EU fully supports UN-led process in Western Sahara
Monday, 16 May 2022 14:08BRUSSELS- The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, stressed EU's position over Western Sahara issue, reiterating its "fully support to the UN-led process" to reach a political solution acceptable by the two parties to the conflict, namely the Polisario Front and Morocco.
UN denies Moroccan media lies about remarks attributed to MINURSO Head
Wednesday, 27 April 2022 14:06NEW YORK (United Nations)-The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday denied false information peddled by Moroccan media about remarks attributed to the Special Representative for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO, Alexander Ivanko, about an alleged "airstrike had hit a Polisario Front convoy of vehicles that was transporting armaments.”
UN : Algeria reaffirms unconditional support to Palestinian cause
Tuesday, 26 April 2022 09:10NEW YORK- Algeria’s permanent representative to the United Nations Nadir Larbaoui reaffirmed, in New York, before the Security Council Algeria’s unconditional support to the Palestinian cause and underlined the tireless efforts of President Abdelmadjid Tebboune for the Palestinian cause as well as the contacts he made with international personalities to stop the attacks and violations against the Palestinians in al-Quds.
President Tebboune calls on international community to protect Palestinian civilians, holy places
Tuesday, 19 April 2022 09:26ALGIERS- President of the Republic Abdelmadjid Tebboune called on Monday the international community to take urgent action to protect the Palestinian civilians and their holy places in accordance with the international law.
Algeria elected to two UN ECOSOC bodies
Thursday, 14 April 2022 10:02ALGIERS- Algeria was elected, par acclamation, for a four-year period (from 1 January 2023) to the United Nations Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations and the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development, of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), in elections held Wednesday in New York to renew the members of the two bodies.
Fight against cybercrime: Algeria successfully leads UN move
Wednesday, 16 March 2022 09:24NEW YORK- Algeria has achieved an outstanding diplomatic success during its chairmanship of the first session of the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee for the elaboration of a comprehensive international convention on the fight against the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for criminal purposes, held recently at the UN headquarters in New York and whose works wrapped up on Friday.
Human rights in SADR: Geneva Group decries UN’s laxity, silence
Wednesday, 09 March 2022 17:48Geneva-A group of several international human rights organizations decried the lack of action of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in the face of serious human rights violations that the Moroccan occupation forces commit systematically in the occupied areas of Western Sahara.
Ghali reminds UN of responsibility to complete decolonization process
Sunday, 27 February 2022 17:05SHAHID EL-HAFEDH- President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) Brahim Ghali reminded the United Nations of its responsibility to protect the unarmed Sahrawi civilians living in an armed conflict zone and to speed up the completion of the decolonization process of Africa’s last colony, according the Sahrawi news agency SPS.
Polisario Front calls on Gueterres to end Morocco brutality against Sahrawi people
Sunday, 13 February 2022 18:55NEW YORK (United Nations)- The Polisario Front has strongly condemned the ongoing scorched earth policy conducted by the Moroccan occupier against the Sahrawi people and its recent intimidation and dispossession campaign to deprive them of their property, calling on the United Nations to end the acts of brutality and terrorism endured by the Sahrawi people.
Western Sahara: Spain reiterates support for UN solution
Wednesday, 12 January 2022 15:14MADRID- Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, reiterated his country's support for the efforts of the new UN envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, while stressing his position in favor of a political solution that would allow the Sahrawi people to exercise their right to self-determination in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions.