Members of the Australia Western Sahara Association organised a demonstration during the Annual General Meeting of Incitec Pivot, one the  Australian companies that imports phosphates from Western Sahara illegally. The meeting took place in Melbourne on 23 December 2009.

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Western Sahara Resource Watch Report
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For the second time, KLP has thrown an Australian fertilizer firm out of its portfolios due to Western Sahara trade. The Western Sahara liberation movement Front Polisario congratulates KLP with its decision.

“KLP has made a right decision. It shows that their ethical and legal analysis of the phosphate industry in Western Sahara is done very thoroughly. We hope other investors will follow KLP’s example”, Brahim Mokhtar, Polisario’s representative to the Nordic countries, told Norwatch.

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29/11/2008

The Maritime Union of Australia expressed concern about some Australian companies shipment of phosphate from the occupied territories of Western Sahara, the Union stressed in a written statement of which UPES received a copy yesterday.
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The National Workshop on the Future of Phosphorus organised by Institute for Sustainable Futures at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) http://www.isf.uts.edu.au/contact/index.html was held on 14 November 2008.
Radio program:  Western Sahara is mentioned at:  02.01.00
http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/current/audioonly/bth_20081114_1106.mp3

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Shareholders question Wesfarmers over divestment by ethical fund-holders. Phosphate importations from Western Sahara to blame

A group of Western Sahara friends including Wesfarmers shareholders asked many questions to the management of Wesfarmers during its Annual General Meeting held in Perth on 13 November 2008: http://www.wesfarmers.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=60.   The questions concerned the involvement of Wesfarmers subsidiary CSBP in the illegal exploitation of phosphate rock from Western Sahara. Continue reading →

Press Release Friday   5 Sept: Australia Western Sahara Association

As the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s starts a tour of North Africa and Incitec Pivot holds an extraordinary General Meeting in Melbourne, the Australia Western Sahara Association, would like to draw attention to Western Sahara, the unresolved issue that affects the North African region.

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Australian Associated Press 5 Sept 2008:
“Friday’s meeting by Incitec shareholders again attracted a tiny demonstration outside from the Australian Western Sahara Association (AWSA)
The AWSA is asking that Incitec and other fertiliser companies put on hold imports of phosphate mined in the Western Sahara, which the AWSA claims is being sold illegally by Morocco….”  Read full article >>

More coverage at the links below:
http://news.smh.com.au/business/shareholders-approve-incitec-201-split-20080905-4aig.html
http://www.maynereport.com/articles/2008/09/05-1542-193.html
http://www.wsrw.org/
http://www.upes.org/default_eng.asp

In 2005, the bulk vessel Furness Karumba became known in Australia, when she shipped phosphates – and 2 dead Moroccan stowaways – from occupied Western Sahara to Australia.
The bulk carrier Furness Karumba is now on a new journey with phosphates to Australia.
The vessel is set to arrive Fremantle Ports, near Perth, on 26th of August, and stay for approximately 8 days, before continuing on the 4th of September.

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By Ivan Broadhead
South China Morning Post, 10 August 2008.
A Hong Kong company is linked to Morocco’s brutal exploitation of Western Sahara.
Western Sahara’s government-in-exile took the unusual step last week of warning Hong Kong’s Pacific Basin Shipping that it reserved the right to use “all means” to defend its sovereignty and protect the interests of its people.