A marathon dispute over territory, justice and equity.
Morocco's Constitutional Reform Proposals Lauded
The United Nations commended the government for conducting the process of political reforms peacefully, which will be put to the country's people at a referendum in July.
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Morocco: Secretary-General Welcomes Constitutional Reform Plan
UN News, 22 June 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the constitutional reform proposals which the Moroccan Government will put to the country's people at a referendum in July. Read more »
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Western Sahara: Parties to Conflict Discuss Self-Determination Vote
UN News, 7 June 2011
Parties to the conflict in Western Sahara continued to deepen their discussions on the electoral mechanisms for self-determination during three days of United Nations-backed… Read more »
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Western Sahara: UN to Host Meeting of Parties to Western Sahara Dispute
UN News, 26 May 2011
The seventh round of United Nations-backed informal talks between the parties to the conflict in Western Sahara will be held in New York next month, the world body announced today. Read more »
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Nigeria: Govt Should Be Neutral Over Western Sahara - Moroccan Envoy
Leadership, 11 April 2011
The Moroccan Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mohammed Ouzzine, spoke extensively on strengthening bilateral relations with Nigeria, and political… Read more »
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Morocco: Rights Group Criticizes Trial of Sahrawi Activists
HRW, 8 April 2011
Three Western Sahara activists have been in pretrial detention for 18 months, with numerous delays in their trial, Human Rights Watch said today. Read more »
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Western Sahara: Lobby Appeals to UN for Human Rights Monitoring
U.S. Western Sahara Foundation, 5 April 2011
The U.S.-Western Sahara Foundation sent an appeal today to Nestor Osorio, President of the United Nations Security Council, that was signed by sixty individuals including the… Read more »
Documents
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11 April 2011
Letter to U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, on Western Sahara
- Author:
- Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
- Publisher:
- Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
- Publication Date:
This letter calls on U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to explore the human rights situation in the long-standing dispute regading Western ... see more »
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1 April 2011
Report on Legal Issues Involved in the Western Sahara Dispute: Use of Natural Resources
- Author:
- Committee on United Nations
- Publisher:
- Committee on United Nations
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This report examines the legal issues involved in the use by Morocco of the natural resources within the territory of Western Sahara. While ... see more »
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11 March 2011
Western Sahara: U.S. State Department Human Rights Report 2009
- Author:
- United States Department of State
- Publisher:
- United States Department of State
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Morocco claims the Western Sahara territory and administers Moroccan law through Moroccan institutions in the estimated 85 percent of the territory it ... see more »
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10 November 2010
Letter to President Barack Obama on Sahrawi Conflict
- Publisher:
- Congress of the United States
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Members of the U.S. Congress have written to the president to ask him to intervene in the Western Sahara. see more »
InFocus
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Talks between Morocco and the Frente Polisario ended with both parties agreeing to meet in March after each party rejected the proposal of the other, a report says. Read more »
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Algeria's leaders suggested to a senior American official in 2008 that if Morocco approached Western Sahara's demand for independence with a more "elegant" touch, it might persuade ... Read more »
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The month-long hunger strike of Western Sahara activist Aminatou Haidar has succeeded in bringing pressure to bear on the international community to step up efforts to find a ... Read more »
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The third round of informal talks on the dispute over Western Sahara has ended with Morocco and the Frente Polisario agreeing to continue their discussions next month. Read more »
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Police were called in to stop clashes between delegates from Morocco and Western Sahara at the 17th World Festival of Youth and Students on Sunday. Read more »
