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Topic: UN supports self-determination for occupied Western Sahara
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The_Calling
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posted 06 May 2004 03:14 PM
The United Nations Security Council today supported a plan that would allow the people of Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony, to determine their own political future, disallowing both Morocco's rejection of the plan and its proposal to give Western Saharans limited autonomy under its rule.The Council also extended the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 31 October, though not until 28 February 2005, as Secretary-General Kofi Annan had recommended in his report on the situation. The report contained Morocco's April 2004 letter rejecting the 2003 plan for peace between itself and the Western Saharan Frente POLISARIO (Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Rio de Oro), but the Council did not mention it. Saying it had considered Mr. Annan's report and noting the principles and purposes of the UN Charter, the Security Council unanimously reaffirmed "its support for the Peace Plan for Self-Determination of the People of Western Sahara as an optimum political solution on the basis of agreement between the two parties." Full article It is good to see Morrocan colonialism and the plight of the Western Saharans receive attention.
From: USA | Registered: Apr 2004
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DrConway
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posted 21 September 2007 09:02 PM
Huh - I really had to dig to find this on babble. I became interested tangentially in the issue when I was looking up boundary disputes for US-Canada, and I happened to notice the Moroccan-SADR dispute and ended up spending quite a bit of time reading about the Berm, and so on.Wikipedia tries to avoid "POV", but if you read external sites you'll read about the fact that the Western Sahara is resource-rich. Morocco calls its occupied portion of the Western Sahara the "southern provinces". The Berm Western Sahara info
From: You shall not side with the great against the powerless. | Registered: May 2001
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