Yearly Archives: 2008

AWSA welcomes the decision of the Swedish Fund Öhman to divest from Wesfarmers

Press Release, 01 February 2008
Australia Western Sahara Association (AWSA)

 The Australia Wester Sahara Association  (AWSA) applauds the decision of Öhman Funds from  Sweden to divest from  the Australian phosphate company CSBP (Wesfarmers) due to its imports of  phosphate rock from the occupied Western  Sahara. Continue reading →

Ali gets the hump over Morocco ; Bendigo Advertiser, Australia

The Advertiser, 30 January 2008 – 5:00AM
ALI the Camel had no intention of breaking a leg when he turned up at the Capital theatre for Bendigo Bank’s extraordinary general meeting yesterday. Kyneton police reported complaints by motorists concerned for the welfare of the stuffed animal……..
The mascot of the Australia Western Sahara Association (Victoria), Ali the Camel represents a campaign to curtail investment in companies including Wesfarmers and Incitec Pivot
Bendigo Advertiser article >>

Practising what you preach, UK Guardian article….

By Ian Williams, January 10, 2008 6:00 PM
For three days this week representatives of Polisario and Morocco secluded themselves in Manhasset in the New York suburbs, allegedly in an attempt to reach a solution to the western Sahara issue. At stake was not just the fate of the half of the Saharawis baking in desert exile and the other half suffering consistent Moroccan occupation and repression, but whether international law actually has any force or meaning in the 21st century. 
Read this article in full >>

Incitec Pivot Annual General Meeting – Company defends import policies

Incitec defends import policies
from The Weekly Times, December 26 2007.
By ROSLYN LANIGAN
FERTILISER giant Incitec Pivot has been forced to defend its continued sourcing of phosphate rock from a disputed North African territory.
Chairman John Watson told shareholders at its annual general meeting last week the company was not in breach of international law by importing from Western Sahara. A small group of protestors gathered outside the meeting to urge Incitec Pivot to halt trading with Morocco, which controls Western Sahara.
Continue reading →