WEEKLY NEWS


WEEK 45, 6.-12.11.1995


6.11.1995
King Hassan II renounces, for health reason, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Green March in El-Ayoun. The Sahrawi Information Minister notes, in a press release, that the King could not achieve his controversial trip because international pressure. In his TV speech the King repeated his uncompromising position: "We do not want a referendum. We are in our Sahara sitting safely. (...) The Sahara is Moroccan and will remain Moroccan whether anybody likes it or not".

Identification process:
The Secretary General, in a letter to the Security Council, suggests several modifications of the procedure for the identification process to accelerate it. The Sahrawi President answers him positivily.
In his speech on the 20th anniversary of the Green March King Hassan II rejected implicitly the new proposals of Mr. Boutros-Ghali.

8.11.95
Message of the Sahrawi President Abdelaziz to the European Governments participating to the Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Barcelona, Nov. 27-29, about peace and security in the Mediterranean region.
Mr. Abdelaziz calls back that "the Western Sahara conflict is still acute" and "represents always a danger for peace, stability and security in this region". The Sahrawi President thinks that "the Conference must tackle the question of Western Sahara" and he asks the participants to "use their influence on Morocco to convince it to respect the Peace Plan".

10.11.95
King Hassan has postponed a three-day state visit to France, due on Nov. 22-24, for health reason.


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