A delegation from the Austro-Moroccan Institute (OMI) completed a tour in the Sahara region last Saturday and Sunday. This tour which aims to assess the overall situation in the southern provinces, began in Laayoune then Dakhla where the delegation met with several association officials of human rights.

Several Heads of State and delegations participating in the 64 session of the General Assembly of the United Nations renewed support for the territorial integrity of Morocco and its position over the Sahara.

Algeria, defender of self-determination, does not hesitate to violate the basic rights of people sequestered in Tindouf camps for three decades, denounced on Tuesday before the 12th session of the UN Council of Human Rights (UNCHR), Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN Office at Geneva, Mr. Omar Hilale.

The international rights NGO, International Democratic Center (IDC), on Tuesday drew the attention of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to the critical situation of people held against their will in Tindouf camps, southwestern Algeria, for over three decades.

The delegation of the southern provinces attending the 12th session of the Council of the UN Human Rights (CHR), called on Thursday the international community to exert pressure on the Algerian government to allow international organizations conduct a census of the populations of the Tindouf camps.