Category Archives: Political issues

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. 
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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.
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SMH articles about phosphate issues – AWSA protests

img_2146.JPGIncitec optimistic about outlook (but faces shareholder criticism over WS phosphate )
December 20, 2007,
The Sydney Morning Herald
The chief executive of fertiliser maker Incitec Pivot Ltd, Julian Segal, says he is cautiously optimistic about the outlook for earnings in the current financial year. (click on link above for rest of story)

Making a meal of human rights
December 21, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald
An African invasion has repercussion in Australia, writes Ben Cubby.
Almost every time Australians sit down at the dinner table, they are eating the fruits of Morocco’s illegal invasion of Western Sahara.  (click on link above for rest of story)

Melbourne book launch Friday 7 December, 5.30-7pm with Stephen Zunes

You are invited to the book launch of International Law and the Question of Western Sahara, with Stephen Zunes at the Institute of International Law and Humanities (IILAH) in the Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham Street, University Square, Carlton (opposite University of Melbourne’s main gates on Grattan Street), on Friday 7 December at 5 for 5.30pm-7pm.
International Law and the Question of Western Sahara, edited by Karin Arts and Pedro Pinto Leite and published by IPJET (International Platform of Jurists for East Timor) 352pp, hardback. 
Books will be on sale at the launch at the give-away price of $30.
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