Western Sahara : News

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SADR (AllAfrica)

The Security Council today extended until 30 April 2009 the mandate of the United Nations mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO), tasked with monitoring the ceasefire between Morocco and the Frente Polisario and organizing a referendum on self-determination. (AllAfrica)

SADR (AllAfrica)

Consolidating the status quo is not an acceptable outcome to the current process of negotiations over Western Sahara, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in his latest report on the long-running dispute between Morocco and the Frente Polisario. (AllAfrica)

SADR (AllAfrica)

Citing the need for diplomatic efforts to break the impasse over Western Sahara Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called for a six-month extension of the United Nations mission (MINURSO) deployed in the disputed territory which is claimed by Morocco. (AllAfrica)

http://www.arso.org/01-e06-XX.htm WESTERN SAHARA News WEEKS 15-16 : 09.04.-22.04.2006 (AllAfrica)

The United Nations refugee agency today launched an urgent appeal for support so it can airlift 150 tons of relief items to nearly 60,000 Sahrawi refugees whose homes in Western Algeria were washed away by floods earlier this month. (AllAfrica)

WEEKS 03-04 : 15.01.-28.01.2006 (AllAfrica)

The Polisario Front released Thursday the last Moroccan prisoners of war that it was holding, which means it is now time for the United Nations, the European Union and the United States to press for a definitive solution to the situation in the Western Sahara, a representative of the independence movement told IPS in Spain. (AllAfrica)

The Polisario Front, which is fighting for Western Sahara to be recognised as an independent state, on Thursday released all remaining Moroccan prisoners-of-war, some of whom had been held in captivity for more than 20 years. (AllAfrica)

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed the decision by the Frente POLISARIO (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el-Hamra and Rio de Oro) to release all remaining 404 Moroccan prisoners of war, who are being repatriated to Morocco by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). (AllAfrica)

http://www.arso.org/01-e05-3132.htm WESTERN SAHARA News (AllAfrica)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has for the past year kept up the hope that the parties in the Western Sahara would break the current deadlock in the peace process so that the 14-year-old United Nations mission organizing a referendum for the territory could help them reach a mutually acceptable political solution, according to a new report. (AllAfrica)

http://www.arso.org/01-e05-0304.htm WESTERN SAHARA News WEEKS 03 -04 : 16.01.-29.01.2005 original french (AllAfrica)

The ambassador of the Democratic Republic of the Western Sahara to Angola, Ahmed Salama, has praised today, in Luanda, the support granted to his country by the Angolan authorities. (AllAfrica)

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan hailed today's release by the Frente POLISARIO group in Western Sahara of another 100 Moroccan prisoners-of-war. (AllAfrica)

While the Sahrawis, the original population of the country, suffer oppression and displacement, the international community has chosen to look the other way. (AllAfrica)

The fourth and latest round of United Nations-led talks, bringing together representatives from Morocco and the Frente Polisario, wrapped up today on the outskirts of New York City, with both sides once again pledging to continue negotiations. (AllAfrica)

The fourth round of talks on Western Sahara, bringing together representatives from Morocco and the Frente Polisario under United Nations auspices, got under way today on the outskirts of New York City, according to a UN spokesperson. (AllAfrica)

Starting this Sunday, the United Nations will lead a fourth round of talks on Western Sahara, bringing together representatives from Morocco and the Frente Polisario on the outskirts of New York City, a UN spokesperson said today. (AllAfrica)

Diplomatic movements (incomplete list) The ambassador of the Saharawi Republic in Tanzania and Mauritius, Habiballah Mohamed Kori, has been appointed Director of Protocole to the Presidency, he is replaced by Brahim Salem Ould Bousseif (the former representative in Navarra). (AllAfrica)

The United Nations envoy for Western Sahara is continuing his in-depth consultations with the parties and neighbouring countries in the region ahead of the next round of scheduled talks between Morocco and the Frente Polisario. (AllAfrica)

http://www.arso.org/01-f08-0104.htm SAHARA OCCIDENTAL ACTUALITES (AllAfrica)

The United Nations envoy for Western Sahara travels tomorrow to the region for a round of in-depth consultations with the parties ahead of the next round of scheduled talks between Morocco and the Frente Polisario. (AllAfrica)

Morocco and the Frente Polisario are still far apart on how to provide for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, despite the two parties' commitment to a process of negotiations, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report. (AllAfrica)

Negotiations on the future status of Western Sahara should be accompanied by serious commitments by the Moroccan government to respect freedom of expression in that territory, Human Rights Watch said today. The third round of UN-brokered talks between Morocco and the Polisario Front resumes on January 7, 2008 in Manhasset, New York. (AllAfrica)

SADR (AllAfrica)

SADR (AllAfrica)

A third round of United Nations-backed negotiations on Western Sahara, bringing together representatives of Morocco and Frente Polisario, will take place early next month, it was announced today. (AllAfrica)

NTERNET (AllAfrica)