May 2017

Bir-Lehlu (Liberated Zones), 21 May 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Gal,i sent Sunday a congratulatory message to Hassan Rohani on his re-election as President of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
"After the great victory in the presidential elections held in your country, Iran, I have the honor to extend to Your Excellency, on behalf of the people and Government of the Sahrawi Republic, my warmest congratulations and sincere wishes to you and the people of Iran , " said the President of the Republic.

Wilaya of Awserd (Refugee Camps), May 21, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, praised the positions of the African Union towards the maneuvers of the Moroccan occupation state, which showed its adherence to its principles and resolutions and its determination to complete the liberation of Africa, with the decolonization of Western Sahara, the last colony on the continent.

Wilaya of Awserd (Refugee Camps), May 21, 2017 (SPS) –President of Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, has stressed that it is high time for the international community to put an end to the tragedy of the Saharawi people, end four decades of Moroccan intransigence and speed up the organization of a self-determination referendum in Western Sahara.

Kingstown (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), May 20, 2017 (SPS) -Participants in the regional seminar of the Caribbean on decolonization held by the United Nations' 24 Committee called for the UN to speed up the decolonization process of Western Sahara and the organization of a self-determination referendum. 
The three-day seminar, held in Kingstown and devoted to the future of the 17 non-autonomous territories on the UN agenda, stressed the need to revive the UN special Committee for decolonization, alias Committee of 24, so that is can reach its goals.

Wilaya of Awserd (Refugee Camps), May 20, 2017 (SPS) - The celebration of the 44th anniversary of the outbreak of the armed struggle has been launched Saturday in the Wilaya of Awserd, refugee camps.
The celebrations were attended by President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, members of the National Secretariat, the Government, foreign delegations, and a large population of the Wilaya.

Salé (Morocco), May 19, 2017 (SPS) - The Moroccan court has postponed the trial of the Sahrawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik until June 5, according to a Sahrawi human rights source from the occupied territories.
According to the source, the court decided to postpone the judgment after two weeks of hearings that witnessed numerous violations of the right of the prisoners in a fair trial.

Brussels, May 19, 2017 (SPS) -  The Moroccan Council of Human Rights (CNDH), mentioned by the European Union (EU) in the questions of human rights violation in Western Sahara "has no jurisdiction" over this territory, under the international law, said MEP Paloma Lopez.

Bir lehlu (Liberated Territories), May 18, 2017 (SPS) - The Saharawi National Commission for Human Rights (CNSDH) has expressed its concern over humiliating and discriminatory treatment by the Moroccan security services during the long- Illegal trial against the activists of Gdeim Izik.
 

Kingstown (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), May 17, 2017 (SPS) - The Frente  POLISARIO Representative to the UN, Bujari Ahmed, invited by the UN Special Committee on Decolonization, has took part Tuesday at the Regional Seminar on decolonization, held this year in the Caribbean, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, with the purpose of examining the situation in the Territories under colonial or foreign domination.

Brussels, May 16, 2017 (SPS-The European Commission has ruled out any funding of Morocco’s renewable energy projects in the occupied territories of Western Sahara, and stressed it would fulfil its commitment to informing European companies and citizens of the legal status of this territory whenever support is requested. SPS
 
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Algiers,  May 16, 2017 (SPS – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Algeria is appealing for urgent donor support for refugees from Western Sahara as severe lack of funding has forced the agency in May to reduce food rations by almost 20 percent.

Shahid El-Hafedh, May 15, 2017 (SPS) Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Salek made Sunday appointments at level of the diplomatic corps, in accordance with Presidential Decree No. 8 / 2017.
On the basis of the powers under Presidential Decree No. 14/2012 of 22 September 2012 governing diplomatic work by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in particular Article 02, the Minister of Foreign Affairs decides as follows:
Article (1):
Decides to appoint functions of the following diplomatic missions to the continents of Africa, Latin America and Europe:

Shaheed El-Hafed, May 15, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali, undertook Sunday some reshuffles at the level of the diplomatic corps, according to a decree of the Presidency of the Republic.
"By Presidential Decree No. 08/2017 and in accordance with the powers conferred upon it by the Constitution of the Republic, in particular Article 58, the President of the Republic enacts as follows:

Algiers, May 15, 2017 (SPS) -The Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix on Sunday reiterated the willingness of the new United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to reopen negotiations between the Polisario Front and Morocco to settle the conflict the occupied Western Sahara.

Paris (France), May 15, 2017 (SPS) – The decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) which excludes Western Sahara territories from the EU-Morocco trade agreements is "mandatory" for both the European Commission and its member states, said Algeria's ambassador to Brussels, Amar Belani, in reaction to reports that the European Commission had requested the Union’s approval for a new negotiating mandate with a view to "adjusting" certain provisions of the agreements.

Antwerp (Belgium), May 15, 2017 (SPS) - The Sahrawi community in Belgium celebrated Sunday, in Antwerp (Belgium), in Northern Belgium, the 44th anniversary of the creation of the Polisario Front, on 10 May 1973, and the triggering of the armed fight for the liberation of Western Sahara, ten days later.

Copenhagen (Denmark) 14 May, 2017 (SPS) - Upon official invitation, the POLISARIO Front representative in Denmark, Mr. Abba Malainin, has participated in the annual Congress of the Red-Green Alliance Party convened in the capital, Copenhagen from 12 to 14 May 2017.
The Danish party has traditional unwavering supporting stand with regard to the right of the people of Western Sahara to self-determination, independence, the respect of human rights in Western Sahara and defends also the right of the Saharawi people sovereignty over their natural resources.

Bir Lahlu (Liberated Territories), May 14, 2017 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretrary-General of the Polisario Front, Brahim Ghali. "strongly condemned" the new aggressive behavior through the presence of the Moroccan forces at 50 kilometers outside the buffer zone, in the territorial waters of Western Sahara between Guerguerat and Lagouira, southwestern Western Sahara, in violation of the 1991 ceasefire agreement no. 1 and the supplementary convention of 1997 signed between the Polisario Front and Morocco under the auspices of the UN.

Michael Dobson, Contributor Former climate advisor, Independent Diplomat
05/10/2017
Mark Wynne is the CEO of Balance Agri-Nutrients, a New Zealand fertilizer company that imports hundreds of thousands of tonnes of phosphate every year from an illegal mine in a brutally occupied territory called Western Sahara. Fortunately for Mark, the Western Sahara is in north-west Africa, which is not a part of the world New Zealanders spend much time thinking about, despite the fact that our primary export industry is currently built upon on this deeply unethical trading relationship.

Madrid, May 11, 2017 (SPS) - The Coordination of Spanish Associations of solidarity with Western Sahara (Ceas-Sahara) dubbed “shameful” the new trial of 24 Sahrawi political prisoners of Gdeim Izik group which resumed Monday in Rabat after several postponements, underlining that Morocco “shows once  again that its only raison d’être is strength and repressive policy.” SPS
 
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