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13.10.97
Technical mission of the UN in Western Sahara
The technical staff supposed to evaluate the needs for resumption of
the voters identification, turned after a 6 day trip in the
region.
13.10.97
Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly
Answering to the petitioners of last week, Mr A. Snoussi, Moroccan
Representative said Morocco had not placed any petitioners on this
year's list, although it could have. Mr Snoussi claimed that this was
because after the contacts undertaken by the Secretary-General's
Personal Envoy, James Baker III, progress had been made on the
question of Western Sahara.
Snoussi was predictably critical of the GA debate. He said taht in
listening to petitioners, Morocco heard the leftist voices which had
come to find a forum where they could recite what they had
learned...., they had come to rehearse the slogans of another time
and another place. For example, they had failed to point out that the
Houston talks considered the Spanish census of 1974 to be just one
criterion for the proposed referendum for self-determination in
Western Sahara.
14.10.97
Parliamentary intervention
In an question the Swiss Deputy Pierre Aguet exprimes his wish of a
resumption of the Swiss participation to the MINURSO. He asks the
Swiss government to propose a medical unit as in the past, to send
observers and to participate to the costs of the refugee return. He
asks also to the govenment not to sign any political or commercial
agreements with Morocco before the referendum.
14.10.97
Interview of President Abdelaziz
In the Spanish newspaper El Pais the Sahrawi President affirms that
whatever the result of the referendum the question of sovereignty
will be resolved. If the result is in favor of independance the
Moroccan citizen will not be expelled: " We will give hospitality and
generosity to all Moroccans living in Western Sahara to work and who
had nothing to do with the occupation and annexion " but not to those
who " interfer in our internal affairs and dont respect our
sovereignty".
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