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29.07.-05.08.97
14th World Festival of Youth and Students, La Havanna, Cuba
A Sahrawi delegation of 30 persons, headed by the secretary general
of the UJSARIO (Polisario Youth Organization) Mohamed Mawlud Mohamed
Fadel, participates in the cultural manifestations and in the
meetings with other delegations. The Moroccan representatives boycott
the last session, the final declaration being read by a member of the
Sahrawi delegation.
05.08.97
UNHCR
UNHCR is sending two technical teams to update its repatriation plan
for the region. The first team will visit Western Sahara itself and
the Tindouf region of Algeria. It will also go to Mauritania and will
deal with issues such as health provisions for refugees,
telecommunications and logistics (August 6-22). The second mission
will arrive in Tindouf on August 9 (mission ends Aug 31) and will be
seeking to talk to sample groups of refugees, ascertain their
willingness to go back and find out exactly which area of Western
Sahara they'll be returning to. This will enable to decide on forms
of transport, where reception facilities should be located, etc.
08.08.97
Moroccan elections
The Moroccan independent weekly La Vie Economique points out that, in
the last report of the national elections follow up committee, the
next Parliament will be composed by 300 members elected by direct
universal suffrage "and three other honorary members representing the
South provinces". The newspaper asks if the next legislative
elections would not concern the Moroccan Western Sahara, and if
notabilities could be designated to have a seat in the Parliament
with a particular status, till the UN referendum settles once and for
all the sovereignty question ?
RÈpondre aux besoins du peuple sahraoui
20-21.09.1997
Bordeaux, France,
Informations: AfPiC SUISSE, c/o INSAM Graduate Institute of
Business & Management, rue de Carouge 28, CH-1205
GenËve,
tÈl. +41 22 708 11 85, fax +41 22 708 11 88
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