The Green March, a historic event that will remain forever engraved in the memory of all Moroccans, was masterfully initiated by the late HM Hassan II in 1975. Celebrated every year on November 6, this great march of a peaceful nature led to the decolonization of the southern provinces and built a bright future marked by a tremendous economic and social change for the Sahrawi population, which continues today under the leadership of HM King Mohammed VI.

The Moroccan autonomy initiative is the "compromise solution par excellence" to the regional dispute over the Sahara, said, in New York, Permanent Representative of Gabon to the UN, ambassador Michel Biang.

Algeria "has committed one of the most serious violations" of human rights by putting the populations of the Tindouf camps in the hands of an armed separatist group, said, in New York, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN, ambassador Omar Hilale.

Benin on Monday called in New York for a "consensus" on the Moroccan Sahara issue, which is based on the achievements made by the roundtable process.

Algeria "must be held accountable for the military recruitment" of children at the hands of the "polisario" in the camps of Tindouf, southwestern Algeria, said Friday in New York, Ambassador Omar Hilale, Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN.