Smara (Refugee Camps), 14 November 2024 (SPS) - Participants in the second International Solidarity Forum for Cultural Exchange for Peace in Western Sahara recommended on Thursday in Smara, in the Sahrawi refugee camps, the necessity of strengthening the pillars of freedom, justice, equality, and peace among all peoples.
At the conclusion of the forum, which was held under the slogan "Freedom and Justice for All," participants emphasized the importance of creating bridges for cultural communication and promoting a culture of peaceful coexistence among peoples while highlighting the human, spiritual, civilizational, and intellectual aspects of this coexistence.
The forum's recommendations included the necessity of opening avenues for scientific, cultural, and social cooperation and exchanging experiences, as well as attracting private and public institutions, influential personalities, interested parties, and civil society organizations from various countries to support the solidarity efforts with oppressed peoples. Additionally, the establishment of cultural exchange centers in the refugee camps was suggested to serve as a permanent base for the forum.
Participants urged the importance of forming an administration for the forum to focus on awareness, preparation, follow-up, and evaluation, and to create a digital platform to define its nature and goals while working to attract interested parties, experts, and influencers from different countries.
There was a consensus among participants on the necessity for the forum to lead to other activities throughout the year, such as lectures, conferences, solidarity events, and workshops, which would send messages to various organizations and international bodies to raise awareness of the reality of the Sahrawi people and defend their rights and just cause.
The final statement confirmed that the second International Solidarity Forum for Cultural Exchange for Peace in Western Sahara sounded the alarm about the exceptional situation faced by the Sahrawi people for decades due to the Moroccan occupation of their land, which has resulted in displacement, crimes, and deprivation of their most basic legitimate rights, especially the right to self-determination according to international treaties.
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