While the 15 member countries have not taken sides with any of the options, called to resolve the issue “in a constructive and comprehensive manner and through cooperation.”
The President of the Council for the month of March, the Angolan Ambassador Ismael Gaspar Martins, told reporters posture adopted after keeping three hours of closed-door consultations on this problem for ten days poisons relations between the UN and the government of Morocco.
In early March, Secretary General of the UN visited a camp of Sahrawi refugees in Algeria and referred to the Moroccan “occupation” of Western Sahara, triggering angry protests from Rabat and expulsion of most part of the international civilian experts from the MINURSO.
by this dispute and asked Morocco UN closed military office in Dakhla, in Western Sahara.
the MINURSO, comprising 500 civilians and military personnel, was deployed in 1991 to monitor the ceasefire and organize a referendum on the fate of the territory, former Spanish colony annexed by Morocco.
However, Rabat wants to know nothing of a query this, considering that the Western Sahara, which annexed it in 1975, is part of the kingdom and is only willing to grant broad autonomy under its sovereignty.
According to the Angolan ambassador Council countries “they expressed serious concern” over this situation and recalled that the 16 peacekeeping missions of the UN in the world are deployed under instructions from the Council “to carry out crucial tasks “.
Ahmed Boukhari, UN representative of the Polisario Front, campaigning for the independence of Western Sahara, welcomed the call of the Security Council.
” But we were expecting a stronger Moroccans message, “Boukhari said, accusing Rabat of being the main agitator of the situation.
” the Security Council should have it taken a stronger stance, “he said.
continue bilateral contacts with Rabat said the Angolan ambassador. “We are concerned and it is a problem to be solved,” he told reporters.
AFP
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