It was also a testament to the cruelty of Morocco in its brutal occupation of Western Sahara.

Jan Strömdahl, Swedish Western Sahara Committee (A C.4 60 5 Add.14)

The rights, interests and natural resources of Western Sahara should be protected in the same way as Namibia's had been.

Ronny Hansen, Norwegian Support Committee for Western Sahara (A C.4 60 5 Add.26)

Douihi Mohamed Rachid, Conseil Consultatif pour le Sahara (A C.4 60 5 Add.34)

At the invitation of the Chairman, Mr. Strömdahl (Swedish Western Sahara Committee) took a place at the petitioners' table.

The appointment of a new Personal Envoy for Western Sahara was a hopeful step towards resuscitating the stalled negotiating process.

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

My country welcomes the cooperation that links it to the countries bordering the Sahara in their commitment to fight against the terrorism that is brewing there and to deal with any eventuality.

And what looks like two big heaps of leaves, is actually two single leaves that get shredded up by the harsh desert conditions over time.

The latest chapter in the plundering of Western Sahara's natural resources was Morocco's search for oil in its territorial waters.

It was also exploiting the rich fishing grounds within the territorial waters of Western Sahara by granting licences to States and companies to take large quantities of fish.

At the invitation of the Chairman, Mr. Scheiner (Netherlands Foundation for Self determination in Western Sahara) took a place at the petitioners' table.

The Kingdom of Morocco was not only denying that right to the Saharan people but also exploiting the natural resources of Western Sahara without taking account of the interests of the Saharan people and their sole legal representative, the Frente POLISARIO.

The basic rights of the Saharan people had been recognized by the international community he called for the appointment of a new Independent Jurist for Western Sahara, a position which had been vacant since 1999.

Mr. Strömdahl (Swedish Western Sahara Committee) said that Morocco continued to claim that Western Sahara was the Moroccan Sahara and to confiscate maps showing the correct borders.

Not even the Secretary General's appointment, in 1997, of a Personal Envoy for Western Sahara had made it possible to overcome the obstacles erected by the Moroccan side to prevent the holding of the referendum.

In so doing, that company, like the foreign companies holding fishing licences, were accomplices in the illegal occupation of Western Sahara by the Kingdom of Morocco.

Letter dated 26 September 2005 from Douihi Mohamed Rachid, Member, Conseil Consultatif pour Le Sahara, addressed to the Chairman of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee)

Despite pressure from the International Coalition for the Protection of the Natural Resources of Western Sahara, FUGRO NV had refused to halt its activities and had completed the survey at the end of June 2004.

With little hope of a political solution in sight, UNHCR and the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Western Sahara have promoted a series of humanitarian confidence building measures involving all parties.

At the most recent Summit of the Community of Sahelo Saharan States, the President of Nigeria had promoted the idea, endorsed by the African Union, of establishing a green wall for the Sahara, stretching from Senegal to Djibouti.

Tragically, however, Morocco had been able to persist in its illegal and brutal occupation of Western Sahara and its flagrant violations of United Nations resolutions and international law and the United Nations had done next to nothing.

Although petitioners were pleased that members of the Committee were willing to listen to the cry for help of the Saharan people, it was now time to achieve justice for the Saharans and freedom for Western Sahara.

Mr. Scheiner (Netherlands Foundation for Self determination in Western Sahara) said that the Foundation was campaigning for the undeniable right of the people of Western Sahara to choose their own political future.

Concerning Western Sahara, the Rio Group reaffirmed the responsibility of the United Nations for ensuring the exercise by the Saharan people of their right to self determination through a just, mutually acceptable and lasting solution.

Recalling further Security Council resolutions 658 (1990) of 27 June 1990 and 690 (1991) of 29 April 1991, by which the Council approved the settlement plan for Western Sahara,

People who would have specialized in killing the animals, hunting the animals on those meat locker savannahs, moving up, following the grasslands into the Middle East around 45,000 years ago, during one of the rare wet phases in the Sahara.

Recalling further Security Council resolutions 658 (1990) of 27 June 1990 and 690 (1991) of 29 April 1991, by which the Council approved the settlement plan for Western Sahara,See S 21360 and S 22464 and Corr.1.

The American Association of Jurists appealed to the Committee to take note of the harsh living conditions of more than 160,000 Saharans living in refugee camps in Tindouf because of the illegal occupation of the Sahara and the passivity of the United Nations, which had not secured its decolonization.

Recalling further Security Council resolutions 658 (1990) of 27 June 1990 and 690 (1991) of 29 April 1991, by which the Council approved the settlement plan for Western Sahara,See S 21360 and S 22464 and Corr.1.

Recalling further Security Council resolutions 658 (1990) of 27 June 1990 and 690 (1991) of 29 April 1991, by which the Council approved the settlement plan for Western Sahara,See S 21360 and S 22464 and Corr.1.

Recalling Security Council resolutions 658 (1990) of 27 June 1990 and 690 (1991) of 29 April 1991, by which the Council approved the settlement plan for Western Sahara,See S 21360 and S 22464 and Corr.1.

In that context, he paid tribute to the 37 Saharan political prisoners who had undertaken a 51 day hunger strike in August and September 2005 to draw attention to the illegal occupation of Western Sahara and demand a referendum on self determination, as approved by the United Nations.

Recalling further Security Council resolutions 658 (1990) of 27 June 1990 and 690 (1991) of 29 April 1991, by which the Security Council approved the settlement plan for Western Sahara,See S 21360 and S 22464 and Corr.1.

Recalling further Security Council resolutions 658 (1990) of 27 June 1990 and 690 (1991) of 29 April 1991, by which the Security Council approved the settlement plan for Western Sahara,See S 21360 and S 22464 and Corr.1.