One day after King Mohammed VI met with the United Arab Emirates’ Crown Prince, Mohamed Ben Zayed, in Abu Dhabi, Gulf states hailed the efforts made by Morocco to solve the Western Sahara dispute at a UNHRC session.
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A few weeks before the adoption of a new resolution, extending the mandate of the MINURSO, the United States warns Morocco and the Front against the situation in the Sahara.
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The Moroccan delegation to the 39th session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva blasted over the false Algerian allegations on the situation in the Moroccan Sahara.
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The decision of the African Union (AU) to limit its own efforts in the Sahara issue in order to support the process led by the United Nations is a 'big win' for Morocco, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) said in an analysis published on its website.
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The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has submitted his annual report on the Moroccan Sahara issue to the 73rd Session of the UN General Assembly, in which he dedicates a long passage to excerpts of the speech delivered by HM King Mohammed VI on November 6, 2017, on the...
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Morocco has renewed its commitment to the dynamics launched by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in cooperation with his personal envoy for the Sahara, making it clear that this commitment is based on the same frame of reference set out earlier.
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The negotiation plan envisaged by the UN Secretary-General’s special envoy for the Sahara, Horst Köhler, is likely to fail for the simple reason that the Moroccans refuse to hold direct negotiations with the Polisario and demand the involvement of Algeria as a stakeholder in this conflict, many...
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Omar Hilale said that Polisario is a “mere political tool in the hands of Algeria, and everyone knows it.”
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UN Security Council members have unanimously reaffirmed their strong support for a realistic and pragmatic solution based on compromise to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, in accordance with resolution 2414, adopted on 27 April 2018, according to diplomatic sources in New York.
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The Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Moroccan Sahara, Horst Köhler, briefed on Wednesday the UN Security Council.
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The Algeria-backed Polisario has suffered a new defeat in the European Union Court of Justice.
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The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) refused unanimously on Tuesday, 24th of July, to accredit a non-governmental organization supporting the Polisario, responding to a request submitted by the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, says MAP press agency.
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At the end of April, the Security Council surprised many observers by renewing the MINURSO mandate for only six months rather than a year, as had been the usual practice over the last decade. That raised a number of questions: Why the change? What did it hope to accomplish?
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Morocco has reiterated to the UN Security Council that the Algerian-backed separatist militia, known as the Polisairo, is not entitled to claim representation of the people living in the Sahara.
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On the 38th session of the UN Human Rights Council, held in Geneva from June the 18th to July the 6th, Algeria was meant to answer questions asked by international NGOs on human rights violations, and liberties.
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Morocco is reaping the benefits of its return to the African Union as the continental organization is gradually remedying its past biases in the Sahara issue by affirming that the UN is the sole body that can lead talks for a solution, while calling on Algeria and Mauritania to contribute to...
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The issue of the Moroccan Sahara is a question of territorial integrity and not of "decolonization", said Morocco’s permanent representative to the United Nations, ambassador Omar Hilale, who was speaking at the C24 session in New York.
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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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Two elected officials of the southern provinces took part Monday for the first time in the annals of the Committee of 24 under the UN General Assembly, in their capacity as elected representatives of the Moroccan Sahara region.
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On Sunday 20th of May, the Polisario Front made sure to commemorate the outbreak of its armed struggle in Tifariti, located east of the Moroccan Berm. The decision discredits the movement’s stance and will to conduct direct negotiations with the Kingdom.
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United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, said on Saturday that no action should be taken which "may constitute a change to the status quo" regarding the Sahara issue.