également la fonction de ministre conseiller auprès du président de la République arabe sahraouie démocratique, M. Mohamed Abdelaziz, a fait savoir que les manoeuvres marocaines ont tendance à faire accréditer la thèse que des Etats veulent faire figurer dans les prochaines résolutions du Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu l’appel à des négociations sur le projet de l’autonomie.

Le conférencier rappellera tout simplement, en guise de réponse, que des négociations entre les deux parties ont eu lieu et ont abouti à la signature du Plan de règlement et des Accords de Houston dans lesquels Rabat accepte la tenue du référendum d’autodétermination au Sahara-Occidental.

M. Sidati se désole que les Nations unies n’aient pas fait preuve de fermeté pour pousser à l’application de ce plan. Quant au plan d’autonomie présenté par le royaume chérifien, le responsable sahraoui ne lui réserve aucune suite.

«C’est un projet mort-né», commentera-t-il, citant en exemple d’illustration de l’hostilité des populations sahraouies, les actions de protestation enregistrées sur les territoires occupés depuis 2005.

Et qui ont valu une réaction de répression des forces de sécurité marocaines, attentant aux droits de l’homme.

Un aspect sur lequel l’attention de la communauté internationale a été sans cesse attirée. Le ministre a parlé d’arrestations arbitraires de militants indépendantistes et la torture pratiquée systématiquement sur les prisonniers.

La relance du projet d’autonomie n’est, aux yeux de Sidati, qu’une manoeuvre de digression destinée à chahuter la nature du conflit qui est celui de la décolonisation que seul «le processus de règlement sus-cité consensuellement approuvé est à même de régler».

Le Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu doit se réunir fin octobre pour voter un renouvellement du mandat de sa mission au Sahara-Occidental, la Minurso, et se prononcer de nouveau sur le conflit opposant le Front Polisario et le Maroc depuis 1975.

Le Polisario mène en ce moment une campagne de sensibilisation de l’Union européenne sur la justesse de l’organisation d’un référendum d’autodétermination qui permettra à la population de choisir en toute souveraineté son sort: s’affranchir des griffes du Maroc ou en dépendre.

La polémique sur le thème de l’autonomie est relancée alors que des informations font état d’un positionnement favorable d’un parti politique marocain - la Voie de la Démocratie - pour la convocation d’un référendum d’autodétermination.

Et a dénoncé par là même, les violences policières menées contre les résistants sahraouis. L’organisation d’un référendum d’autodétermination au Sahara-Occidental est en mesure, selon ce parti politique, de «garantir la paix et la sécurité dans la région» a estimé «Annahdj Eddimocrati» en évoquant le bilan annuel du Sahara-Occidental.

Par Omar S. - Quotidien d'Oran

[Redalinho]

Le Polisario accuse l’Espagne et la France

http://www.33ff.com/flags/XL_flags/Spain_flag.gif

http://www.33ff.com/flags/XL_flags/France_flag.gif

Le Front Polisario a fermement réagi à la relance par le Maroc du projet d’autonomie du Sahara préconisé en tant qu’alternative au statu quo.

M. Mohamed Sidati, le représentant de la RASD chargé des relations avec l’Europe, a animé dans la soirée du lundi un point de presse à cette occasion dans le but de réactualiser la position du Polisario.

En accusant explicitement l’Espagne et la France d’être derrière la promotion de l’idée d’autonomie large du Sahara, il fera valoir l’attachement traditionnel de la RASD au principe des négociations directes avec le royaume chérifien sur le seul thème des modalités d’application du référendum d’autodétermination, conformément aux accords conclus entre les deux pays à Houston.

«Nous refusons de négocier avec le Maroc sur autre chose que les modalités d’application des accords déjà conclus, notamment le Plan de règlement de l’Onu de 1991 et les Accords de Houston de 1996", a-t-il déclaré. M. Sidati, qui occupe également la fonction de ministre conseiller auprès du président de la République arabe sahraouie démocratique, M. Mohamed Abdelaziz, a fait savoir que les manoeuvres marocaines ont tendance à faire accréditer la thèse que des Etats veulent faire figurer dans les prochaines résolutions du Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu l’appel à des négociations sur le projet de l’autonomie.

Le conférencier rappellera tout simplement, en guise de réponse, que des négociations entre les deux parties ont eu lieu et ont abouti à la signature du Plan de règlement et des Accords de Houston dans lesquels Rabat accepte la tenue du référendum d’autodétermination au Sahara-Occidental.

M. Sidati se désole que les Nations unies n’aient pas fait preuve de fermeté pour pousser à l’application de ce plan. Quant au plan d’autonomie présenté par le royaume chérifien, le responsable sahraoui ne lui réserve aucune suite.

«C’est un projet mort-né», commentera-t-il, citant en exemple d’illustration de l’hostilité des populations sahraouies, les actions de protestation enregistrées sur les territoires occupés depuis 2005.

Et qui ont valu une réaction de répression des forces de sécurité marocaines, attentant aux droits de l’homme.

Un aspect sur lequel l’attention de la communauté internationale a été sans cesse attirée. Le ministre a parlé d’arrestations arbitraires de militants indépendantistes et la torture pratiquée systématiquement sur les prisonniers.

La relance du projet d’autonomie n’est, aux yeux de Sidati, qu’une manoeuvre de digression destinée à chahuter la nature du conflit qui est celui de la décolonisation que seul «le processus de règlement sus-cité consensuellement approuvé est à même de régler».

Le Conseil de sécurité de l’Onu doit se réunir fin octobre pour voter un renouvellement du mandat de sa mission au Sahara-Occidental, la Minurso, et se prononcer de nouveau sur le conflit opposant le Front Polisario et le Maroc depuis 1975.

Le Polisario mène en ce moment une campagne de sensibilisation de l’Union européenne sur la justesse de l’organisation d’un référendum d’autodétermination qui permettra à la population de choisir en toute souveraineté son sort: s’affranchir des griffes du Maroc ou en dépendre.

La polémique sur le thème de l’autonomie est relancée alors que des informations font état d’un positionnement favorable d’un parti politique marocain - la Voie de la Démocratie - pour la convocation d’un référendum d’autodétermination.

Et a dénoncé par là même, les violences policières menées contre les résistants sahraouis. L’organisation d’un référendum d’autodétermination au Sahara-Occidental est en mesure, selon ce parti politique, de «garantir la paix et la sécurité dans la région» a estimé «Annahdj Eddimocrati» en évoquant le bilan annuel du Sahara-Occidental.

Par Omar S. - Quotidien d'Oran

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Moroccan former Tindouf-camps detainee sues Polisario in ICJ


The Hague, Oct. 28 - Saadani Malainine, a Moroccan sociologist whom the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist had deported to Cuba and sequestered in the Tindouf camps, Algeria lodged on Friday a motion in the International Court Justice in the Hague as victim of the Polisario.

Malainine told the press she lodged the motion "as a victim of the human rights breaches committed by the Polisario after the sufferings I endured after the odious assassination of my father in a public square."

The Polisario, which lays claims, since 1976, to Morocco's Southern Provinces, known as the Sahara, is backed by Morocco's eastern neighbor, Algeria. The separatists had lured thousands of Moroccan civilians into joining it in the Tindouf camps, in the southwest of Algeria, and today they are holding these civilians against their will.

"I hope this court could deal out justice so that (…) the people sequestered in the Tindouf camps could return to their mother country," she said.

Malainine described as the only way out the autonomy proposal for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit to solve the Sahara issue. This is the only solution that would allow the separated families to gather in a strong Morocco, she said.

Besides factual information about the dramatic situation of human rights in the camps, the motion also includes a list of the people who disappeared in the Tindouf camps.

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Moroccan former Tindouf-camps detainee sues Polisario in ICJ


The Hague, Oct. 28 - Saadani Malainine, a Moroccan sociologist whom the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist had deported to Cuba and sequestered in the Tindouf camps, Algeria lodged on Friday a motion in the International Court Justice in the Hague as victim of the Polisario.

Malainine told the press she lodged the motion "as a victim of the human rights breaches committed by the Polisario after the sufferings I endured after the odious assassination of my father in a public square."

The Polisario, which lays claims, since 1976, to Morocco's Southern Provinces, known as the Sahara, is backed by Morocco's eastern neighbor, Algeria. The separatists had lured thousands of Moroccan civilians into joining it in the Tindouf camps, in the southwest of Algeria, and today they are holding these civilians against their will.

"I hope this court could deal out justice so that (…) the people sequestered in the Tindouf camps could return to their mother country," she said.

Malainine described as the only way out the autonomy proposal for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit to solve the Sahara issue. This is the only solution that would allow the separated families to gather in a strong Morocco, she said.

Besides factual information about the dramatic situation of human rights in the camps, the motion also includes a list of the people who disappeared in the Tindouf camps.

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Moroccan former Tindouf-camps detainee sues Polisario in ICJ


The Hague, Oct. 28 - Saadani Malainine, a Moroccan sociologist whom the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist had deported to Cuba and sequestered in the Tindouf camps, Algeria lodged on Friday a motion in the International Court Justice in the Hague as victim of the Polisario.

Malainine told the press she lodged the motion "as a victim of the human rights breaches committed by the Polisario after the sufferings I endured after the odious assassination of my father in a public square."

The Polisario, which lays claims, since 1976, to Morocco's Southern Provinces, known as the Sahara, is backed by Morocco's eastern neighbor, Algeria. The separatists had lured thousands of Moroccan civilians into joining it in the Tindouf camps, in the southwest of Algeria, and today they are holding these civilians against their will.

"I hope this court could deal out justice so that (…) the people sequestered in the Tindouf camps could return to their mother country," she said.

Malainine described as the only way out the autonomy proposal for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit to solve the Sahara issue. This is the only solution that would allow the separated families to gather in a strong Morocco, she said.

Besides factual information about the dramatic situation of human rights in the camps, the motion also includes a list of the people who disappeared in the Tindouf camps.

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Moroccan former Tindouf-camps detainee sues Polisario in ICJ


The Hague, Oct. 28 - Saadani Malainine, a Moroccan sociologist whom the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist had deported to Cuba and sequestered in the Tindouf camps, Algeria lodged on Friday a motion in the International Court Justice in the Hague as victim of the Polisario.

Malainine told the press she lodged the motion "as a victim of the human rights breaches committed by the Polisario after the sufferings I endured after the odious assassination of my father in a public square."

The Polisario, which lays claims, since 1976, to Morocco's Southern Provinces, known as the Sahara, is backed by Morocco's eastern neighbor, Algeria. The separatists had lured thousands of Moroccan civilians into joining it in the Tindouf camps, in the southwest of Algeria, and today they are holding these civilians against their will.

"I hope this court could deal out justice so that (…) the people sequestered in the Tindouf camps could return to their mother country," she said.

Malainine described as the only way out the autonomy proposal for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit to solve the Sahara issue. This is the only solution that would allow the separated families to gather in a strong Morocco, she said.

Besides factual information about the dramatic situation of human rights in the camps, the motion also includes a list of the people who disappeared in the Tindouf camps.

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Moroccan former Tindouf-camps detainee sues Polisario in ICJ


The Hague, Oct. 28 - Saadani Malainine, a Moroccan sociologist whom the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist had deported to Cuba and sequestered in the Tindouf camps, Algeria lodged on Friday a motion in the International Court Justice in the Hague as victim of the Polisario.

Malainine told the press she lodged the motion "as a victim of the human rights breaches committed by the Polisario after the sufferings I endured after the odious assassination of my father in a public square."

The Polisario, which lays claims, since 1976, to Morocco's Southern Provinces, known as the Sahara, is backed by Morocco's eastern neighbor, Algeria. The separatists had lured thousands of Moroccan civilians into joining it in the Tindouf camps, in the southwest of Algeria, and today they are holding these civilians against their will.

"I hope this court could deal out justice so that (…) the people sequestered in the Tindouf camps could return to their mother country," she said.

Malainine described as the only way out the autonomy proposal for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit to solve the Sahara issue. This is the only solution that would allow the separated families to gather in a strong Morocco, she said.

Besides factual information about the dramatic situation of human rights in the camps, the motion also includes a list of the people who disappeared in the Tindouf camps.

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Moroccan former Tindouf-camps detainee sues Polisario in ICJ


The Hague, Oct. 28 - Saadani Malainine, a Moroccan sociologist whom the Algeria-backed Polisario separatist had deported to Cuba and sequestered in the Tindouf camps, Algeria lodged on Friday a motion in the International Court Justice in the Hague as victim of the Polisario.

Malainine told the press she lodged the motion "as a victim of the human rights breaches committed by the Polisario after the sufferings I endured after the odious assassination of my father in a public square."

The Polisario, which lays claims, since 1976, to Morocco's Southern Provinces, known as the Sahara, is backed by Morocco's eastern neighbor, Algeria. The separatists had lured thousands of Moroccan civilians into joining it in the Tindouf camps, in the southwest of Algeria, and today they are holding these civilians against their will.

"I hope this court could deal out justice so that (…) the people sequestered in the Tindouf camps could return to their mother country," she said.

Malainine described as the only way out the autonomy proposal for the southern provinces, which Morocco is due to submit to solve the Sahara issue. This is the only solution that would allow the separated families to gather in a strong Morocco, she said.

Besides factual information about the dramatic situation of human rights in the camps, the motion also includes a list of the people who disappeared in the Tindouf camps.

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USA calls on parties to Sahara issue to engage UN, each other to solve the dispute

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New York, (UNO), Nov. 1 - The United States of America called on all parties to the Sahara conflict "to engage the UN and each other in a spirit of flexibility and compromise" to solve the dispute, inviting Morocco to present its autonomy project for the region.

At a debate held after the adoption on Tuesday by the UN Security Council of a new resolution on the Sahara, William J. Brencick, of the US permanent mission to the UNO, advocated to hold discussions without preconditions between all the parties, including Algeria and the "Polisario".
Discussions that "could form the basis for a new UN-lead negotiations process," he went on to say.

"Minurso is not a viable alternative to a permanent solution and we, therefore, call on Morocco, Algeria and the Polisario to move beyond rhetoric to the serious work needed for the resolution of this conflict," Brencik said.

He expressed the wish to see all the parties "use the next six months to aggressively negotiate a mutually acceptable solution to bring peace, stability and prosperity to the region".

The United States, he said, remains concerned that the Sahara conflict has impeded regional cooperation and development for the last 30 years, noting a settlement is long overdue.

The Security Council’s resolution was welcomed, Tuesday night, by Morocco, that deems that it “confirms” the demarche advocated for more than two years by the Security Council to deal with the Sahara issue.

The Moroccan foreign Ministry said the international community fully supports Morocco’s approach to reach a lasting political solution that favors peace, stability and development in the North African region of the Maghreb.

For her part, Ms Karen Pierce of the British mission to the UNO reiterated her country’s wish to see progress made in the coming six months to advance in settling the issue.

France's deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, Jean Pierre Lacroix said his country is following with "interest" Morocco's decision to present to the UN Security Council (UNSC) its project to grant a large autonomy to its Southern Provinces known as the Sahara, that Paris deems "encouraging step forward" to settle the three-decade long dispute.

France notes with interest the intention of the kingdom of Morocco, mentioned by the report of (UN) Secretary General, to present in the coming months some proposals.

The Sahara dispute opposes the North African country to the separatist movement "Polisario". The latter has been seeking, since 1976, with the help of Algeria to take control of the Sahara, a territory that the former colonial power, Spain handed over to Morocco in 1975 under the Madrid Accords signed with Madrid and Mauritania.

On Tuesday, the 15-member Security Council reaffirmed its commitment to assist the parties (Morocco, Algeria, Polisario) to achieve a just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution to Sahara dispute. It reiterated its call upon "the parties and States of the region to continue to cooperate fully with the United nations to end the current impasse and to achieve progress towards a political solution".

The Council also decided to extend the mandate of the MINURSO (French acronym for the peace keeping mission in the Sahara) until 30 April 2007. The mission made up of military and civilians has been supervising since 1991 the ceasefire concluded between Morocco and the separatists.

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USA calls on parties to Sahara issue to engage UN, each other to solve the dispute

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New York, (UNO), Nov. 1 - The United States of America called on all parties to the Sahara conflict "to engage the UN and each other in a spirit of flexibility and compromise" to solve the dispute, inviting Morocco to present its autonomy project for the region.

At a debate held after the adoption on Tuesday by the UN Security Council of a new resolution on the Sahara, William J. Brencick, of the US permanent mission to the UNO, advocated to hold discussions without preconditions between all the parties, including Algeria and the "Polisario".
Discussions that "could form the basis for a new UN-lead negotiations process," he went on to say.

"Minurso is not a viable alternative to a permanent solution and we, therefore, call on Morocco, Algeria and the Polisario to move beyond rhetoric to the serious work needed for the resolution of this conflict," Brencik said.

He expressed the wish to see all the parties "use the next six months to aggressively negotiate a mutually acceptable solution to bring peace, stability and prosperity to the region".

The United States, he said, remains concerned that the Sahara conflict has impeded regional cooperation and development for the last 30 years, noting a settlement is long overdue.

The Security Council’s resolution was welcomed, Tuesday night, by Morocco, that deems that it “confirms” the demarche advocated for more than two years by the Security Council to deal with the Sahara issue.

The Moroccan foreign Ministry said the international community fully supports Morocco’s approach to reach a lasting political solution that favors peace, stability and development in the North African region of the Maghreb.

For her part, Ms Karen Pierce of the British mission to the UNO reiterated her country’s wish to see progress made in the coming six months to advance in settling the issue.

France's deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, Jean Pierre Lacroix said his country is following with "interest" Morocco's decision to present to the UN Security Council (UNSC) its project to grant a large autonomy to its Southern Provinces known as the Sahara, that Paris deems "encouraging step forward" to settle the three-decade long dispute.

France notes with interest the intention of the kingdom of Morocco, mentioned by the report of (UN) Secretary General, to present in the coming months some proposals.

The Sahara dispute opposes the North African country to the separatist movement "Polisario". The latter has been seeking, since 1976, with the help of Algeria to take control of the Sahara, a territory that the former colonial power, Spain handed over to Morocco in 1975 under the Madrid Accords signed with Madrid and Mauritania.

On Tuesday, the 15-member Security Council reaffirmed its commitment to assist the parties (Morocco, Algeria, Polisario) to achieve a just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution to Sahara dispute. It reiterated its call upon "the parties and States of the region to continue to cooperate fully with the United nations to end the current impasse and to achieve progress towards a political solution".

The Council also decided to extend the mandate of the MINURSO (French acronym for the peace keeping mission in the Sahara) until 30 April 2007. The mission made up of military and civilians has been supervising since 1991 the ceasefire concluded between Morocco and the separatists.

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USA calls on parties to Sahara issue to engage UN, each other to solve the dispute

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New York, (UNO), Nov. 1 - The United States of America called on all parties to the Sahara conflict "to engage the UN and each other in a spirit of flexibility and compromise" to solve the dispute, inviting Morocco to present its autonomy project for the region.

At a debate held after the adoption on Tuesday by the UN Security Council of a new resolution on the Sahara, William J. Brencick, of the US permanent mission to the UNO, advocated to hold discussions without preconditions between all the parties, including Algeria and the "Polisario".
Discussions that "could form the basis for a new UN-lead negotiations process," he went on to say.

"Minurso is not a viable alternative to a permanent solution and we, therefore, call on Morocco, Algeria and the Polisario to move beyond rhetoric to the serious work needed for the resolution of this conflict," Brencik said.

He expressed the wish to see all the parties "use the next six months to aggressively negotiate a mutually acceptable solution to bring peace, stability and prosperity to the region".

The United States, he said, remains concerned that the Sahara conflict has impeded regional cooperation and development for the last 30 years, noting a settlement is long overdue.

The Security Council’s resolution was welcomed, Tuesday night, by Morocco, that deems that it “confirms” the demarche advocated for more than two years by the Security Council to deal with the Sahara issue.

The Moroccan foreign Ministry said the international community fully supports Morocco’s approach to reach a lasting political solution that favors peace, stability and development in the North African region of the Maghreb.

For her part, Ms Karen Pierce of the British mission to the UNO reiterated her country’s wish to see progress made in the coming six months to advance in settling the issue.

France's deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, Jean Pierre Lacroix said his country is following with "interest" Morocco's decision to present to the UN Security Council (UNSC) its project to grant a large autonomy to its Southern Provinces known as the Sahara, that Paris deems "encouraging step forward" to settle the three-decade long dispute.

France notes with interest the intention of the kingdom of Morocco, mentioned by the report of (UN) Secretary General, to present in the coming months some proposals.

The Sahara dispute opposes the North African country to the separatist movement "Polisario". The latter has been seeking, since 1976, with the help of Algeria to take control of the Sahara, a territory that the former colonial power, Spain handed over to Morocco in 1975 under the Madrid Accords signed with Madrid and Mauritania.

On Tuesday, the 15-member Security Council reaffirmed its commitment to assist the parties (Morocco, Algeria, Polisario) to achieve a just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution to Sahara dispute. It reiterated its call upon "the parties and States of the region to continue to cooperate fully with the United nations to end the current impasse and to achieve progress towards a political solution".

The Council also decided to extend the mandate of the MINURSO (French acronym for the peace keeping mission in the Sahara) until 30 April 2007. The mission made up of military and civilians has been supervising since 1991 the ceasefire concluded between Morocco and the separatists.

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USA calls on parties to Sahara issue to engage UN, each other to solve the dispute

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New York, (UNO), Nov. 1 - The United States of America called on all parties to the Sahara conflict "to engage the UN and each other in a spirit of flexibility and compromise" to solve the dispute, inviting Morocco to present its autonomy project for the region.

At a debate held after the adoption on Tuesday by the UN Security Council of a new resolution on the Sahara, William J. Brencick, of the US permanent mission to the UNO, advocated to hold discussions without preconditions between all the parties, including Algeria and the "Polisario".
Discussions that "could form the basis for a new UN-lead negotiations process," he went on to say.

"Minurso is not a viable alternative to a permanent solution and we, therefore, call on Morocco, Algeria and the Polisario to move beyond rhetoric to the serious work needed for the resolution of this conflict," Brencik said.

He expressed the wish to see all the parties "use the next six months to aggressively negotiate a mutually acceptable solution to bring peace, stability and prosperity to the region".

The United States, he said, remains concerned that the Sahara conflict has impeded regional cooperation and development for the last 30 years, noting a settlement is long overdue.

The Security Council’s resolution was welcomed, Tuesday night, by Morocco, that deems that it “confirms” the demarche advocated for more than two years by the Security Council to deal with the Sahara issue.

The Moroccan foreign Ministry said the international community fully supports Morocco’s approach to reach a lasting political solution that favors peace, stability and development in the North African region of the Maghreb.

For her part, Ms Karen Pierce of the British mission to the UNO reiterated her country’s wish to see progress made in the coming six months to advance in settling the issue.

France's deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, Jean Pierre Lacroix said his country is following with "interest" Morocco's decision to present to the UN Security Council (UNSC) its project to grant a large autonomy to its Southern Provinces known as the Sahara, that Paris deems "encouraging step forward" to settle the three-decade long dispute.

France notes with interest the intention of the kingdom of Morocco, mentioned by the report of (UN) Secretary General, to present in the coming months some proposals.

The Sahara dispute opposes the North African country to the separatist movement "Polisario". The latter has been seeking, since 1976, with the help of Algeria to take control of the Sahara, a territory that the former colonial power, Spain handed over to Morocco in 1975 under the Madrid Accords signed with Madrid and Mauritania.

On Tuesday, the 15-member Security Council reaffirmed its commitment to assist the parties (Morocco, Algeria, Polisario) to achieve a just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution to Sahara dispute. It reiterated its call upon "the parties and States of the region to continue to cooperate fully with the United nations to end the current impasse and to achieve progress towards a political solution".

The Council also decided to extend the mandate of the MINURSO (French acronym for the peace keeping mission in the Sahara) until 30 April 2007. The mission made up of military and civilians has been supervising since 1991 the ceasefire concluded between Morocco and the separatists.

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USA calls on parties to Sahara issue to engage UN, each other to solve the dispute

http://www.map.ma/eng/sections/politics/usa_calls_on_parties/downloadFile/photo/un_security_council.jpg

New York, (UNO), Nov. 1 - The United States of America called on all parties to the Sahara conflict "to engage the UN and each other in a spirit of flexibility and compromise" to solve the dispute, inviting Morocco to present its autonomy project for the region.

At a debate held after the adoption on Tuesday by the UN Security Council of a new resolution on the Sahara, William J. Brencick, of the US permanent mission to the UNO, advocated to hold discussions without preconditions between all the parties, including Algeria and the "Polisario".
Discussions that "could form the basis for a new UN-lead negotiations process," he went on to say.

"Minurso is not a viable alternative to a permanent solution and we, therefore, call on Morocco, Algeria and the Polisario to move beyond rhetoric to the serious work needed for the resolution of this conflict," Brencik said.

He expressed the wish to see all the parties "use the next six months to aggressively negotiate a mutually acceptable solution to bring peace, stability and prosperity to the region".

The United States, he said, remains concerned that the Sahara conflict has impeded regional cooperation and development for the last 30 years, noting a settlement is long overdue.

The Security Council’s resolution was welcomed, Tuesday night, by Morocco, that deems that it “confirms” the demarche advocated for more than two years by the Security Council to deal with the Sahara issue.

