HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------- Polisario Front says Morocco obstructing UN-OAU
peace plan for Western
Sahara RASD radio/BBC Monitoring Service 9 Mar. 2002 Text of report by Polisario radio on 8 March After its extraordinary meeting, the National Secretariat of the Polisario Front issued the following final statement: The National Secretariat of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguiat El Hamra and Oued Eddahab [Polisario] held an emergency meeting on 7 March 2002 under the chairmanship of brother Mohamed Abdelaziz, the front's secretary-general and head of state. This meeting took place amid circumstances marked by the release of the report submitted by the UN secretary-general, Mr Kofi Annan, to the UN Security Council about the situation in the WesternSahara, and also by Morocco's intransigent and inflexible stance. This stance runs counter to international legality and is based on escalation through the Moroccan king's repeated provocative visits to the occupied Saharan areas, repression against the defenceless Saharan citizens, the involvement of foreign companies in deals for the exploration of mineral resources and the announcement of the creation of six new Moroccan settlements in the occupied part of the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic over which Morocco has no sovereignty. Morocco is creating all types of obstacles to obstruct the implementation of the UN-African peace plan and is also levelling unfair accusations at sister Algeria. While expressing its complete satisfaction at the principled and constant stance adopted by the Algerian government and people in support of decolonization and the right of the peoples to self-determination and independence, both in the past and now, the National Secretariat sends a special salutation to his excellency the Algerian president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, for his historic decision to join the Saharan people in the celebrations marking the 26th anniversary of the proclamation of the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic. The National Secretariat announces its attachment to the right of the Saharan people to self-determination and independence, as stipulated by the UN-African peace plan. It also announces the Polisario Front's readiness to cooperate with the UN Security Council and the UN secretary-general and his personal envoy with a view to completing the decolonization process in the WesternSahara through a free, just and fair referendum for the self-determination of the Saharan people under UN auspices. While expressing its profound satisfaction with the UN legal consultation submitted to the Security Council on 28 January, which reiterated that Morocco was an occupying power and not a power in charge of administering the province, and that it was not entitled to exploit the WesternSahara's national resources, the National Secretariat calls on the international community to respect this consultation by regarding it as a legal framework governing any economic dealings in the area of conflict. The National Secretariat also believes that Morocco's stance of escalation and provocation is likely to make the situation go seriously out of control, therefore it calls on the international community to take a firm stance towards this intransigence, this persistence in removing international legality and this contempt for the resolutions and statements of the UN Security Council. The National Secretariat also urges all Saharan citizens to be on their guard and to be vigilant in order to thwart all the Moroccan manoeuvres. Source: National Radio of the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic in Arabic 2200 gmt 8 Mar 02 --- URL: http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/article.html?id=020309002528&query=western%2Bsahara --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================ |
