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PUSL .-In a press release today PS and JS do not mention Morocco’s 2007 autonomy proposal for Western Sahara as credible, mentioning it only in passing. They regret however the obstacles to the work of the UN SG envoy Staffan de Mistura who has been prevented by Morocco from visiting the territories occupied since 1975.
PUSL .-In a press release today PS and JS do not mention Morocco’s 2007 autonomy proposal for Western Sahara as credible, mentioning it only in passing. They regret however the obstacles to the work of the UN SG envoy Staffan de Mistura who has been prevented by Morocco from visiting the territories occupied since 1975.According to LUSA the Socialist Party and the Socialist Youth salute the Saharawi people for 50 years of struggle for self-determination, completed today, reaffirming their commitment to a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution which will allow the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara”, one reads in a note sent to the press.
For the Socialists, this solution should be reached within the framework of UN-led negotiations, UN Security Council resolutions and the principles of the UN Charter.
In the same note, the Socialists praise the commitment of the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, to relaunch MINURSO – United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara – “with the appointment of the Secretary-General’s personal envoy Staffan De Mistura”, but regret that after a year and a half in office, he has not yet been able to “visit the occupied territory of Western Sahara, due to the impediment of the Moroccan authorities”.
PS and JS call for all authorities to “collaborate with international bodies in the observance of human rights and the pursuit of peace”.
The leaders also recall that “during the mandate of the Socialist governments, Portugal has maintained an open, equidistant and balanced dialogue on the question of Western Sahara with all the parties, including the Kingdom of Morocco, with representatives of the Polisario Front, as well as other states in the region, recognising the historic and current role of the African Union in promoting a political solution to this conflict”.
“With more time having already passed since Morocco’s autonomy plan was presented than between the ceasefire and the presentation of the plan, for the Socialists, it is important that the parties commit themselves to presenting realistic, serious and credible solutions with a view to holding a referendum for the self-determination of the Saharawi people and the territory of Western Sahara,” the text reads.
Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony, is considered a “non-self-governing territory” by the UN in the absence of a definitive agreement, in the face of decades of deadlock in negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario Front, a liberation movement fighting for the independence of Western Sahara, supported by Algeria.
Morocco, which controls some 80% of the territory, defends a plan for autonomy under its sovereignty, while the Polisario movement demands a referendum of self-determination under the aegis of the UN as determined in a UN resolution in 1991.
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