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Sahara: Two NGOs in Geneva Welcome Security Council Resolution 2797
During the 61st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva, two NGOs described Security Council Resolution 2797 as a significant step toward a final settlement of the dispute surrounding the Moroccan Sahara.
Two NGOs, on Monday during the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva, welcomed the historic United Nations Security Council Resolution 2797, which enshrines the Moroccan Autonomy Plan as the only basis for achieving a final settlement of the regional dispute created around the Moroccan Sahara, describing that resolution as a significant step toward a definitive solution.
Speaking on behalf of OCAPROCE International during the general debate of the 61st session, Saadani Maolainain considered that the adoption of Resolution 2797 comes at a crucial moment in a dispute that has lasted for nearly half a century and that has caused suffering and deprivation for the Sahrawi populations held in the Tindouf camps, in southwestern Algeria.
This former Sahrawi deportee to Cuba emphasized that the autonomy plan presented by Morocco constitutes the only viable, fair, and realistic solution, capable of guaranteeing all political, economic, and social rights within the framework of a comprehensive reconciliation, under Moroccan sovereignty and in accordance with United Nations principles.
Also speaking under the agenda item devoted to the debate on the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Gajmoula Boussif stressed that the effective promotion of human rights requires a stable institutional framework guaranteeing access to justice and to public services.
This activist also praised Morocco’s efforts in socio-economic development and cooperation with the international human rights system, considering that a lasting settlement is likely to guarantee the full enjoyment of fundamental rights for all the populations concerned, including those living in the Tindouf camps.
