Brussels, 13 July 2020 (SPS) - Algeria’s ambassador to Brussels Amar Belani denounced Saturday the disinformation campaign led by the Moroccan media on the so-called “misuse of the European humanitarian aid granted to Sahrawi refugees, noting that these unfounded allegations were clearly denied by EU’s top officials in charge of the file.
Geneva, 12 July 2020 (SPS) - The Human Rights Organization "France Libertés" said during the proceedings of the 44th of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that Morocco used "corruption and intimidation" in its foreign policy to sit down and maintain its illegal occupation of Western Sahara.
Shaheed Al-Hafed, 11 July 2020 (SPS) -The adoption by the Security Council of a letter sent recently from President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Brahim Ghali to the United Nations as an official document irritated the Moroccan regime.
It is a letter sent recently from President Ghali to the United Nations, in which he warned against the spread of the new coronavirus pandemic which has significantly spread in a short time across the occupied Sahrawi territories.
New York, 11 July 2020 (SPS) - South Africa's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jerry Matthews Matjila, regretted on Tuesday that the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) still lacks a broad mandate for human rights monitoring, deploring the Security Council's "selective" and highly "politicized" attitude.
New York, 11 July 2020 (SPS) - The Polisario Front on Tuesday called in New York to extend the MINURSO mandate to the Human Rights Monitoring, adding that the UN mission should be no exception in this regard.
Brussels, 08 July 2020 (SPS)- EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said Tuesday the European Union does not recognize Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara territory.
The new statement by the chief of EU's foreign policy, which leaves no room for "sneaky" interpretation of the occupying force, came in a written response to a question from German MEP Guido Reil, on the labelling of products from Western Sahara.
Chahid El Hafed (Dignity Camps), July 6, 2020 (SPS) - The Frente POLISARIO, through its Permanent Bureau, welcomed on Monday the position expressed by the European Union on Western Sahara.
At its meeting yesterday chaired by the President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Frente POLISARIO, Mr. Brahim Gali, the Permanent Bureau of the POLISARIO took note of the position expressed by the European Union, which states that the Kingdom of Morocco does not have sovereignty over Western Sahara.
Shaheed Al-Hafed, 06 July 2020 (SPS) - The Permanent Office of the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front has praised the position expressed by the European Union on Western Sahara.
At its meeting today, Monday, chaired by President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, the Permanent Office noted the position expressed by the European Union, which asserts that the Kingdom of Morocco has no sovereignty over Western Sahara.
Brussels, 05 Jul 2020 (SPS) - The three largest Swiss retailers, Coop, Migros and Denner have banned agricultural products originating in Western Sahara from their shelves, refusing to be complicit in the Moroccan occupation.
Swiss trade statistics consulted by the Western Sahara Resources Watch observatory, reveal that Switzerland ended its controversial agricultural imports from Western Sahara in 2019.
According to WSRW, 2019 was the first year that shows no imports of products from this territory.
Brussels, 06 July 2020 (SPS) - The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, affirmed that the EU’s position on Western Sahara is guided by UN Security Council resolutions and considers that Western Sahara is a non-self-governing territory, whose final status will be determined by the results of the UN-led processes, which the EU fully supports.
Bir-Lahlou, 05 July 2020 (SPS) - President of Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, has congratulated President of Burundi, H.E Mr. Évariste Ndayishimiye, on the occasion of the Independence Day.
“On behalf of the Sahrawi people and Government, it gives me great please to send to your Excellency my congratulations on the celebration of your Independence Day, together with my best wishes for happiness and progress of the people of the Republic of Burundi,” said the President of the Republic.
Bir-Lahlou, 05 July 2020 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, has sent a message of felicitation to President of Rwanda, H.E Mr. Paul Kagame, on the celebration of the 58th anniversary of Independence and the 26th anniversary of Liberation.
Bir Lahlou, 05 July 2020 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Brahim Ghali, has sent a congratulatory message to his Algerian counterpart, H.E Mr. Abdelmajid Taboune, on the occasion of the celebration of the 58th anniversary of Independence and Youth Day, which coincide with the 5th of July.
Algiers, 5 July 2020 (SPS) - Ambassador of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) to Algiers Abdelkader Taleb Omar accused the United Nations of inaction and indulgence in the face of the violations, by the Moroccan occupier, of the agreements signed between the two sides (Polisario and Morocco), calling for further mobilization to take up the challenges facing the Sahrawi people in their struggle for self-determination.
Geneva, 4 July 2020 (SPS) - The Algerian delegation to the UN in Geneva on Thursday called on the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to resume its technical missions in Western Sahara.
Geneva, 4 July 2020 (SPS) - Namibia, via its permanent delegation to the United Nations Office in Geneva, said Thursday that it "will not go against the tide of history" on the issue of Western Sahara, noting its commitment to continue to defend the inalienable right of the Sahrawi people to independence.
"As a country that has experienced the same (colonial) situation, we are determined to stay on the right side of the story," said Collin O'Brien Namalambo, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Namibia in Geneva at a session of the Human Rights Council.
Madrid, July 02, 2020 (SPS) - A European university study revealed how France prevented the expansion of the mandate of the UN Mission (MINURSO) to monitor human rights in occupied Western Sahara, in the Council of security of the United Nations.
Chahid El-Hafed, 01 July 2020 (SPS) - President of the Republic, Secretary-General of the Frente POLISARIO has issued a decree containing appointments at the Presidency of the Republic and other national institutions, based on the powers conferred on him by the constitution.
At the Presidency of Republic, the following appointments were made:
Chej Malainin Chej Lakbir, Adviser at the Presidency of the Republic in charge of the Occupied Territories and Abroad Communities