The Colombian Congress reaffirmed its position in favor of a "political, fair and lasting" solution to the Sahara issue on the basis of the Moroccan autonomy plan, while condemning the "inhumane practices" inflicted on the populations sequestrated in the Tindouf camps.
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As someone who has closely followed the Western Sahara conflict for the past twenty years, it is apparent to me that the United States has only two choices to address the issue. Either it can maintain the status quo, as it has pretty much done since 2008 (i.e.
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The United Nations Security Council extended, on Wednesday with the majority of its members, MINURSO's mandate for six months until April 30, 2019, reaffirming anew the pre-eminence of the Moroccan autonomy initiative to resolve the artificial conflict over the Moroccan Sahara.
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Morocco's autonomy plan in the Sahara will promote stability and security in the region, while meeting the democratic aspirations and sustainable development needs of the population, French Senator Francois Grosdidier said Wednesday before the 4th Committee of the United Nations General Assembly...
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The United States reiterated, Monday in Washington, that the autonomy plan for the Sahara is "serious", "realistic" and "credible", stressing that it can satisfy the aspirations of the populations of the Sahara "to manage their own affairs in peace and dignity".
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The elected officials, Sheikhs and notables of Sahrawi tribes in the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region reaffirmed, on Saturday, during a meeting in Dakhla with the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Moroccan Sahara, Horst Köhler, that the autonomy initiative is the only solution for the...
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The autonomy plan proposed by Morocco is an option to solve the Sahara issue, said, Friday in Rabat, United States Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan who is on a visit to the Kingdom as part of a regional tour.
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Elected members and parliamentarians from Laayoune-Sakia-El Hamra region reiterated, Thursday in Laayoune, during a meeting with UN Secretary General Personal Envoy for the Moroccan Sahara Horst Köhler, their unwavering attachment to the Moroccan autonomy plan as the unique solution to the...
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The Moroccan Autonomy Initiative for the Sahara region was strongly supported by a majority of member states of the Committee of 24, Subsidiary Body of the UN General Assembly. This Initiative, described as serious and credible by the Security Council since 2007, seeks to reach a negotiated and...
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The Andean Parliament unanimously expressed full support for Morocco’s initiative to grant autonomy to its southern provinces as a lasting political solution to the regional conflict over the Sahara.
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The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies adopted, Wednesday unanimously, a motion in support of the Moroccan autonomy initiative for its southern provinces and of the Kingdom's efforts to reach a political solution to the artificial conflict over the Moroccan Sahara.
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Morocco’s autonomy plan represents “a basis for negotiation” to reach a final solution to the conflict over the Moroccan Sahara, said the Committee on Foreign Affairs at the Swedish Parliament (Riksdag).
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The United States reiterated, Wednesday, that the autonomy plan in the Sahara is serious, credible and realistic, in a response by the Department of State to MAP.
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Jean-Yves le Drian, French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, received in Paris, Horst Kohler, United Nations Secretary-General Personal Envoy for Western Sahara.
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King Mohammed VI of Morocco reaffirmed on Monday that no settlement of the Sahara issue is possible other than within the framework of the Kingdom’s full sovereignty over its Sahara, and within the autonomy initiative.
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Professor Stephen Tomblin of the University of Newfoundland, St. John's in Canada, said that the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative is a "serious and credible" proposal that aims to “find a new compromise to a destructive conflict that has lasted too long”.
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United States president Donald Trump signed a fiscal law on Friday, approved by the US Congress, which allows Morocco to use funds allocated to the kingdom in the Western Sahara.
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Morocco’s foreign ministry voiced satisfaction with the support expressed by the US for a political solution to the Sahara issue based on the autonomy proposal under the Kingdom’s sovereignty.
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The Polisario Front has been rebuked by its minor faction, Khat Chahid (Line of the Martyr), in the aftermath of the United Nations Security Council’s unanimous passing of Resolution 2351 regarding Western Sahara.
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The autonomy initiative, presented by Morocco in 2007, was further strengthened by resolution 2351, adopted unanimously by the members of the UN Security Council (UNSC), said ,Saturday, minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Nasser Bourita.
