Senegal reaffirmed, before the members of the Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, its unwavering support for the autonomy initiative proposed by Morocco as a means to resolve the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara.

Speakers before the Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly in New York condemned the military recruitment of children and youth in the Tindouf camps, where systematic human rights violations are being committed by the armed separatist Polisario militia.

Morocco’s southern provinces have emerged as a genuine catalyst for economic cooperation between Morocco and France, opening up new prospects for shared growth and African integration, economic actors from both countries emphasized on Thursday in Dakhla.

France strives to be a development partner for Morocco’s southern provinces for the benefit of the populations who aspire for a brighter future under the leadership of HM King Mohammed VI, French ambassador to Morocco, Christophe Lecourtier, said.

Morocco denounced on Tuesday the "blatant humanitarian anomaly" that has persisted for fifty years in the Tindouf camps in southwestern Algeria, calling on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to fully exercise its mandate. Morocco specifically urged the agency to carry out "independent and immediate registration" of the sequestered populations and ensure "free and unhindered humanitarian access" to the camps.