Shaheed El Hafed, 08 December 2025 (SPS) – The Sahrawi Observatory for the Monitoring of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection (SONREP) condemned the Moroccan occupation’s persistence in plundering the resources of the Sahrawi people by concluding new partnership agreements with the European Union, in violation of the rulings of the European Court of Justice.
The Observatory’s President, Yakouta El Mokhtar, expressed to APS her “deep concern” over the announcement by the Moroccan occupation authorities of a new tender to establish an electrical power transmission line inside the occupied territories. She stressed that launching this project without the consent of the Sahrawi people, through their legitimate representative, the Polisario Front, constitutes “a clear violation of international law and the legal status of the territory, and reinforces a policy of imposing a fait accompli through infrastructure that entrenches control and enables the continued unlawful exploitation of resources.”
The Sahrawi official pointed out that in recent months, numerous economic activities have been recorded in the occupied territories, carried out without legal basis and involving projects in the energy, phosphate, fisheries, and agricultural sectors linked to international supply chains.
She emphasized that these activities, including the latest electricity project, are being implemented “in complete contradiction to international decisions that require the consent of the Sahrawi people as the holders of permanent sovereignty over their resources.”
In a related context, Ms. Yakouta El Mokhtar welcomed the withdrawal of several international companies and institutions involved in accreditation and certification from occupied Western Sahara, the most recent being the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) in the Netherlands, a prominent Dutch certification body.
According to the spokesperson, this withdrawal represents further evidence of the growing awareness among global companies of the legal and ethical risks associated with operating in Western Sahara without respecting its international legal status. She praised this trend as a step in the right direction toward reinforcing respect for international law and avoiding involvement in activities that could expose institutions to legal and reputational consequences.
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