Ban Ki-moon welcomed "positive steps" by Morocco for the protection of human rights and called for the first time in recommendations to conduct a census of the populations in Tindouf camps in Algeria.

The chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), Mr. Khalihenna Ould Errachid, received at the Council headquarters Wednesday, April 8, 2015, Gilles Pargneaux, Chairman of the EU-Morocco friendship group at the European Parliament heading senior delegation of MEPs.

"Algeria is trying to give Polisario representation image of people despite the fact that in the Sahara there are elected officials, parliamentarians and institutions"

Foreign minister Salaheddine Mezouar underlined that Morocco is “striving tirelessly” to overcome the obstacles related to solving the Sahara issue.

Morocco condemned, on Monday in Geneva, Algeria’s maneuvers before the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to mislead the international community regarding the situation in the Kingdom’s southern provinces.

The annual session of the Crans Montana Forum, to be held from March 12- 14 in Dakhla, will place the economic development in the African continent at the center of its works, said Wednesday the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), co-organizer of this global summit.