United Nations | Sahara Question

Ambassador Hilale to C24: 'Mr. Ambassador of Algeria, You Missed an Opportunity to keep Quiet'

May 13

The head of the Algerian delegation to the C24 seminar, currently held in St. Lucia, Nadir El Arabaoui lost his nerves and attacked Bahiya Ghalla, vice-president of the Dakhla Oued Eddahab region, in the first words of his speech, for having mentioned the human rights situation in the Tindouf camps in Algeria.

A pseudo-Sahrawi human rights activist unveiled as warmonger

Mar 10

The lies and fallacious allegations of the pseudo-human rights defender, Sahrawi separatist Sultana Khaya, have been laid bare by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders,

UN Chief Reaffirms Centrality of UN Political Process

Jan 23

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has reaffirmed the centrality of the UN-led political process to the Moroccan Sahara issue.

Western Sahara Issue: When AFP Sails Against UN's Tide

Jan 23

At a time when the international community is reviving hopes of finding a political solution to the artificial conflict over the Moroccan Sahara after the appointment of a new personal envoy of the UN Secretary-General, Agence France-Presse (AFP) is once again playing a negative role.

UN Chief Calls on All Parties to the Conflict to Resume Political Process

Jan 23

UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on all the parties to the conflict over the Moroccan Sahara to resume the political process in order to achieve a solution to this regional dispute.

UN: Registration, 'Fundamental' Instrument to Protect against Military Enlistment of Children (Ambassador Hilale)

Dec 11

Under international humanitarian law, registration is a "fundamental" instrument of protection against military recruitment of children, as well as protection of access to fundamental rights, said, in New York, the Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations, Omar Hilale.

UN, big powers ignore Algeria, listen to Morocco on western Sahara issue

Dec 08

Algeria is still struggling to come to terms with a blow it has suffered by the UN Security Council in its latest resolution on the Sahara issue which reiterated that the Morocco-proposed autonomy

Morocco Denounces in Geneva Excesses of Rapporteur Mary Lawlor

Nov 26

The Moroccan ambassador in Geneva, Omar Zniber, expressed his protest and indignation at the excesses of Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, "who without any reservation, launched gratuitous and unfounded accusations about the statement made by the Permanent Representation of the Kingdom in New York, on the duplicity and involvement of a separatist, known for her role plays, staging, and abject victimization".

EU Supports 'Just, Lasting and Mutually Acceptable' Political Solution

Nov 10

The European Union (EU) has expressed, before the 4th Committee of the UN General Assembly in New York, its support for a "just, lasting and mutually acceptable" political solution to the regional conflict over the Moroccan Sahara.

UN: 4th Committee Reiterates Support to UN Political Process for Settlement of Regional Dispute over Moroccan Sahara

Nov 10

The Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted on Tuesday a resolution reaffirming its support for the political process conducted under the exclusive auspices of the United Nations for the settlement of the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara.