09.01.96
The Sahrawi President Mohamed Abdelaziz explained in an interview
with the algerian radio and also in the daily newspaper "Le Matin"
(full text in french) the actual situation
of the referendum. There are no differences between the sahrawi
position and the peace plan which was endorsed in 1991, he said. The
problem had arisen between the UN Security Council and the Moroccan
authorities. It had been Morocco that wanted to move away from the
peace plan and had intended to impose a significant number of
moroccan voters. Concerning Mr. Gharekhan's visit to the region and
as an expression of his hope that the visit would be profitable, Mr.
Abdelaziz said: In order to push the situation forward one should
head for the Moroccan side and call on it to respect its commitments
and accept the Spanish census of 1974.
10.01.96
King Hassan of Morocco freed more than 700 prisoners on occasion of
the 52th anniversary of the country's independence manifesto.
10.01.96
Mr. Chinmya Gharekhan, special Representative of U.N. Secretary
General, turned back to New York after his one week visit to Morocco
(03.01), the Sharawi refugee camps (05.01.), Mauritania (06.01), El
Ayun (07.01.?), Alger ( 08-09.01.). His report will be presented to
the Security Council on january 15th.