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April 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment | 541 views
Western Sahara: dueling proposals on territory future
from the WW4Report
April 11, 2007
Morocco and the Polisario Front independence movement have both turned proposals for the future status of Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara over to the UN. The Moroccan proposal calls for regional autonomy for the region under Morocco’s sovereignty. The Polisario proposal calls for a referendum with three options: local autonomy, complete integration with Morocco, or independence. Polisario’s plan does offer a “special relationship” with Morocco, maintaining close economic and political ties, even in the case of independence.
The Moroccan plan “aims to allow all Saharawis to democratically manage their affairs, while respecting …
December 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment | 685 views
International Complicity in Morocco’s Repression
by Simon Cunich
Green Left Weekly
On October 31, Morocco’s allies on the United Nations Security Council-including France, the United States and Britain-blocked a motion to condemn human rights abuses against the people of occupied Western Sahara.
Despite reports of Morocco’s escalating repression of the Saharawi independence movement, the resolution passed by the Security Council merely extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), a 15-year-old “peacekeeping” mission that has failed to facilitate a referendum on self determination.
Earlier that month, Moroccan officials rejected as “biased” and “completely erroneous” a report from the …
