Western Sahara News

Memorandum on the Moroccan Sahara issue May 2014 Overview: The Kingdom of Morocco holds a unique experience in the history of colonization, as well as in the decolonization process, that deviates from the usual model. Thus it was in 1912, that the Moroccan territory was effectively split up into several zones of occupation. Forty years later, through international agreements negotiated with the various colonial powers; the Kingdom of Morocco began to gradually recover its territorial integrity. It is in this context that the Kingdom of Morocco, after its independence in 1956, entered into negotiations with Spain that brought about the progressive recovery of certain areas located in the south of the Kingdom, namely Tarfaya in 1958, Sidi Ifni in 1969 and the Saquiet al Hamra and Oued Eddahab in 1975, known since then as the Sahara, following the Madrid Agreements which was acknowledged by the General Assembly. 2. For geopolitical reasons related to the

In Tunisia, the investigative program "Blacklist", citing a source who requested anonymity, spoke about Morocco's direct involvement in the terrorist operations including that of Rouhia, the Bardo Museum and Sousse hotel. However, France which has just experienced one of the bloodiest bombings that Europe has ever experienced, the French press remains loyal to its old habit of protection and complicity with the Cherifian kingdom. Indeed, it seems that the French are trying by all means to avoid saying that the killers who committed this massacre are all of Moroccan origin and that the Molenbeek neighborhood in Brussels witnesses the largest concentration of the Moroccan community. Why has this issue remained a buffoon case while it is known that the Moroccans are also behind the Madrid bombings in which over 200 people died? And then the press instead of stating this fact of the French people, it dwelled into praising the “contribution of the Moroccan polic

I thank the Permanent Mission of the United States for having prepared the draft of resolution 2218 (2015), concerning Western Sahara. France voted in favour of the resolution, which it also sponsored, as it appropriately addresses the whole host of aspects pertaining to the question of Western Sahara. It provides the necessary impetus to the political process. It renews for a year the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). And, lastly, it refers to the human dimension of the situation in the territory. This resolution, which we adopted unanimously, provides the necessary momentum to the political situation. The text clearly indicates that the consolidation of the status quo is not acceptable, and that the parties must engage with more resolve and demonstrate greater political will, realism and spirit of compromise in order to advance towards a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution. Resolving the question of Western