Member of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal, since 1992.

Morocco's policy of economic annexation of Western Sahara was a clear violation of the right of the Saharan people to self determination.

Everyone had suffered, even Morocco, with the exception of its elite. Mauritania had been forced to abandon Western Sahara because of the economic disintegration brought about by its co administration of the Territory with Morocco.

The Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), which had recently set up the Action Group against Money Laundering in Central Africa (GABAC), was playing an important role in combating the financing of terrorism.

In response to the questions posed by the representative of the Netherlands, he indicated that the economic decline that had accompanied the second intifada had worsened with the construction of the Wall, as could be seen in Qalqiliya.

Also, on 27 May 2004, CEMAC member States had decided to create a specialized training centre for criminal investigation and had concluded an agreement on fighting terrorism in Central Africa.

Security issues affected stability, and security and stability in turn affected economic development, without which it was impossible to establish the institutions that were the foundations of democracy and democracy could not exist without the rule of law, which guaranteed the enjoyment of human rights.