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Human Rights Committee of the UN, 53th session, 10.3.-18.3.97,
Geneva.
Under item 10, Human Rights violations and fundmental Rights
particularly in colonized or occupied territories, the Spanish NGO
"FederaciÛn de Asociaciones de Defensa y PromociÛn de
los Derechos Humanos" asked the Committe to organize an International
Conference in order to realize rapidly the referendum for
self-determination of the Sahrawi people.
Ministry Conference of Nonaligned Countries, New Dehli, 7 to 8
April 1997
Concerning Western Sahara, the Ministers reaffirm in the final
declaration their support of the UN for the organisation of a fair,
free and impartial referendum according to the Resolutions od the
Security Council. A Sahrawi delegation under the leading of Mr
Malainine Sadik, Minister Councellor of the Sahrawi Presidence
assited to the Conference.
14.04.97
MINURSO financing for 1997-98
The UN Commission for financial and administrative matters propose to
the General Assembly a budget of 29 millions of US$ for the financing
of MINURSO from 1.7.97 to 30.6.98.
18.04.97
James Baker on trip
The S.G. Special Representative begins on April 22 his first trip in
the region. He will meet the Moroccan Governement, Responsibles of
the F. POLISARIO and members of the Algerian and Mauritanian
Governements.
18.04.97
Petition to the World Health Organisation
The Committee for Adoption of Political Prisoners in Morocco, UK, is
launching a petition to send to the World Health Organisation. The
situation is getting worse in Moroccan prisons according to reports
of Moroccan Human Rights Organisations OMDH and AMDH. Men and women
are dying every day in prison, they are tortured, have no medicine
and only minimal health care, infectious diseases like tuberculosis
are reappearing, suspicious death are not investigated...Petition
forms can be asked at : Western Sahara Campaign, Oxford Chambers,
Oxford Place, Leeds LS1 3AX, tel/fax: 0113 245 4786.
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