Polisario calls on UN to supervise human rights in territories under its control

The Polisario Front's Negotiator at the United Nations and Coordinator with MINURSO, M'hamed Kheddad, said Tuesday in Brussels that the Sahrawi government had called the UN to supervise Human rights in the liberated territories and refugee camps.

"We are ready to fully cooperate with UN human rights observers in the territory under our control. The United Nations should take this proposal seriously, and ask Morocco to do likewise," he told a news conference, organized by the international consulting office "Independent Diplomat."

Dubbing it an "important initiative" by Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) government, led by the Polisario Front, Kheddad said "the proposal is meant to help in building confidence and giving a fresh impetus to the negotiations undertaken by the UN on the decolonization of Africa's last colony."

He also seized this opportunity to remind the UN of its "responsibility to reaffirm its commitment to its principles" and called for the release of the seven Saharawi prisoners on hunger strike.

"Morocco must respect the rights of the Saharawi people. The hunger strikers have committed no crime, they should be released or at least have a fair trial," he pleaded.

He also affirmed "the failure of Morocco on the agenda of human rights" which "bore, he said, damage to both its credibility as a partner for the European Union in its advanced status, and as a partner for the Sahrawi party in the peace process ".

"The EU and UN have called on Morocco to meet its obligations. As for us, we are ready to commit ourselves to it," he added. (SPS)