The Moroccan foreign Ministry said the international community fully supports Morocco’s approach to reach a lasting political solution that favors peace, stability and development in the North African region of the Maghreb.

For her part, Ms Karen Pierce of the British mission to the UNO reiterated her country’s wish to see progress made in the coming six months to advance in settling the issue.

France's deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, Jean Pierre Lacroix said his country is following with "interest" Morocco's decision to present to the UN Security Council (UNSC) its project to grant a large autonomy to its Southern Provinces known as the Sahara, that Paris deems "encouraging step forward" to settle the three-decade long dispute.

France notes with interest the intention of the kingdom of Morocco, mentioned by the report of (UN) Secretary General, to present in the coming months some proposals.

The Sahara dispute opposes the North African country to the separatist movement "Polisario". The latter has been seeking, since 1976, with the help of Algeria to take control of the Sahara, a territory that the former colonial power, Spain handed over to Morocco in 1975 under the Madrid Accords signed with Madrid and Mauritania.

On Tuesday, the 15-member Security Council reaffirmed its commitment to assist the parties (Morocco, Algeria, Polisario) to achieve a just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution to Sahara dispute. It reiterated its call upon "the parties and States of the region to continue to cooperate fully with the United nations to end the current impasse and to achieve progress towards a political solution".

The Council also decided to extend the mandate of the MINURSO (French acronym for the peace keeping mission in the Sahara) until 30 April 2007. The mission made up of military and civilians has been supervising since 1991 the ceasefire concluded between Morocco and the separatists.

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USA calls on parties to Sahara issue to engage UN, each other to solve the dispute

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New York, (UNO), Nov. 1 - The United States of America called on all parties to the Sahara conflict "to engage the UN and each other in a spirit of flexibility and compromise" to solve the dispute, inviting Morocco to present its autonomy project for the region.

At a debate held after the adoption on Tuesday by the UN Security Council of a new resolution on the Sahara, William J. Brencick, of the US permanent mission to the UNO, advocated to hold discussions without preconditions between all the parties, including Algeria and the "Polisario".
Discussions that "could form the basis for a new UN-lead negotiations process," he went on to say.

"Minurso is not a viable alternative to a permanent solution and we, therefore, call on Morocco, Algeria and the Polisario to move beyond rhetoric to the serious work needed for the resolution of this conflict," Brencik said.

He expressed the wish to see all the parties "use the next six months to aggressively negotiate a mutually acceptable solution to bring peace, stability and prosperity to the region".

The United States, he said, remains concerned that the Sahara conflict has impeded regional cooperation and development for the last 30 years, noting a settlement is long overdue.

The Security Council’s resolution was welcomed, Tuesday night, by Morocco, that deems that it “confirms” the demarche advocated for more than two years by the Security Council to deal with the Sahara issue.

The Moroccan foreign Ministry said the international community fully supports Morocco’s approach to reach a lasting political solution that favors peace, stability and development in the North African region of the Maghreb.

For her part, Ms Karen Pierce of the British mission to the UNO reiterated her country’s wish to see progress made in the coming six months to advance in settling the issue.

France's deputy Ambassador to the United Nations, Jean Pierre Lacroix said his country is following with "interest" Morocco's decision to present to the UN Security Council (UNSC) its project to grant a large autonomy to its Southern Provinces known as the Sahara, that Paris deems "encouraging step forward" to settle the three-decade long dispute.

France notes with interest the intention of the kingdom of Morocco, mentioned by the report of (UN) Secretary General, to present in the coming months some proposals.

The Sahara dispute opposes the North African country to the separatist movement "Polisario". The latter has been seeking, since 1976, with the help of Algeria to take control of the Sahara, a territory that the former colonial power, Spain handed over to Morocco in 1975 under the Madrid Accords signed with Madrid and Mauritania.

On Tuesday, the 15-member Security Council reaffirmed its commitment to assist the parties (Morocco, Algeria, Polisario) to achieve a just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution to Sahara dispute. It reiterated its call upon "the parties and States of the region to continue to cooperate fully with the United nations to end the current impasse and to achieve progress towards a political solution".

The Council also decided to extend the mandate of the MINURSO (French acronym for the peace keeping mission in the Sahara) until 30 April 2007. The mission made up of military and civilians has been supervising since 1991 the ceasefire concluded between Morocco and the separatists.

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L’Alg?rie et ses voyous polisariens viennent de franchir un pas significatif dans l’escalade contre la stabilit? du Maroc. Des dizaines de jeunes ? combattants ?, extraits contre leur gr? de l’enfer tindoufi, ont ?t? admis dans les acad?mies militaires alg?riennes pour une formation acc?l?r?e dans le maniement des armes, la fabrication d’explosifs et la gu?rilla urbaine. Cette initiative vient s’ajouter ? une somme d’actes destin?s ? d?stabiliser le Royaume. En effet, la vilenie des autorit?s d’Alger s’est manifest?e ? travers les actes insurrectionnels et criminels qui se sont d?roul?s sur le territoire marocain ? l’appel de Mohamed Abdelaziz El Marrakchi. Depuis quelques semaines, une vari?t? impressionnante d’actes d?lictuels et criminels ont ?t? commis par des individus ? la solde des s?paratistes. Ces actes semblent s’ins?rer dans une entreprise plus vaste tendant ? ali?ner la marche marocaine vers la modernit? et la d?mocratie. Focus.

http://www.lagazettedumaroc.com/articles.php?id_artl=11925&r=2&sr=258

[Redalinho]

L’Alg?rie et ses voyous polisariens viennent de franchir un pas significatif dans l’escalade contre la stabilit? du Maroc. Des dizaines de jeunes ? combattants ?, extraits contre leur gr? de l’enfer tindoufi, ont ?t? admis dans les acad?mies militaires alg?riennes pour une formation acc?l?r?e dans le maniement des armes, la fabrication d’explosifs et la gu?rilla urbaine. Cette initiative vient s’ajouter ? une somme d’actes destin?s ? d?stabiliser le Royaume. En effet, la vilenie des autorit?s d’Alger s’est manifest?e ? travers les actes insurrectionnels et criminels qui se sont d?roul?s sur le territoire marocain ? l’appel de Mohamed Abdelaziz El Marrakchi. Depuis quelques semaines, une vari?t? impressionnante d’actes d?lictuels et criminels ont ?t? commis par des individus ? la solde des s?paratistes. Ces actes semblent s’ins?rer dans une entreprise plus vaste tendant ? ali?ner la marche marocaine vers la modernit? et la d?mocratie. Focus.

http://www.lagazettedumaroc.com/articles.php?id_artl=11925&r=2&sr=258

[Redalinho]

L’Alg?rie et ses voyous polisariens viennent de franchir un pas significatif dans l’escalade contre la stabilit? du Maroc. Des dizaines de jeunes ? combattants ?, extraits contre leur gr? de l’enfer tindoufi, ont ?t? admis dans les acad?mies militaires alg?riennes pour une formation acc?l?r?e dans le maniement des armes, la fabrication d’explosifs et la gu?rilla urbaine. Cette initiative vient s’ajouter ? une somme d’actes destin?s ? d?stabiliser le Royaume. En effet, la vilenie des autorit?s d’Alger s’est manifest?e ? travers les actes insurrectionnels et criminels qui se sont d?roul?s sur le territoire marocain ? l’appel de Mohamed Abdelaziz El Marrakchi. Depuis quelques semaines, une vari?t? impressionnante d’actes d?lictuels et criminels ont ?t? commis par des individus ? la solde des s?paratistes. Ces actes semblent s’ins?rer dans une entreprise plus vaste tendant ? ali?ner la marche marocaine vers la modernit? et la d?mocratie. Focus.

http://www.lagazettedumaroc.com/articles.php?id_artl=11925&r=2&sr=258

[Redalinho]

L’Alg?rie et ses voyous polisariens viennent de franchir un pas significatif dans l’escalade contre la stabilit? du Maroc. Des dizaines de jeunes ? combattants ?, extraits contre leur gr? de l’enfer tindoufi, ont ?t? admis dans les acad?mies militaires alg?riennes pour une formation acc?l?r?e dans le maniement des armes, la fabrication d’explosifs et la gu?rilla urbaine. Cette initiative vient s’ajouter ? une somme d’actes destin?s ? d?stabiliser le Royaume. En effet, la vilenie des autorit?s d’Alger s’est manifest?e ? travers les actes insurrectionnels et criminels qui se sont d?roul?s sur le territoire marocain ? l’appel de Mohamed Abdelaziz El Marrakchi. Depuis quelques semaines, une vari?t? impressionnante d’actes d?lictuels et criminels ont ?t? commis par des individus ? la solde des s?paratistes. Ces actes semblent s’ins?rer dans une entreprise plus vaste tendant ? ali?ner la marche marocaine vers la modernit? et la d?mocratie. Focus.

http://www.lagazettedumaroc.com/articles.php?id_artl=11925&r=2&sr=258

[Redalinho]

L’Alg?rie et ses voyous polisariens viennent de franchir un pas significatif dans l’escalade contre la stabilit? du Maroc. Des dizaines de jeunes ? combattants ?, extraits contre leur gr? de l’enfer tindoufi, ont ?t? admis dans les acad?mies militaires alg?riennes pour une formation acc?l?r?e dans le maniement des armes, la fabrication d’explosifs et la gu?rilla urbaine. Cette initiative vient s’ajouter ? une somme d’actes destin?s ? d?stabiliser le Royaume. En effet, la vilenie des autorit?s d’Alger s’est manifest?e ? travers les actes insurrectionnels et criminels qui se sont d?roul?s sur le territoire marocain ? l’appel de Mohamed Abdelaziz El Marrakchi. Depuis quelques semaines, une vari?t? impressionnante d’actes d?lictuels et criminels ont ?t? commis par des individus ? la solde des s?paratistes. Ces actes semblent s’ins?rer dans une entreprise plus vaste tendant ? ali?ner la marche marocaine vers la modernit? et la d?mocratie. Focus.

http://www.lagazettedumaroc.com/articles.php?id_artl=11925&r=2&sr=258

[Redalinho]

L’Alg?rie et ses voyous polisariens viennent de franchir un pas significatif dans l’escalade contre la stabilit? du Maroc. Des dizaines de jeunes ? combattants ?, extraits contre leur gr? de l’enfer tindoufi, ont ?t? admis dans les acad?mies militaires alg?riennes pour une formation acc?l?r?e dans le maniement des armes, la fabrication d’explosifs et la gu?rilla urbaine. Cette initiative vient s’ajouter ? une somme d’actes destin?s ? d?stabiliser le Royaume. En effet, la vilenie des autorit?s d’Alger s’est manifest?e ? travers les actes insurrectionnels et criminels qui se sont d?roul?s sur le territoire marocain ? l’appel de Mohamed Abdelaziz El Marrakchi. Depuis quelques semaines, une vari?t? impressionnante d’actes d?lictuels et criminels ont ?t? commis par des individus ? la solde des s?paratistes. Ces actes semblent s’ins?rer dans une entreprise plus vaste tendant ? ali?ner la marche marocaine vers la modernit? et la d?mocratie. Focus.

http://www.lagazettedumaroc.com/articles.php?id_artl=11925&r=2&sr=258

[Redalinho]

350 000 Marocains expulsés de l'Algérie en 1975 poursuivent Abdelaziz Bouteflika : Les Marocains d'Algérie demandent justice

Après 30 années de souffrance et de supplices, plusieurs centaines de milliers de Marocains expulsés d’Algérie en 1975 rompent le silence et décident de poursuivre en justice l’Etat algérien, en la personne de son président Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Pour faire aboutir leur démarche, ils se sont constitués en association, créée en bonne et due forme en juillet 2005, pour défendre leurs droits et recouvrer leurs biens spoliés par la junte militaire qui avait décidé, en 1975 lors de la marche verte, de punir le Maroc pour la réintégration du Sahara dans son espace national.

Plus de 350 000 Marocains, soit pas moins de 45 000 familles, traînent le président algérien Abdelaziz Bouteflika en justice, et plus exactement devant le Tribunal pénal international (TPI). Et pour procéder légalement, ils se sont constitués en association pour défendre leurs droits légitimes et recouvrer leurs biens spoliés et confisqués illégalement par la junte militaire algérienne. L’information nous a été livrée par Mohamed El Herouachi, le président de l’Association pour la Défense des Marocains Expulsés d’Algérie (ADMEA), créée au mois de juillet 2005. Les faits sont qualifiables, etégalement, inqualifiables.

La marche noire
des Algériens
Ils remontent au 18 décembre 1975. Quand l’Algérie décida d’expulser abusivement des centaines de milliers de citoyens et citoyennes Marocains établis en toute légalité sur le territoire algérien. C’est feu le président Houari Boumédiène qui avait lui-même lancé la meute et sonné l’hallali contre une population désarmée dont le seul tort était d’avoir choisi de s’installer chez le voisin de l’Est. Un fait en soi grave et assez audacieux. La décision saugrenue et grotesque est intervenue en réaction à la marche verte décrétée par feu Hassan II deux mois auparavant, au courant du mois de novembre de la même année. À l’époque, Houari Boumédiène criait à qui voulait l’entendre que le Maroc allait payer très cher ce qu’il appelait, lui, «l’invasion du Sahara par la population marocaine». Il donna même une appellation à ce que les militaires algériens appelleront désormais «la marche noire» en mettant à exécution leurs desseins d’expulsion massive 350. 000 Marocains d’Algérie. Les consignes de Houari Boumédiène, mûrement réfléchiess avec Abdelaziz Bouteflika (alors ministre des affaires étrangères), faisaient état d’une expulsion, sans préavis et dans des conditions abominables, de l’ensemble de cette communauté. Une longue marche «déshonorante» qui conduira ces milliers d’émigrés Marocains d’Alger, d’Oran, Tlemcen, Annaba, Constantine…, où ils ont été contraints d’abandonner leurs biens (meubles et immeubles, commerces, bijoux, comptes bancaires bloqués…), leurs familles et leurs enfants (pour les couples mixtes qui constituent la majorité), vers les frontières, du côté de la ville d’Oujda. Pourchassés et traqués dans tout le territoire, mal traités, arrêtés et emprisonnés dans des camps de concentration, les Marocains, bien de chez nous, subiront tous les supplices avant de rentrer au Maroc, le cœur plein de haine envers ce pays qui les a sacrifiés pour une cause qui n’est pas la leur. «Je me rappelle encore du jour de ce grand massacre.

Un jour de fête
Le mot d’ordre a été donné le jour de l’aid lakbir. Au lieu de le fêter en toute quiétude, nous faisions l’objet d’une chasse à l’homme sans précédent et d’un nettoyage ethnique ordonné en haut lieu et exécuté par les forces de l’ordre algériennes (services secrets, armée, police, gendarmerie) qui avaient pour mission de nous chasser du territoire. Ce jour-là, on m’a arrêté chez moi et m’ont sommé de les accompagner au poste de police après m’avoir assailli de coups. En route, l’un des policiers m’a lâché une phrase que je ne suis pas prêt d’oublier. Il m’a dit que je n’avais rien à faire ici et que l’Algérie m’expulse chez mon roi pour qu’il me donne à bouffer. Nous sommes restés plusieurs jours dans des geôles secrètes, privés de visite et de nourriture, jusqu’à notre expulsion intervenue le 18 décembre 1975 «, nous confie Jamal, dépouillé de tous ses biens, marié à une algérienne et père de deux enfants qui sont restés à Alger. Les témoignages de quelques Marocains expulsés, interrogés par LGM, semblent verser dans la même tragédie qui restera dans les annales. Arrestations, expropriations, confiscations, fouilles, insultes, reconductions à la frontière dans des conditions barbares qui ne sont pas si loin celle nazie, du fascisme qui a contraint des communautés comme les Tziganes de l’Europe de l’Est ou les Japonais après Pearl Harbor, quand les Américains les ont cantonnés dans des camps de concentration avant leur expulsion massive vers leur pays d’origine. Sans oublier qu’en 1995, les Balkans nous ont offert un triste spectacle d’exode massif de Kossovards, d’Albanais, de Bosniaques, et d’autres ethnies qui ont été chassés de leurs territoires sous la menace des généraux Serbes. Les mêmes catastrophes humaines qu’a vécues la région des Grands Lacs en Afrique avec le génocide rwandais ou d’autres crimes au Burundi. Sauf que dans ce cas de mauvaise école, l’Algérie, à travers son conseil de la révolution, composé entre autres du général Larbi Belkhair (l’actuel ambassadeur d’Alger à Rabat), Chadli Benjedid, (l’ex-président de la république), et Abdelaziz Bouteflika (alors ministre des affaires étrangères sous Boumédiène et actuel président de la république) voulait punir le Maroc.

Le complot
À sa manière, surtout après la réintégration du Sahara dans l’espace national, reniant tous les accords de paix conclus entre le Maroc et l’Algérie lors de deux sommets, l’un à Tlemcen en 1969 et l’autre à Ifrane en 1971. «L’USFP a de tout temps essayé de maintenir le dialogue. Je me souviens d’une tentative lancée en 1976 par l’intermédiaire de notre ami Lakhdar Ibrahimi qui était à l’époque ambassadeur d’Algérie à Londres. Une rencontre devait avoir lieu entre feu Houari Boumédiène et feu Abderrahim Bouabid. Ils étaient sur le point de se rencontrer, mais l’expulsion massive des Marocains dans ces conditions dramatiques avait annulé cette initiative. En son âme et conscience, Bouabid ne pouvait qu’annuler cette rencontre…», se souvient Mohamed El Yazghi interpellé à ce sujet.
Houari Boumédiène passera ainsi à l’acte et mettra son armée en alerte maximale tout le long de la frontière avec le Maroc. Il demandera alors à son puissant patron des services de renseignements de naguère, Kasdi Merbah, de lui trouver une réponse adéquate à la célèbre marche verte. La toute puissante police politique du régime, responsable de la lutte contre la subversion et responsable de la sécurité de l’Etat ne va pas se fouler, il a fallu juste remettre à jour la technique d’expulsion expérimentée par les algériens à plusieurs reprises et notamment après la guerre des Sables. Mais cette fois-ci à plus grande échelle. Le service Action, connu pour ses actions spéciales, notamment les assassinats de personnalités, sera appelé par Boumédiène à gérer la logistique et le déroulement de l’opération d’expulsion. Pour répondre à la marche verte, les services algériens tenteront même d’arrondir les chiffres pour arriver au même chiffre mobilisé par Feu Hassan II lors de la marche verte, soit 350 000. Deux mois avant l’opération, les murs des rues des principales agglomérations algériennes ont été couverts d’affiches ordonnant et interdisant aux Algériens d’acheter les biens immobiliers des Marocains.

De Boumédiène
à Bouteflika
Nous sommes dans l’Algérie de Boumédiène, celui par qui “l’affaire» du Sahara est arrivée. Celui-là même qui déclarait, en 1974, à un an du refoulement des Marocains d’Algérie, n’avoir aucune prétention sur le Sahara marocain et qu’il encouragerait tout arrangement à ce sujet entre le Maroc et la Mauritanie. C’était sans connaître le bonhomme, qui, comme Ben Bella en 1963, fera volte-face en 1975. Il hébergera, encadrera et armera les séparatistes du Polisario, après en avoir été le co-créateur. Au même moment, il crèvera le mur de la provocation en expulsant des civils innocents par représailles des projets inavoués de sa junte militaire qui voulait coûte que coûte creuser un couloir sur notre façade atlantique. Un des délires mégalomaniaques du colonel Houari Boumédiène, mort en 1979, qui en renvoyant d’un seul coup les 350 000 personnes au Maroc voulait invraisemblablement déstabiliser la monarchie marocaine. Contre cette haine manifeste, a répondu la sagesse d’un défunt Souverain. Par sa patience nourrie par une civilisation multiséculaire, sa haute idée du droit international, feu Hassan II, a toujours su faire entendre, au plus fort moment des crises épisodiques, la voix de la raison aux responsables algériens. Même après les attentats d’Atlas Asni de 1994 à Marrakech, aux connotations algériennes bien particulières, la réaction du Maroc, du temps du défunt Souverain, n’a été aucunement démesurée.» Feu Hassan II, n’a pas répondu à Houari Boumédiène. Au contraire, il a très bien géré ces moments de crises. Au lieu de faire de même, il a plutôt choisi d’encourager davantage les Algériens à venir au Maroc, leur deuxième pays, pour s’y installer…, même définitivement s’ils le voulaient. Le Maroc est une terre des hommes de paix. Aujourd’hui, l’histoire lui donne raison. Des Algériens qui ont répondu à son appel, plusieurs occupent des postes de responsabilités dans l’administration marocaine «, fait remarquer Mohamed El Herouachi. Mieux encore, Feu Hassan II avait su tirer profit de cette manne inespérée et abondante de main d’œuvre pour remettre sur pied les fermes abandonnées par les colons français. Comme la plupart des expulsés étaient de simples agriculteurs, le défunt Roi n’a trouvé aucun mal à leur trouver du travail en leur cédant, entre autres, des terrains agricoles, notamment ceux de la Sodéa et la Sogeta. Les autres Marocains qui faisaient du commerce entre le Maroc et l’Algérie ont plutôt bien réussi leur intégration dans le pays. Il y a même de grosses fortunes qui sont nées après leur retour en 1975. Restent ceux qui ont été spoliés de leurs biens et éloignés de leurs familles. Pour ceux-là justement, le pouvoir algérien doit absolument rendre des comptes.

[Redalinho]

350 000 Marocains expulsés de l'Algérie en 1975 poursuivent Abdelaziz Bouteflika : Les Marocains d'Algérie demandent justice

Après 30 années de souffrance et de supplices, plusieurs centaines de milliers de Marocains expulsés d’Algérie en 1975 rompent le silence et décident de poursuivre en justice l’Etat algérien, en la personne de son président Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Pour faire aboutir leur démarche, ils se sont constitués en association, créée en bonne et due forme en juillet 2005, pour défendre leurs droits et recouvrer leurs biens spoliés par la junte militaire qui avait décidé, en 1975 lors de la marche verte, de punir le Maroc pour la réintégration du Sahara dans son espace national.

Plus de 350 000 Marocains, soit pas moins de 45 000 familles, traînent le président algérien Abdelaziz Bouteflika en justice, et plus exactement devant le Tribunal pénal international (TPI). Et pour procéder légalement, ils se sont constitués en association pour défendre leurs droits légitimes et recouvrer leurs biens spoliés et confisqués illégalement par la junte militaire algérienne. L’information nous a été livrée par Mohamed El Herouachi, le président de l’Association pour la Défense des Marocains Expulsés d’Algérie (ADMEA), créée au mois de juillet 2005. Les faits sont qualifiables, etégalement, inqualifiables.

La marche noire
des Algériens
Ils remontent au 18 décembre 1975. Quand l’Algérie décida d’expulser abusivement des centaines de milliers de citoyens et citoyennes Marocains établis en toute légalité sur le territoire algérien. C’est feu le président Houari Boumédiène qui avait lui-même lancé la meute et sonné l’hallali contre une population désarmée dont le seul tort était d’avoir choisi de s’installer chez le voisin de l’Est. Un fait en soi grave et assez audacieux. La décision saugrenue et grotesque est intervenue en réaction à la marche verte décrétée par feu Hassan II deux mois auparavant, au courant du mois de novembre de la même année. À l’époque, Houari Boumédiène criait à qui voulait l’entendre que le Maroc allait payer très cher ce qu’il appelait, lui, «l’invasion du Sahara par la population marocaine». Il donna même une appellation à ce que les militaires algériens appelleront désormais «la marche noire» en mettant à exécution leurs desseins d’expulsion massive 350. 000 Marocains d’Algérie. Les consignes de Houari Boumédiène, mûrement réfléchiess avec Abdelaziz Bouteflika (alors ministre des affaires étrangères), faisaient état d’une expulsion, sans préavis et dans des conditions abominables, de l’ensemble de cette communauté. Une longue marche «déshonorante» qui conduira ces milliers d’émigrés Marocains d’Alger, d’Oran, Tlemcen, Annaba, Constantine…, où ils ont été contraints d’abandonner leurs biens (meubles et immeubles, commerces, bijoux, comptes bancaires bloqués…), leurs familles et leurs enfants (pour les couples mixtes qui constituent la majorité), vers les frontières, du côté de la ville d’Oujda. Pourchassés et traqués dans tout le territoire, mal traités, arrêtés et emprisonnés dans des camps de concentration, les Marocains, bien de chez nous, subiront tous les supplices avant de rentrer au Maroc, le cœur plein de haine envers ce pays qui les a sacrifiés pour une cause qui n’est pas la leur. «Je me rappelle encore du jour de ce grand massacre.

Un jour de fête
Le mot d’ordre a été donné le jour de l’aid lakbir. Au lieu de le fêter en toute quiétude, nous faisions l’objet d’une chasse à l’homme sans précédent et d’un nettoyage ethnique ordonné en haut lieu et exécuté par les forces de l’ordre algériennes (services secrets, armée, police, gendarmerie) qui avaient pour mission de nous chasser du territoire. Ce jour-là, on m’a arrêté chez moi et m’ont sommé de les accompagner au poste de police après m’avoir assailli de coups. En route, l’un des policiers m’a lâché une phrase que je ne suis pas prêt d’oublier. Il m’a dit que je n’avais rien à faire ici et que l’Algérie m’expulse chez mon roi pour qu’il me donne à bouffer. Nous sommes restés plusieurs jours dans des geôles secrètes, privés de visite et de nourriture, jusqu’à notre expulsion intervenue le 18 décembre 1975 «, nous confie Jamal, dépouillé de tous ses biens, marié à une algérienne et père de deux enfants qui sont restés à Alger. Les témoignages de quelques Marocains expulsés, interrogés par LGM, semblent verser dans la même tragédie qui restera dans les annales. Arrestations, expropriations, confiscations, fouilles, insultes, reconductions à la frontière dans des conditions barbares qui ne sont pas si loin celle nazie, du fascisme qui a contraint des communautés comme les Tziganes de l’Europe de l’Est ou les Japonais après Pearl Harbor, quand les Américains les ont cantonnés dans des camps de concentration avant leur expulsion massive vers leur pays d’origine. Sans oublier qu’en 1995, les Balkans nous ont offert un triste spectacle d’exode massif de Kossovards, d’Albanais, de Bosniaques, et d’autres ethnies qui ont été chassés de leurs territoires sous la menace des généraux Serbes. Les mêmes catastrophes humaines qu’a vécues la région des Grands Lacs en Afrique avec le génocide rwandais ou d’autres crimes au Burundi. Sauf que dans ce cas de mauvaise école, l’Algérie, à travers son conseil de la révolution, composé entre autres du général Larbi Belkhair (l’actuel ambassadeur d’Alger à Rabat), Chadli Benjedid, (l’ex-président de la république), et Abdelaziz Bouteflika (alors ministre des affaires étrangères sous Boumédiène et actuel président de la république) voulait punir le Maroc.

Le complot
À sa manière, surtout après la réintégration du Sahara dans l’espace national, reniant tous les accords de paix conclus entre le Maroc et l’Algérie lors de deux sommets, l’un à Tlemcen en 1969 et l’autre à Ifrane en 1971. «L’USFP a de tout temps essayé de maintenir le dialogue. Je me souviens d’une tentative lancée en 1976 par l’intermédiaire de notre ami Lakhdar Ibrahimi qui était à l’époque ambassadeur d’Algérie à Londres. Une rencontre devait avoir lieu entre feu Houari Boumédiène et feu Abderrahim Bouabid. Ils étaient sur le point de se rencontrer, mais l’expulsion massive des Marocains dans ces conditions dramatiques avait annulé cette initiative. En son âme et conscience, Bouabid ne pouvait qu’annuler cette rencontre…», se souvient Mohamed El Yazghi interpellé à ce sujet.
Houari Boumédiène passera ainsi à l’acte et mettra son armée en alerte maximale tout le long de la frontière avec le Maroc. Il demandera alors à son puissant patron des services de renseignements de naguère, Kasdi Merbah, de lui trouver une réponse adéquate à la célèbre marche verte. La toute puissante police politique du régime, responsable de la lutte contre la subversion et responsable de la sécurité de l’Etat ne va pas se fouler, il a fallu juste remettre à jour la technique d’expulsion expérimentée par les algériens à plusieurs reprises et notamment après la guerre des Sables. Mais cette fois-ci à plus grande échelle. Le service Action, connu pour ses actions spéciales, notamment les assassinats de personnalités, sera appelé par Boumédiène à gérer la logistique et le déroulement de l’opération d’expulsion. Pour répondre à la marche verte, les services algériens tenteront même d’arrondir les chiffres pour arriver au même chiffre mobilisé par Feu Hassan II lors de la marche verte, soit 350 000. Deux mois avant l’opération, les murs des rues des principales agglomérations algériennes ont été couverts d’affiches ordonnant et interdisant aux Algériens d’acheter les biens immobiliers des Marocains.

De Boumédiène
à Bouteflika
Nous sommes dans l’Algérie de Boumédiène, celui par qui “l’affaire» du Sahara est arrivée. Celui-là même qui déclarait, en 1974, à un an du refoulement des Marocains d’Algérie, n’avoir aucune prétention sur le Sahara marocain et qu’il encouragerait tout arrangement à ce sujet entre le Maroc et la Mauritanie. C’était sans connaître le bonhomme, qui, comme Ben Bella en 1963, fera volte-face en 1975. Il hébergera, encadrera et armera les séparatistes du Polisario, après en avoir été le co-créateur. Au même moment, il crèvera le mur de la provocation en expulsant des civils innocents par représailles des projets inavoués de sa junte militaire qui voulait coûte que coûte creuser un couloir sur notre façade atlantique. Un des délires mégalomaniaques du colonel Houari Boumédiène, mort en 1979, qui en renvoyant d’un seul coup les 350 000 personnes au Maroc voulait invraisemblablement déstabiliser la monarchie marocaine. Contre cette haine manifeste, a répondu la sagesse d’un défunt Souverain. Par sa patience nourrie par une civilisation multiséculaire, sa haute idée du droit international, feu Hassan II, a toujours su faire entendre, au plus fort moment des crises épisodiques, la voix de la raison aux responsables algériens. Même après les attentats d’Atlas Asni de 1994 à Marrakech, aux connotations algériennes bien particulières, la réaction du Maroc, du temps du défunt Souverain, n’a été aucunement démesurée.» Feu Hassan II, n’a pas répondu à Houari Boumédiène. Au contraire, il a très bien géré ces moments de crises. Au lieu de faire de même, il a plutôt choisi d’encourager davantage les Algériens à venir au Maroc, leur deuxième pays, pour s’y installer…, même définitivement s’ils le voulaient. Le Maroc est une terre des hommes de paix. Aujourd’hui, l’histoire lui donne raison. Des Algériens qui ont répondu à son appel, plusieurs occupent des postes de responsabilités dans l’administration marocaine «, fait remarquer Mohamed El Herouachi. Mieux encore, Feu Hassan II avait su tirer profit de cette manne inespérée et abondante de main d’œuvre pour remettre sur pied les fermes abandonnées par les colons français. Comme la plupart des expulsés étaient de simples agriculteurs, le défunt Roi n’a trouvé aucun mal à leur trouver du travail en leur cédant, entre autres, des terrains agricoles, notamment ceux de la Sodéa et la Sogeta. Les autres Marocains qui faisaient du commerce entre le Maroc et l’Algérie ont plutôt bien réussi leur intégration dans le pays. Il y a même de grosses fortunes qui sont nées après leur retour en 1975. Restent ceux qui ont été spoliés de leurs biens et éloignés de leurs familles. Pour ceux-là justement, le pouvoir algérien doit absolument rendre des comptes.

[Redalinho]

350 000 Marocains expulsés de l'Algérie en 1975 poursuivent Abdelaziz Bouteflika : Les Marocains d'Algérie demandent justice

Après 30 années de souffrance et de supplices, plusieurs centaines de milliers de Marocains expulsés d’Algérie en 1975 rompent le silence et décident de poursuivre en justice l’Etat algérien, en la personne de son président Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Pour faire aboutir leur démarche, ils se sont constitués en association, créée en bonne et due forme en juillet 2005, pour défendre leurs droits et recouvrer leurs biens spoliés par la junte militaire qui avait décidé, en 1975 lors de la marche verte, de punir le Maroc pour la réintégration du Sahara dans son espace national.

Plus de 350 000 Marocains, soit pas moins de 45 000 familles, traînent le président algérien Abdelaziz Bouteflika en justice, et plus exactement devant le Tribunal pénal international (TPI). Et pour procéder légalement, ils se sont constitués en association pour défendre leurs droits légitimes et recouvrer leurs biens spoliés et confisqués illégalement par la junte militaire algérienne. L’information nous a été livrée par Mohamed El Herouachi, le président de l’Association pour la Défense des Marocains Expulsés d’Algérie (ADMEA), créée au mois de juillet 2005. Les faits sont qualifiables, etégalement, inqualifiables.

La marche noire
des Algériens
Ils remontent au 18 décembre 1975. Quand l’Algérie décida d’expulser abusivement des centaines de milliers de citoyens et citoyennes Marocains établis en toute légalité sur le territoire algérien. C’est feu le président Houari Boumédiène qui avait lui-même lancé la meute et sonné l’hallali contre une population désarmée dont le seul tort était d’avoir choisi de s’installer chez le voisin de l’Est. Un fait en soi grave et assez audacieux. La décision saugrenue et grotesque est intervenue en réaction à la marche verte décrétée par feu Hassan II deux mois auparavant, au courant du mois de novembre de la même année. À l’époque, Houari Boumédiène criait à qui voulait l’entendre que le Maroc allait payer très cher ce qu’il appelait, lui, «l’invasion du Sahara par la population marocaine». Il donna même une appellation à ce que les militaires algériens appelleront désormais «la marche noire» en mettant à exécution leurs desseins d’expulsion massive 350. 000 Marocains d’Algérie. Les consignes de Houari Boumédiène, mûrement réfléchiess avec Abdelaziz Bouteflika (alors ministre des affaires étrangères), faisaient état d’une expulsion, sans préavis et dans des conditions abominables, de l’ensemble de cette communauté. Une longue marche «déshonorante» qui conduira ces milliers d’émigrés Marocains d’Alger, d’Oran, Tlemcen, Annaba, Constantine…, où ils ont été contraints d’abandonner leurs biens (meubles et immeubles, commerces, bijoux, comptes bancaires bloqués…), leurs familles et leurs enfants (pour les couples mixtes qui constituent la majorité), vers les frontières, du côté de la ville d’Oujda. Pourchassés et traqués dans tout le territoire, mal traités, arrêtés et emprisonnés dans des camps de concentration, les Marocains, bien de chez nous, subiront tous les supplices avant de rentrer au Maroc, le cœur plein de haine envers ce pays qui les a sacrifiés pour une cause qui n’est pas la leur. «Je me rappelle encore du jour de ce grand massacre.

Un jour de fête
Le mot d’ordre a été donné le jour de l’aid lakbir. Au lieu de le fêter en toute quiétude, nous faisions l’objet d’une chasse à l’homme sans précédent et d’un nettoyage ethnique ordonné en haut lieu et exécuté par les forces de l’ordre algériennes (services secrets, armée, police, gendarmerie) qui avaient pour mission de nous chasser du territoire. Ce jour-là, on m’a arrêté chez moi et m’ont sommé de les accompagner au poste de police après m’avoir assailli de coups. En route, l’un des policiers m’a lâché une phrase que je ne suis pas prêt d’oublier. Il m’a dit que je n’avais rien à faire ici et que l’Algérie m’expulse chez mon roi pour qu’il me donne à bouffer. Nous sommes restés plusieurs jours dans des geôles secrètes, privés de visite et de nourriture, jusqu’à notre expulsion intervenue le 18 décembre 1975 «, nous confie Jamal, dépouillé de tous ses biens, marié à une algérienne et père de deux enfants qui sont restés à Alger. Les témoignages de quelques Marocains expulsés, interrogés par LGM, semblent verser dans la même tragédie qui restera dans les annales. Arrestations, expropriations, confiscations, fouilles, insultes, reconductions à la frontière dans des conditions barbares qui ne sont pas si loin celle nazie, du fascisme qui a contraint des communautés comme les Tziganes de l’Europe de l’Est ou les Japonais après Pearl Harbor, quand les Américains les ont cantonnés dans des camps de concentration avant leur expulsion massive vers leur pays d’origine. Sans oublier qu’en 1995, les Balkans nous ont offert un triste spectacle d’exode massif de Kossovards, d’Albanais, de Bosniaques, et d’autres ethnies qui ont été chassés de leurs territoires sous la menace des généraux Serbes. Les mêmes catastrophes humaines qu’a vécues la région des Grands Lacs en Afrique avec le génocide rwandais ou d’autres crimes au Burundi. Sauf que dans ce cas de mauvaise école, l’Algérie, à travers son conseil de la révolution, composé entre autres du général Larbi Belkhair (l’actuel ambassadeur d’Alger à Rabat), Chadli Benjedid, (l’ex-président de la république), et Abdelaziz Bouteflika (alors ministre des affaires étrangères sous Boumédiène et actuel président de la république) voulait punir le Maroc.

Le complot
À sa manière, surtout après la réintégration du Sahara dans l’espace national, reniant tous les accords de paix conclus entre le Maroc et l’Algérie lors de deux sommets, l’un à Tlemcen en 1969 et l’autre à Ifrane en 1971. «L’USFP a de tout temps essayé de maintenir le dialogue. Je me souviens d’une tentative lancée en 1976 par l’intermédiaire de notre ami Lakhdar Ibrahimi qui était à l’époque ambassadeur d’Algérie à Londres. Une rencontre devait avoir lieu entre feu Houari Boumédiène et feu Abderrahim Bouabid. Ils étaient sur le point de se rencontrer, mais l’expulsion massive des Marocains dans ces conditions dramatiques avait annulé cette initiative. En son âme et conscience, Bouabid ne pouvait qu’annuler cette rencontre…», se souvient Mohamed El Yazghi interpellé à ce sujet.
Houari Boumédiène passera ainsi à l’acte et mettra son armée en alerte maximale tout le long de la frontière avec le Maroc. Il demandera alors à son puissant patron des services de renseignements de naguère, Kasdi Merbah, de lui trouver une réponse adéquate à la célèbre marche verte. La toute puissante police politique du régime, responsable de la lutte contre la subversion et responsable de la sécurité de l’Etat ne va pas se fouler, il a fallu juste remettre à jour la technique d’expulsion expérimentée par les algériens à plusieurs reprises et notamment après la guerre des Sables. Mais cette fois-ci à plus grande échelle. Le service Action, connu pour ses actions spéciales, notamment les assassinats de personnalités, sera appelé par Boumédiène à gérer la logistique et le déroulement de l’opération d’expulsion. Pour répondre à la marche verte, les services algériens tenteront même d’arrondir les chiffres pour arriver au même chiffre mobilisé par Feu Hassan II lors de la marche verte, soit 350 000. Deux mois avant l’opération, les murs des rues des principales agglomérations algériennes ont été couverts d’affiches ordonnant et interdisant aux Algériens d’acheter les biens immobiliers des Marocains.

De Boumédiène
à Bouteflika
Nous sommes dans l’Algérie de Boumédiène, celui par qui “l’affaire» du Sahara est arrivée. Celui-là même qui déclarait, en 1974, à un an du refoulement des Marocains d’Algérie, n’avoir aucune prétention sur le Sahara marocain et qu’il encouragerait tout arrangement à ce sujet entre le Maroc et la Mauritanie. C’était sans connaître le bonhomme, qui, comme Ben Bella en 1963, fera volte-face en 1975. Il hébergera, encadrera et armera les séparatistes du Polisario, après en avoir été le co-créateur. Au même moment, il crèvera le mur de la provocation en expulsant des civils innocents par représailles des projets inavoués de sa junte militaire qui voulait coûte que coûte creuser un couloir sur notre façade atlantique. Un des délires mégalomaniaques du colonel Houari Boumédiène, mort en 1979, qui en renvoyant d’un seul coup les 350 000 personnes au Maroc voulait invraisemblablement déstabiliser la monarchie marocaine. Contre cette haine manifeste, a répondu la sagesse d’un défunt Souverain. Par sa patience nourrie par une civilisation multiséculaire, sa haute idée du droit international, feu Hassan II, a toujours su faire entendre, au plus fort moment des crises épisodiques, la voix de la raison aux responsables algériens. Même après les attentats d’Atlas Asni de 1994 à Marrakech, aux connotations algériennes bien particulières, la réaction du Maroc, du temps du défunt Souverain, n’a été aucunement démesurée.» Feu Hassan II, n’a pas répondu à Houari Boumédiène. Au contraire, il a très bien géré ces moments de crises. Au lieu de faire de même, il a plutôt choisi d’encourager davantage les Algériens à venir au Maroc, leur deuxième pays, pour s’y installer…, même définitivement s’ils le voulaient. Le Maroc est une terre des hommes de paix. Aujourd’hui, l’histoire lui donne raison. Des Algériens qui ont répondu à son appel, plusieurs occupent des postes de responsabilités dans l’administration marocaine «, fait remarquer Mohamed El Herouachi. Mieux encore, Feu Hassan II avait su tirer profit de cette manne inespérée et abondante de main d’œuvre pour remettre sur pied les fermes abandonnées par les colons français. Comme la plupart des expulsés étaient de simples agriculteurs, le défunt Roi n’a trouvé aucun mal à leur trouver du travail en leur cédant, entre autres, des terrains agricoles, notamment ceux de la Sodéa et la Sogeta. Les autres Marocains qui faisaient du commerce entre le Maroc et l’Algérie ont plutôt bien réussi leur intégration dans le pays. Il y a même de grosses fortunes qui sont nées après leur retour en 1975. Restent ceux qui ont été spoliés de leurs biens et éloignés de leurs familles. Pour ceux-là justement, le pouvoir algérien doit absolument rendre des comptes.

[Redalinho]

350 000 Marocains expulsés de l'Algérie en 1975 poursuivent Abdelaziz Bouteflika : Les Marocains d'Algérie demandent justice

Après 30 années de souffrance et de supplices, plusieurs centaines de milliers de Marocains expulsés d’Algérie en 1975 rompent le silence et décident de poursuivre en justice l’Etat algérien, en la personne de son président Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Pour faire aboutir leur démarche, ils se sont constitués en association, créée en bonne et due forme en juillet 2005, pour défendre leurs droits et recouvrer leurs biens spoliés par la junte militaire qui avait décidé, en 1975 lors de la marche verte, de punir le Maroc pour la réintégration du Sahara dans son espace national.

Plus de 350 000 Marocains, soit pas moins de 45 000 familles, traînent le président algérien Abdelaziz Bouteflika en justice, et plus exactement devant le Tribunal pénal international (TPI). Et pour procéder légalement, ils se sont constitués en association pour défendre leurs droits légitimes et recouvrer leurs biens spoliés et confisqués illégalement par la junte militaire algérienne. L’information nous a été livrée par Mohamed El Herouachi, le président de l’Association pour la Défense des Marocains Expulsés d’Algérie (ADMEA), créée au mois de juillet 2005. Les faits sont qualifiables, etégalement, inqualifiables.

La marche noire
des Algériens
Ils remontent au 18 décembre 1975. Quand l’Algérie décida d’expulser abusivement des centaines de milliers de citoyens et citoyennes Marocains établis en toute légalité sur le territoire algérien. C’est feu le président Houari Boumédiène qui avait lui-même lancé la meute et sonné l’hallali contre une population désarmée dont le seul tort était d’avoir choisi de s’installer chez le voisin de l’Est. Un fait en soi grave et assez audacieux. La décision saugrenue et grotesque est intervenue en réaction à la marche verte décrétée par feu Hassan II deux mois auparavant, au courant du mois de novembre de la même année. À l’époque, Houari Boumédiène criait à qui voulait l’entendre que le Maroc allait payer très cher ce qu’il appelait, lui, «l’invasion du Sahara par la population marocaine». Il donna même une appellation à ce que les militaires algériens appelleront désormais «la marche noire» en mettant à exécution leurs desseins d’expulsion massive 350. 000 Marocains d’Algérie. Les consignes de Houari Boumédiène, mûrement réfléchiess avec Abdelaziz Bouteflika (alors ministre des affaires étrangères), faisaient état d’une expulsion, sans préavis et dans des conditions abominables, de l’ensemble de cette communauté. Une longue marche «déshonorante» qui conduira ces milliers d’émigrés Marocains d’Alger, d’Oran, Tlemcen, Annaba, Constantine…, où ils ont été contraints d’abandonner leurs biens (meubles et immeubles, commerces, bijoux, comptes bancaires bloqués…), leurs familles et leurs enfants (pour les couples mixtes qui constituent la majorité), vers les frontières, du côté de la ville d’Oujda. Pourchassés et traqués dans tout le territoire, mal traités, arrêtés et emprisonnés dans des camps de concentration, les Marocains, bien de chez nous, subiront tous les supplices avant de rentrer au Maroc, le cœur plein de haine envers ce pays qui les a sacrifiés pour une cause qui n’est pas la leur. «Je me rappelle encore du jour de ce grand massacre.

Un jour de fête
Le mot d’ordre a été donné le jour de l’aid lakbir. Au lieu de le fêter en toute quiétude, nous faisions l’objet d’une chasse à l’homme sans précédent et d’un nettoyage ethnique ordonné en haut lieu et exécuté par les forces de l’ordre algériennes (services secrets, armée, police, gendarmerie) qui avaient pour mission de nous chasser du territoire. Ce jour-là, on m’a arrêté chez moi et m’ont sommé de les accompagner au poste de police après m’avoir assailli de coups. En route, l’un des policiers m’a lâché une phrase que je ne suis pas prêt d’oublier. Il m’a dit que je n’avais rien à faire ici et que l’Algérie m’expulse chez mon roi pour qu’il me donne à bouffer. Nous sommes restés plusieurs jours dans des geôles secrètes, privés de visite et de nourriture, jusqu’à notre expulsion intervenue le 18 décembre 1975 «, nous confie Jamal, dépouillé de tous ses biens, marié à une algérienne et père de deux enfants qui sont restés à Alger. Les témoignages de quelques Marocains expulsés, interrogés par LGM, semblent verser dans la même tragédie qui restera dans les annales. Arrestations, expropriations, confiscations, fouilles, insultes, reconductions à la frontière dans des conditions barbares qui ne sont pas si loin celle nazie, du fascisme qui a contraint des communautés comme les Tziganes de l’Europe de l’Est ou les Japonais après Pearl Harbor, quand les Américains les ont cantonnés dans des camps de concentration avant leur expulsion massive vers leur pays d’origine. Sans oublier qu’en 1995, les Balkans nous ont offert un triste spectacle d’exode massif de Kossovards, d’Albanais, de Bosniaques, et d’autres ethnies qui ont été chassés de leurs territoires sous la menace des généraux Serbes. Les mêmes catastrophes humaines qu’a vécues la région des Grands Lacs en Afrique avec le génocide rwandais ou d’autres crimes au Burundi. Sauf que dans ce cas de mauvaise école, l’Algérie, à travers son conseil de la révolution, composé entre autres du général Larbi Belkhair (l’actuel ambassadeur d’Alger à Rabat), Chadli Benjedid, (l’ex-président de la république), et Abdelaziz Bouteflika (alors ministre des affaires étrangères sous Boumédiène et actuel président de la république) voulait punir le Maroc.

Le complot
À sa manière, surtout après la réintégration du Sahara dans l’espace national, reniant tous les accords de paix conclus entre le Maroc et l’Algérie lors de deux sommets, l’un à Tlemcen en 1969 et l’autre à Ifrane en 1971. «L’USFP a de tout temps essayé de maintenir le dialogue. Je me souviens d’une tentative lancée en 1976 par l’intermédiaire de notre ami Lakhdar Ibrahimi qui était à l’époque ambassadeur d’Algérie à Londres. Une rencontre devait avoir lieu entre feu Houari Boumédiène et feu Abderrahim Bouabid. Ils étaient sur le point de se rencontrer, mais l’expulsion massive des Marocains dans ces conditions dramatiques avait annulé cette initiative. En son âme et conscience, Bouabid ne pouvait qu’annuler cette rencontre…», se souvient Mohamed El Yazghi interpellé à ce sujet.
Houari Boumédiène passera ainsi à l’acte et mettra son armée en alerte maximale tout le long de la frontière avec le Maroc. Il demandera alors à son puissant patron des services de renseignements de naguère, Kasdi Merbah, de lui trouver une réponse adéquate à la célèbre marche verte. La toute puissante police politique du régime, responsable de la lutte contre la subversion et responsable de la sécurité de l’Etat ne va pas se fouler, il a fallu juste remettre à jour la technique d’expulsion expérimentée par les algériens à plusieurs reprises et notamment après la guerre des Sables. Mais cette fois-ci à plus grande échelle. Le service Action, connu pour ses actions spéciales, notamment les assassinats de personnalités, sera appelé par Boumédiène à gérer la logistique et le déroulement de l’opération d’expulsion. Pour répondre à la marche verte, les services algériens tenteront même d’arrondir les chiffres pour arriver au même chiffre mobilisé par Feu Hassan II lors de la marche verte, soit 350 000. Deux mois avant l’opération, les murs des rues des principales agglomérations algériennes ont été couverts d’affiches ordonnant et interdisant aux Algériens d’acheter les biens immobiliers des Marocains.

De Boumédiène
à Bouteflika
Nous sommes dans l’Algérie de Boumédiène, celui par qui “l’affaire» du Sahara est arrivée. Celui-là même qui déclarait, en 1974, à un an du refoulement des Marocains d’Algérie, n’avoir aucune prétention sur le Sahara marocain et qu’il encouragerait tout arrangement à ce sujet entre le Maroc et la Mauritanie. C’était sans connaître le bonhomme, qui, comme Ben Bella en 1963, fera volte-face en 1975. Il hébergera, encadrera et armera les séparatistes du Polisario, après en avoir été le co-créateur. Au même moment, il crèvera le mur de la provocation en expulsant des civils innocents par représailles des projets inavoués de sa junte militaire qui voulait coûte que coûte creuser un couloir sur notre façade atlantique. Un des délires mégalomaniaques du colonel Houari Boumédiène, mort en 1979, qui en renvoyant d’un seul coup les 350 000 personnes au Maroc voulait invraisemblablement déstabiliser la monarchie marocaine. Contre cette haine manifeste, a répondu la sagesse d’un défunt Souverain. Par sa patience nourrie par une civilisation multiséculaire, sa haute idée du droit international, feu Hassan II, a toujours su faire entendre, au plus fort moment des crises épisodiques, la voix de la raison aux responsables algériens. Même après les attentats d’Atlas Asni de 1994 à Marrakech, aux connotations algériennes bien particulières, la réaction du Maroc, du temps du défunt Souverain, n’a été aucunement démesurée.» Feu Hassan II, n’a pas répondu à Houari Boumédiène. Au contraire, il a très bien géré ces moments de crises. Au lieu de faire de même, il a plutôt choisi d’encourager davantage les Algériens à venir au Maroc, leur deuxième pays, pour s’y installer…, même définitivement s’ils le voulaient. Le Maroc est une terre des hommes de paix. Aujourd’hui, l’histoire lui donne raison. Des Algériens qui ont répondu à son appel, plusieurs occupent des postes de responsabilités dans l’administration marocaine «, fait remarquer Mohamed El Herouachi. Mieux encore, Feu Hassan II avait su tirer profit de cette manne inespérée et abondante de main d’œuvre pour remettre sur pied les fermes abandonnées par les colons français. Comme la plupart des expulsés étaient de simples agriculteurs, le défunt Roi n’a trouvé aucun mal à leur trouver du travail en leur cédant, entre autres, des terrains agricoles, notamment ceux de la Sodéa et la Sogeta. Les autres Marocains qui faisaient du commerce entre le Maroc et l’Algérie ont plutôt bien réussi leur intégration dans le pays. Il y a même de grosses fortunes qui sont nées après leur retour en 1975. Restent ceux qui ont été spoliés de leurs biens et éloignés de leurs familles. Pour ceux-là justement, le pouvoir algérien doit absolument rendre des comptes.

[Redalinho]

350 000 Marocains expulsés de l'Algérie en 1975 poursuivent Abdelaziz Bouteflika : Les Marocains d'Algérie demandent justice

Après 30 années de souffrance et de supplices, plusieurs centaines de milliers de Marocains expulsés d’Algérie en 1975 rompent le silence et décident de poursuivre en justice l’Etat algérien, en la personne de son président Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Pour faire aboutir leur démarche, ils se sont constitués en association, créée en bonne et due forme en juillet 2005, pour défendre leurs droits et recouvrer leurs biens spoliés par la junte militaire qui avait décidé, en 1975 lors de la marche verte, de punir le Maroc pour la réintégration du Sahara dans son espace national.

Plus de 350 000 Marocains, soit pas moins de 45 000 familles, traînent le président algérien Abdelaziz Bouteflika en justice, et plus exactement devant le Tribunal pénal international (TPI). Et pour procéder légalement, ils se sont constitués en association pour défendre leurs droits légitimes et recouvrer leurs biens spoliés et confisqués illégalement par la junte militaire algérienne. L’information nous a été livrée par Mohamed El Herouachi, le président de l’Association pour la Défense des Marocains Expulsés d’Algérie (ADMEA), créée au mois de juillet 2005. Les faits sont qualifiables, etégalement, inqualifiables.

La marche noire
des Algériens
Ils remontent au 18 décembre 1975. Quand l’Algérie décida d’expulser abusivement des centaines de milliers de citoyens et citoyennes Marocains établis en toute légalité sur le territoire algérien. C’est feu le président Houari Boumédiène qui avait lui-même lancé la meute et sonné l’hallali contre une population désarmée dont le seul tort était d’avoir choisi de s’installer chez le voisin de l’Est. Un fait en soi grave et assez audacieux. La décision saugrenue et grotesque est intervenue en réaction à la marche verte décrétée par feu Hassan II deux mois auparavant, au courant du mois de novembre de la même année. À l’époque, Houari Boumédiène criait à qui voulait l’entendre que le Maroc allait payer très cher ce qu’il appelait, lui, «l’invasion du Sahara par la population marocaine». Il donna même une appellation à ce que les militaires algériens appelleront désormais «la marche noire» en mettant à exécution leurs desseins d’expulsion massive 350. 000 Marocains d’Algérie. Les consignes de Houari Boumédiène, mûrement réfléchiess avec Abdelaziz Bouteflika (alors ministre des affaires étrangères), faisaient état d’une expulsion, sans préavis et dans des conditions abominables, de l’ensemble de cette communauté. Une longue marche «déshonorante» qui conduira ces milliers d’émigrés Marocains d’Alger, d’Oran, Tlemcen, Annaba, Constantine…, où ils ont été contraints d’abandonner leurs biens (meubles et immeubles, commerces, bijoux, comptes bancaires bloqués…), leurs familles et leurs enfants (pour les couples mixtes qui constituent la majorité), vers les frontières, du côté de la ville d’Oujda. Pourchassés et traqués dans tout le territoire, mal traités, arrêtés et emprisonnés dans des camps de concentration, les Marocains, bien de chez nous, subiront tous les supplices avant de rentrer au Maroc, le cœur plein de haine envers ce pays qui les a sacrifiés pour une cause qui n’est pas la leur. «Je me rappelle encore du jour de ce grand massacre.

Un jour de fête
Le mot d’ordre a été donné le jour de l’aid lakbir. Au lieu de le fêter en toute quiétude, nous faisions l’objet d’une chasse à l’homme sans précédent et d’un nettoyage ethnique ordonné en haut lieu et exécuté par les forces de l’ordre algériennes (services secrets, armée, police, gendarmerie) qui avaient pour mission de nous chasser du territoire. Ce jour-là, on m’a arrêté chez moi et m’ont sommé de les accompagner au poste de police après m’avoir assailli de coups. En route, l’un des policiers m’a lâché une phrase que je ne suis pas prêt d’oublier. Il m’a dit que je n’avais rien à faire ici et que l’Algérie m’expulse chez mon roi pour qu’il me donne à bouffer. Nous sommes restés plusieurs jours dans des geôles secrètes, privés de visite et de nourriture, jusqu’à notre expulsion intervenue le 18 décembre 1975 «, nous confie Jamal, dépouillé de tous ses biens, marié à une algérienne et père de deux enfants qui sont restés à Alger. Les témoignages de quelques Marocains expulsés, interrogés par LGM, semblent verser dans la même tragédie qui restera dans les annales. Arrestations, expropriations, confiscations, fouilles, insultes, reconductions à la frontière dans des conditions barbares qui ne sont pas si loin celle nazie, du fascisme qui a contraint des communautés comme les Tziganes de l’Europe de l’Est ou les Japonais après Pearl Harbor, quand les Américains les ont cantonnés dans des camps de concentration avant leur expulsion massive vers leur pays d’origine. Sans oublier qu’en 1995, les Balkans nous ont offert un triste spectacle d’exode massif de Kossovards, d’Albanais, de Bosniaques, et d’autres ethnies qui ont été chassés de leurs territoires sous la menace des généraux Serbes. Les mêmes catastrophes humaines qu’a vécues la région des Grands Lacs en Afrique avec le génocide rwandais ou d’autres crimes au Burundi. Sauf que dans ce cas de mauvaise école, l’Algérie, à travers son conseil de la révolution, composé entre autres du général Larbi Belkhair (l’actuel ambassadeur d’Alger à Rabat), Chadli Benjedid, (l’ex-président de la république), et Abdelaziz Bouteflika (alors ministre des affaires étrangères sous Boumédiène et actuel président de la république) voulait punir le Maroc.

Le complot
À sa manière, surtout après la réintégration du Sahara dans l’espace national, reniant tous les accords de paix conclus entre le Maroc et l’Algérie lors de deux sommets, l’un à Tlemcen en 1969 et l’autre à Ifrane en 1971. «L’USFP a de tout temps essayé de maintenir le dialogue. Je me souviens d’une tentative lancée en 1976 par l’intermédiaire de notre ami Lakhdar Ibrahimi qui était à l’époque ambassadeur d’Algérie à Londres. Une rencontre devait avoir lieu entre feu Houari Boumédiène et feu Abderrahim Bouabid. Ils étaient sur le point de se rencontrer, mais l’expulsion massive des Marocains dans ces conditions dramatiques avait annulé cette initiative. En son âme et conscience, Bouabid ne pouvait qu’annuler cette rencontre…», se souvient Mohamed El Yazghi interpellé à ce sujet.
Houari Boumédiène passera ainsi à l’acte et mettra son armée en alerte maximale tout le long de la frontière avec le Maroc. Il demandera alors à son puissant patron des services de renseignements de naguère, Kasdi Merbah, de lui trouver une réponse adéquate à la célèbre marche verte. La toute puissante police politique du régime, responsable de la lutte contre la subversion et responsable de la sécurité de l’Etat ne va pas se fouler, il a fallu juste remettre à jour la technique d’expulsion expérimentée par les algériens à plusieurs reprises et notamment après la guerre des Sables. Mais cette fois-ci à plus grande échelle. Le service Action, connu pour ses actions spéciales, notamment les assassinats de personnalités, sera appelé par Boumédiène à gérer la logistique et le déroulement de l’opération d’expulsion. Pour répondre à la marche verte, les services algériens tenteront même d’arrondir les chiffres pour arriver au même chiffre mobilisé par Feu Hassan II lors de la marche verte, soit 350 000. Deux mois avant l’opération, les murs des rues des principales agglomérations algériennes ont été couverts d’affiches ordonnant et interdisant aux Algériens d’acheter les biens immobiliers des Marocains.

De Boumédiène
à Bouteflika
Nous sommes dans l’Algérie de Boumédiène, celui par qui “l’affaire» du Sahara est arrivée. Celui-là même qui déclarait, en 1974, à un an du refoulement des Marocains d’Algérie, n’avoir aucune prétention sur le Sahara marocain et qu’il encouragerait tout arrangement à ce sujet entre le Maroc et la Mauritanie. C’était sans connaître le bonhomme, qui, comme Ben Bella en 1963, fera volte-face en 1975. Il hébergera, encadrera et armera les séparatistes du Polisario, après en avoir été le co-créateur. Au même moment, il crèvera le mur de la provocation en expulsant des civils innocents par représailles des projets inavoués de sa junte militaire qui voulait coûte que coûte creuser un couloir sur notre façade atlantique. Un des délires mégalomaniaques du colonel Houari Boumédiène, mort en 1979, qui en renvoyant d’un seul coup les 350 000 personnes au Maroc voulait invraisemblablement déstabiliser la monarchie marocaine. Contre cette haine manifeste, a répondu la sagesse d’un défunt Souverain. Par sa patience nourrie par une civilisation multiséculaire, sa haute idée du droit international, feu Hassan II, a toujours su faire entendre, au plus fort moment des crises épisodiques, la voix de la raison aux responsables algériens. Même après les attentats d’Atlas Asni de 1994 à Marrakech, aux connotations algériennes bien particulières, la réaction du Maroc, du temps du défunt Souverain, n’a été aucunement démesurée.» Feu Hassan II, n’a pas répondu à Houari Boumédiène. Au contraire, il a très bien géré ces moments de crises. Au lieu de faire de même, il a plutôt choisi d’encourager davantage les Algériens à venir au Maroc, leur deuxième pays, pour s’y installer…, même définitivement s’ils le voulaient. Le Maroc est une terre des hommes de paix. Aujourd’hui, l’histoire lui donne raison. Des Algériens qui ont répondu à son appel, plusieurs occupent des postes de responsabilités dans l’administration marocaine «, fait remarquer Mohamed El Herouachi. Mieux encore, Feu Hassan II avait su tirer profit de cette manne inespérée et abondante de main d’œuvre pour remettre sur pied les fermes abandonnées par les colons français. Comme la plupart des expulsés étaient de simples agriculteurs, le défunt Roi n’a trouvé aucun mal à leur trouver du travail en leur cédant, entre autres, des terrains agricoles, notamment ceux de la Sodéa et la Sogeta. Les autres Marocains qui faisaient du commerce entre le Maroc et l’Algérie ont plutôt bien réussi leur intégration dans le pays. Il y a même de grosses fortunes qui sont nées après leur retour en 1975. Restent ceux qui ont été spoliés de leurs biens et éloignés de leurs familles. Pour ceux-là justement, le pouvoir algérien doit absolument rendre des comptes.

[Redalinho]

350 000 Marocains expulsés de l'Algérie en 1975 poursuivent Abdelaziz Bouteflika : Les Marocains d'Algérie demandent justice

Après 30 années de souffrance et de supplices, plusieurs centaines de milliers de Marocains expulsés d’Algérie en 1975 rompent le silence et décident de poursuivre en justice l’Etat algérien, en la personne de son président Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Pour faire aboutir leur démarche, ils se sont constitués en association, créée en bonne et due forme en juillet 2005, pour défendre leurs droits et recouvrer leurs biens spoliés par la junte militaire qui avait décidé, en 1975 lors de la marche verte, de punir le Maroc pour la réintégration du Sahara dans son espace national.

Plus de 350 000 Marocains, soit pas moins de 45 000 familles, traînent le président algérien Abdelaziz Bouteflika en justice, et plus exactement devant le Tribunal pénal international (TPI). Et pour procéder légalement, ils se sont constitués en association pour défendre leurs droits légitimes et recouvrer leurs biens spoliés et confisqués illégalement par la junte militaire algérienne. L’information nous a été livrée par Mohamed El Herouachi, le président de l’Association pour la Défense des Marocains Expulsés d’Algérie (ADMEA), créée au mois de juillet 2005. Les faits sont qualifiables, etégalement, inqualifiables.

La marche noire
des Algériens
Ils remontent au 18 décembre 1975. Quand l’Algérie décida d’expulser abusivement des centaines de milliers de citoyens et citoyennes Marocains établis en toute légalité sur le territoire algérien. C’est feu le président Houari Boumédiène qui avait lui-même lancé la meute et sonné l’hallali contre une population désarmée dont le seul tort était d’avoir choisi de s’installer chez le voisin de l’Est. Un fait en soi grave et assez audacieux. La décision saugrenue et grotesque est intervenue en réaction à la marche verte décrétée par feu Hassan II deux mois auparavant, au courant du mois de novembre de la même année. À l’époque, Houari Boumédiène criait à qui voulait l’entendre que le Maroc allait payer très cher ce qu’il appelait, lui, «l’invasion du Sahara par la population marocaine». Il donna même une appellation à ce que les militaires algériens appelleront désormais «la marche noire» en mettant à exécution leurs desseins d’expulsion massive 350. 000 Marocains d’Algérie. Les consignes de Houari Boumédiène, mûrement réfléchiess avec Abdelaziz Bouteflika (alors ministre des affaires étrangères), faisaient état d’une expulsion, sans préavis et dans des conditions abominables, de l’ensemble de cette communauté. Une longue marche «déshonorante» qui conduira ces milliers d’émigrés Marocains d’Alger, d’Oran, Tlemcen, Annaba, Constantine…, où ils ont été contraints d’abandonner leurs biens (meubles et immeubles, commerces, bijoux, comptes bancaires bloqués…), leurs familles et leurs enfants (pour les couples mixtes qui constituent la majorité), vers les frontières, du côté de la ville d’Oujda. Pourchassés et traqués dans tout le territoire, mal traités, arrêtés et emprisonnés dans des camps de concentration, les Marocains, bien de chez nous, subiront tous les supplices avant de rentrer au Maroc, le cœur plein de haine envers ce pays qui les a sacrifiés pour une cause qui n’est pas la leur. «Je me rappelle encore du jour de ce grand massacre.

Un jour de fête
Le mot d’ordre a été donné le jour de l’aid lakbir. Au lieu de le fêter en toute quiétude, nous faisions l’objet d’une chasse à l’homme sans précédent et d’un nettoyage ethnique ordonné en haut lieu et exécuté par les forces de l’ordre algériennes (services secrets, armée, police, gendarmerie) qui avaient pour mission de nous chasser du territoire. Ce jour-là, on m’a arrêté chez moi et m’ont sommé de les accompagner au poste de police après m’avoir assailli de coups. En route, l’un des policiers m’a lâché une phrase que je ne suis pas prêt d’oublier. Il m’a dit que je n’avais rien à faire ici et que l’Algérie m’expulse chez mon roi pour qu’il me donne à bouffer. Nous sommes restés plusieurs jours dans des geôles secrètes, privés de visite et de nourriture, jusqu’à notre expulsion intervenue le 18 décembre 1975 «, nous confie Jamal, dépouillé de tous ses biens, marié à une algérienne et père de deux enfants qui sont restés à Alger. Les témoignages de quelques Marocains expulsés, interrogés par LGM, semblent verser dans la même tragédie qui restera dans les annales. Arrestations, expropriations, confiscations, fouilles, insultes, reconductions à la frontière dans des conditions barbares qui ne sont pas si loin celle nazie, du fascisme qui a contraint des communautés comme les Tziganes de l’Europe de l’Est ou les Japonais après Pearl Harbor, quand les Américains les ont cantonnés dans des camps de concentration avant leur expulsion massive vers leur pays d’origine. Sans oublier qu’en 1995, les Balkans nous ont offert un triste spectacle d’exode massif de Kossovards, d’Albanais, de Bosniaques, et d’autres ethnies qui ont été chassés de leurs territoires sous la menace des généraux Serbes. Les mêmes catastrophes humaines qu’a vécues la région des Grands Lacs en Afrique avec le génocide rwandais ou d’autres crimes au Burundi. Sauf que dans ce cas de mauvaise école, l’Algérie, à travers son conseil de la révolution, composé entre autres du général Larbi Belkhair (l’actuel ambassadeur d’Alger à Rabat), Chadli Benjedid, (l’ex-président de la république), et Abdelaziz Bouteflika (alors ministre des affaires étrangères sous Boumédiène et actuel président de la république) voulait punir le Maroc.

Le complot
À sa manière, surtout après la réintégration du Sahara dans l’espace national, reniant tous les accords de paix conclus entre le Maroc et l’Algérie lors de deux sommets, l’un à Tlemcen en 1969 et l’autre à Ifrane en 1971. «L’USFP a de tout temps essayé de maintenir le dialogue. Je me souviens d’une tentative lancée en 1976 par l’intermédiaire de notre ami Lakhdar Ibrahimi qui était à l’époque ambassadeur d’Algérie à Londres. Une rencontre devait avoir lieu entre feu Houari Boumédiène et feu Abderrahim Bouabid. Ils étaient sur le point de se rencontrer, mais l’expulsion massive des Marocains dans ces conditions dramatiques avait annulé cette initiative. En son âme et conscience, Bouabid ne pouvait qu’annuler cette rencontre…», se souvient Mohamed El Yazghi interpellé à ce sujet.
Houari Boumédiène passera ainsi à l’acte et mettra son armée en alerte maximale tout le long de la frontière avec le Maroc. Il demandera alors à son puissant patron des services de renseignements de naguère, Kasdi Merbah, de lui trouver une réponse adéquate à la célèbre marche verte. La toute puissante police politique du régime, responsable de la lutte contre la subversion et responsable de la sécurité de l’Etat ne va pas se fouler, il a fallu juste remettre à jour la technique d’expulsion expérimentée par les algériens à plusieurs reprises et notamment après la guerre des Sables. Mais cette fois-ci à plus grande échelle. Le service Action, connu pour ses actions spéciales, notamment les assassinats de personnalités, sera appelé par Boumédiène à gérer la logistique et le déroulement de l’opération d’expulsion. Pour répondre à la marche verte, les services algériens tenteront même d’arrondir les chiffres pour arriver au même chiffre mobilisé par Feu Hassan II lors de la marche verte, soit 350 000. Deux mois avant l’opération, les murs des rues des principales agglomérations algériennes ont été couverts d’affiches ordonnant et interdisant aux Algériens d’acheter les biens immobiliers des Marocains.

De Boumédiène
à Bouteflika
Nous sommes dans l’Algérie de Boumédiène, celui par qui “l’affaire» du Sahara est arrivée. Celui-là même qui déclarait, en 1974, à un an du refoulement des Marocains d’Algérie, n’avoir aucune prétention sur le Sahara marocain et qu’il encouragerait tout arrangement à ce sujet entre le Maroc et la Mauritanie. C’était sans connaître le bonhomme, qui, comme Ben Bella en 1963, fera volte-face en 1975. Il hébergera, encadrera et armera les séparatistes du Polisario, après en avoir été le co-créateur. Au même moment, il crèvera le mur de la provocation en expulsant des civils innocents par représailles des projets inavoués de sa junte militaire qui voulait coûte que coûte creuser un couloir sur notre façade atlantique. Un des délires mégalomaniaques du colonel Houari Boumédiène, mort en 1979, qui en renvoyant d’un seul coup les 350 000 personnes au Maroc voulait invraisemblablement déstabiliser la monarchie marocaine. Contre cette haine manifeste, a répondu la sagesse d’un défunt Souverain. Par sa patience nourrie par une civilisation multiséculaire, sa haute idée du droit international, feu Hassan II, a toujours su faire entendre, au plus fort moment des crises épisodiques, la voix de la raison aux responsables algériens. Même après les attentats d’Atlas Asni de 1994 à Marrakech, aux connotations algériennes bien particulières, la réaction du Maroc, du temps du défunt Souverain, n’a été aucunement démesurée.» Feu Hassan II, n’a pas répondu à Houari Boumédiène. Au contraire, il a très bien géré ces moments de crises. Au lieu de faire de même, il a plutôt choisi d’encourager davantage les Algériens à venir au Maroc, leur deuxième pays, pour s’y installer…, même définitivement s’ils le voulaient. Le Maroc est une terre des hommes de paix. Aujourd’hui, l’histoire lui donne raison. Des Algériens qui ont répondu à son appel, plusieurs occupent des postes de responsabilités dans l’administration marocaine «, fait remarquer Mohamed El Herouachi. Mieux encore, Feu Hassan II avait su tirer profit de cette manne inespérée et abondante de main d’œuvre pour remettre sur pied les fermes abandonnées par les colons français. Comme la plupart des expulsés étaient de simples agriculteurs, le défunt Roi n’a trouvé aucun mal à leur trouver du travail en leur cédant, entre autres, des terrains agricoles, notamment ceux de la Sodéa et la Sogeta. Les autres Marocains qui faisaient du commerce entre le Maroc et l’Algérie ont plutôt bien réussi leur intégration dans le pays. Il y a même de grosses fortunes qui sont nées après leur retour en 1975. Restent ceux qui ont été spoliés de leurs biens et éloignés de leurs familles. Pour ceux-là justement, le pouvoir algérien doit absolument rendre des comptes.

[Ratoncito]

El Sáhara debe alcanzar su independencia; España lo hizo muy mal en un momento de debilidad política y económica.

Los territorios no se deben someter por la fuerza de las armas y hay que devolver a los saharauis su propio territorio.

Desde España apoyamos la independencia del Sáhara y que Marruecos se retire de este territorio ocupado.

LLevamos tiempo criticando la ocupación de IRAK por los EEUU; ¿hasta cuándo nos vamos a quedar callados ante la ocupación SÁHARA por Marruecos?

Saludos

[Ratoncito]

El Sáhara debe alcanzar su independencia; España lo hizo muy mal en un momento de debilidad política y económica.

Los territorios no se deben someter por la fuerza de las armas y hay que devolver a los saharauis su propio territorio.

Desde España apoyamos la independencia del Sáhara y que Marruecos se retire de este territorio ocupado.

LLevamos tiempo criticando la ocupación de IRAK por los EEUU; ¿hasta cuándo nos vamos a quedar callados ante la ocupación SÁHARA por Marruecos?

Saludos

[Ratoncito]

El Sáhara debe alcanzar su independencia; España lo hizo muy mal en un momento de debilidad política y económica.

Los territorios no se deben someter por la fuerza de las armas y hay que devolver a los saharauis su propio territorio.

Desde España apoyamos la independencia del Sáhara y que Marruecos se retire de este territorio ocupado.

LLevamos tiempo criticando la ocupación de IRAK por los EEUU; ¿hasta cuándo nos vamos a quedar callados ante la ocupación SÁHARA por Marruecos?

Saludos

[Ratoncito]

El Sáhara debe alcanzar su independencia; España lo hizo muy mal en un momento de debilidad política y económica.

Los territorios no se deben someter por la fuerza de las armas y hay que devolver a los saharauis su propio territorio.

Desde España apoyamos la independencia del Sáhara y que Marruecos se retire de este territorio ocupado.

LLevamos tiempo criticando la ocupación de IRAK por los EEUU; ¿hasta cuándo nos vamos a quedar callados ante la ocupación SÁHARA por Marruecos?

Saludos

[Ratoncito]

El Sáhara debe alcanzar su independencia; España lo hizo muy mal en un momento de debilidad política y económica.

Los territorios no se deben someter por la fuerza de las armas y hay que devolver a los saharauis su propio territorio.

Desde España apoyamos la independencia del Sáhara y que Marruecos se retire de este territorio ocupado.

LLevamos tiempo criticando la ocupación de IRAK por los EEUU; ¿hasta cuándo nos vamos a quedar callados ante la ocupación SÁHARA por Marruecos?

Saludos

[Ratoncito]

El Sáhara debe alcanzar su independencia; España lo hizo muy mal en un momento de debilidad política y económica.

Los territorios no se deben someter por la fuerza de las armas y hay que devolver a los saharauis su propio territorio.

Desde España apoyamos la independencia del Sáhara y que Marruecos se retire de este territorio ocupado.

LLevamos tiempo criticando la ocupación de IRAK por los EEUU; ¿hasta cuándo nos vamos a quedar callados ante la ocupación SÁHARA por Marruecos?<