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original french
05.02.01
Sit in
Having still not been heard, several dozen Saharawi students have
again taken up their demonstration in front of the Ministry of
Employment in Rabat demanding their right to work.(SPS)
06.02.01
Statements
In a statement to the daily «Acharq Al Awsat», Arabic daily printed in London, the Moroccan
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Benaïssa emphasised that
«the question of the Moroccan Sahara constitutes an impediment
to getting the Arab Union of the Maghreb up and running». He
strongly criticised the role of Algeria who «harbours an armed
group which threatens the sovereignty and stability of its
neighbour». He claimed that the UN settlement plan for Western
Sahara «has unfortunately not been concluded» and repeated
that Morocco is ready to «present a paper setting out a global
conception for a political solution for the conflict in the Sahara,
based on taking account of the specific needs of the region such as
decentralisation and democracy in the context of Moroccan territorial
unity and sovereignty».
In his reaction published on 07.02 the Saharawi Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Salem Ould Salek expressed his agreement with his Moroccan counterpart, saying that «without peace the Maghreb cannot realise itself as an economic, political and socio-cultural entity». But, for Ould Salek, the entire responsibility for the 25 years of war and waste that has resulted falls on Morocco. He deplores the fact that the means deployed have not instead been put to use to develop the Maghreb Union. Morocco puts the blame on Algeria, Ould Salek believes, with the intention of hiding the struggle of the Saharawi people, following the model of other colonialist regimes in the recent past. Ould Salek concludes that only the peace plan can bring a fair and definitive solution to Western Sahara, because it «remains the sole way capable of permitting the Saharawi people to choose its destiny freely. It would therefore be pointless, now or in the future, to substitute for it some other way.»
On his side Mr Belkhadem, Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, repeated before the press that «a peace plan adopted by the UN exists, it establishes the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and we support the implementation of the UN peace plan».
COMING UP...
28 of February 2001: End of the MINURSO mandate in Western Sahara.
Australia
- Sydney , 27.02.01, 12 pm, Moroccan Consulate, 11 West St, North Sydney, «FREE WESTERN SAHARA» Protest Morocco 's occupation, org. by WESTERN SAHARA ALLIANCE. More info contact: Stephanie Brennan 0411 239 934, e-mail: steph_brennan@hotmail.com
France
- Pantin, 06.03.01, 19h , salle de la bibliothèque Elsa Triolet , 102 rue Jean Lolive, "Mardi de l'AFASPA" consacré au Sahara Occidental. Programme suivra.
España
- Catalunya , Barcelona,
25.02.01, Marxa per la pau al Sahara Occidental, del Districte de
Sants-Montjuïc al Districte de Sant Martí.
Informació, Inscripcions i Adhesions: http://www.lanzadera.com/asps80, E-Mail: asps80@hotmail.com - Catalunya , Barcelona, 25-02-01, Mini Marató - Marxa popular, a peu o amb Bicicleta, Patins, Patinets, Cadires de Rodes. Sortida a 10h a la Casa del Mig en el Parc de la Espanya Industrial - Arribada davant del Centre Cultural de la Farinera del Clot.
- Catalunya , Barcelona, 06.03.01, 18.30 hores, Commemoració del 25è aniversari de la RASD, Via Laietana 16, a les sales de la primera planta a CC.OO, amb parlaments de: Adda Brahim Representant del Front Polisari a Catalunya; Mariam Hmada, Ministra de Cultura de la RASD; Joana Coscubiela, Secretari General de la CONC.
An agenda of the commemorations of the 25th anniversary of the SADR will be regularly updated.
INTERNET
La constitution de la RASD, adoptée par le 10ème Congrès national, 26.08-04.09.99.
SADR, 25 years, special page with agenda, actions, documents...
Asociación Malagueña de Amigos del Pueblo Saharaui: http://amaps.pvirt.com
NEW PUBLICATIONS
[External links to newspapers
may not be valid after some days because the servers are
restarted]
English
- Labour faces flak over weapons work, Birmingham Post & Mail, 02.02.01, p. 9
- Britain broke Morocco gun ban: Artillery spares sent despite pledge to stay neutral over Western Sahara, Nicolas Pelham, The Observer, UK, 04.02.01.
- Saharan rebels stranded in camps: In the field Casualties of the stalemate between Morocco and the Algerian-backed Polisario rebels, 100,000 refugees subsist on aid, Rory Carroll in Tifarity, The Guardian, UK, 07.02.01.
- Commentary: Globalisation friend and foe, Catherine Matheson, The Guardian, London, 08.02.01, p. 14.
Français
- Grande-Bretagne / Des armes pour le Maroc, Mohand Afroukh, El Watan, Alger, 04.02.01.
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