Category Archives: Political issues

Australian Superphosphate not so super

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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5 Sept 2008 – AWSA Victoria makes a few waves at Incitec’s SGM

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

US diplomat Ross to be named UN envoy to Western Sahara

(10.09.08 DPA [Germany])

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will shortly appoint US diplomat Christopher Ross his new personal envoy to Western Sahara, the Spanish daily El Pais reported Wednesday. The daily quoted sources close to the negotiations between Morocco, which annexed Western Sahara after the colonial power Spain pulled out of there in 1975, and the Saharawi independence movement POLISARIO Front.
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Saharawi trade unionist in hunger-strike to denounce Moroccan violations in Western Sahara

Saharawi human rights activist and trade unionist, Ms. Khadija Muthik, decided to start a hunger strike for 48 hours Monday morning to denounce “the Moroccan serious human rights violations in Western Sahara.

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Moroccan authorities arrest 5 persons and ransacked some houses in Sidi Ifni

Moroccan military forces in Sidi Ifni arrested five citizens after the confrontations that took place in the city these last two months between the citizens and the authorities.

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The President of the Republic: Morocco gets 4 to 5 milliards US dollars from its illegal exploitation of Western Sahara

The President of the Saharawi republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz, estimated that Morocco gets 4 to 5 milliards US dollars from its illegal exploitation of the natural resources of Western Sahara.

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Documentary on google video unveils Moroccan violations in Sidi Ifni

A documentary realised lately by the Moroccan association “ATTAC Maroc” on the events of the Moroccan city of Sidi Ifni, which used to be a Spanish colony until 1969 when Spain gave it to Morocco.

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The departure of Van Walsum is a victory to the international legality (Council of Ministers)

The Council of the Ministers of the Saharawi Republic considered on Sunday that the departure of the Un Secretary General’s Personal Envoy to Western Sahara, Peter Van Walsum, is “a victory of the international legality”.

Meeting under the chairmanship of the Head of the State, Mohamed Abdelaziz, the Council of the Ministers expressed the readiness of the Saharawi party to cooperate with the UN so as to reach a “just and definitive” solution that guarantee the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination and independence, according to a press release issued by the Council.

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UN confirms replacement of Western Sahara envoy

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — The United Nations confirmed on Thursday that the mandate of its mediator in the Western Sahara dispute, the Dutch diplomat Peter van Walsum, was not renewed after it expired August 21.

A spokeswoman for UN chief Ban Ki-moon said that “the Secretary-General appreciates the work done by his personal envoy” and “remains committed to offering the parties in the region his good offices.”

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Response to interview published in The Jakarta Post

I refer to the interview published in The Jakarta Post on July 31, titled
“Morocco to imitate RI to resolve W. Sahara issue”. It was one-sided and unbalanced. There was no reaction from Polisario, as there was in the article published June 30, “Saharan movement seeks RI’s help in quest for independence”, which outlined the position of both sides.
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