A ministerial delegation chaired Friday at Laayoune, the demolition of the last al-Wahda unhealthy encampments, announcing the completion of the resettlement of these settlements’ residents and their access to property within a global momentum aimed at improving the lives of people.

The UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, received on Friday, at the UN headquarters in New York, a Moroccan delegation composed of MM. Taieb Fassi Fihri, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, and Mohamed Yassine Mansouri, Executive Officer of Studies and Documentation, accompanied by the permanent representative Ambassador of the Kingdom at the UN, M. El Mostafa Sahel.

The Moroccan autonomy initiative in the Sahara, as part of the national sovereignty of the Kingdom, offers « a political prospect and a logical solution” to an old conflict of more than 30 years, writes the Jordanian daily “Al Ra'i”  

The Republic of Cape Verde considers the Moroccan initiative aiming at granting broad autonomy for the Sahara region as the basis of negotiations for a final settlement of this conflict having lasted too long, reiterating its belief in the virtue of dialogue and consultation as means of conflicts settlement.

The United Nations affirmed Friday that Mr. Peter Van Walsum is still the UN mediator concerning the Sahara issue and that “his status has not changed”.