Morocco condemned, on Tuesday before the UNHRC, the human rights abuse of populations in the camps of Tindouf, reiterating its call to conduct a census and lift the blockade imposed on them.

The bodies and organizations of civil society in the region of Oued Ed-Dahab-Lagouira welcomed the holding in Dakhla of the Crans Montana Forum (March 12-14) under the patronage of HM King Mohammed VI, in view of the positive impact that this event will have on the economic and development in this region.

The European Union welcomed the strengthening of the branches of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) in the southern Moroccan cities of Laayoun and Dakhla (the so-called Western Sahara), High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherni, said on Tuesday.

Foreign minister Salaheddine Mezouar received, on Thursday in Rabat, UNSG personal envoy for the Sahara Christopher Ross who is on a visit to Morocco as part of a regional tour.

The Canario-Saharan Forum, an association based in Las Palmas and brings together citizens of the Moroccan Sahara and Canary Islands, denounced on Monday embezzlement by leaders of Polisario and Algeria of humanitarian aid to populations in camps Tindouf (southern Algeria).