Natural Resources : the Key to Western Sahara’s Future
19-20 March 2015 in Melbourne

International conference with Mouloud Said, Sultana Khaya, Stephen Zunes, Damien Kingsbury, Ben Saul, Erik Hagen, Kamal Fadel…

Program:

Thursday 19 March – Conference Dinner Keynote speaker Mouloud Said – the Saharawi Minister Delegate in charge of Asia and the Pacific. Former Saharawi Representative to the United Nations and to the Organization of African Unity (OAU)

Friday 20 March – Conference speakers at CQ, 113 Queen Street, Melbourne

Hosted by Deakin University’s Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights in conjunction with the Australia Western Sahara Association

See:
Conference program
Registration and further details

The issue of natural resources is central to Morocco’s; continued illegal occupation of Western Sahara.

The drilling for oil off the coast of Boujdour has injected a new urgency into the issue. The discovery of oil will increase competition for sovereignty and control over Western Sahara and could return the occupied territory to open conflict, further focusing attention om the question of Saharawi self-determination.

The conference will be preceded by a dinner featuring keynote speaker, Mouloud Said – the Saharawi Minister Delegate in charge of Asia and the Pacific. Former Saharawi Representative to the United Nations and to the Organization of African Unity (OAU)

The conference is hosted by the Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights at Deakin University in conjunction with AWSA.

To register and for further details see :
http://www.sahararesourcesday.info/