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.

Guinea-Bissau expressed, Monday in New York, its support for the Moroccan autonomy initiative, deeming it the "most realistic and the most pragmatic” solution to settle the regional conflict over the Sahara.