On 21 April 2009 the Australian Parliamentary Friendship Group for Western Sahara sent the following  letter  to H. E. Ambassador Claude Heller, President of the United Nations Security Council.

Mr President,
We are writing on behalf of the Parliamentary Friends of Western Sahara Group in the Australian Federal Parliament, concerning the question of
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Human Rights Watch  has asked the UN Security Council to establish a program of human rights monitoring for Western Sahara and the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria.

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12 April 2009.  The Australia Western Sahara Association has written to H. E. Ambassador Claude Heller, the President of the UN Security Council expressing deep concern about the situation of three Saharawi political prisoners - Brahim Baryaz, Alisalem Ablagh and Khallihanna Aboulhassan who are being held by the Moroccan authorities.

Letters were also sent to The Honourable Stephen Smith, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs and M. Mohamed Mael-Ainin, Embassy of Morocco, Manuka ACT.
Copy of letter sent to President, UN Security Council >>

Dili (Timor Leste), April 15, 2009 (SPS)
SADR Ambassador to Timor Leste, Fadel Kamal presented Tuesday to His Excellency Dr. Jose Ramos Horta, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste the letter of credence accrediting him as the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic to the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste.

Full report of presentation ceremony >>