The situation of populations retained in the Polisario camps in Tindouf has brought about many interventions during the debates in the 4th commission of the UN General Assembly. These interventions varied between those which demand the opening of inquiry on the plight of human rights and Polisario's actions in this regard, those which demand the liberation of the people, and those that require the application of UNHCR's statutory obligations for the benefit of the sequestered in Tindouf.

Tanzanian Foreign Minister declared that understanding the Sahara issue depends on knowledge of the history of colonization in Morocco

Mr. Khalihenna Ould Rachid, chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) received on Monday at the Council headquarters in Rabat, Mr. Bernard Kamillius Membe, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Tanzania, who is currently visiting Morocco, carrying a letter by Tanzanian President to HM. King Mohammed VI. 

Mr. Khalihenna Ould Rachid, chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs, received on Friday at the Council’s headquarters, an official delegation from Sicily that includes a strong representation of the world of economy and finance, as part of a working visit to Morocco to support the investment opportunities and develop economic relations between the regions of Sicily, which has a system of autonomy established for 60 years and the Sahara.

Minister of State, Mohamed El Yazghi, welcomed "the positive" results of the second African - Latin American summit, held on September 23-27 in Venezuela's Caribbean resort island of Margarita.

Moroccan Foreign Minister, Taib Fassi Fihri, met Monday in New York with the United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon.