Morocco welcomes with satisfaction UNSC latest resolution on Sahara that recognizes the preeminence of the Moroccan autonomy initiative

The UN Security Council decided on Friday to extend for one year the mandate of the MINURSO, reiterating its call on parties to "show further political will" and continue negotiations to reach a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution to the Sahara issue.

A recent report of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) revealed the mechanisms of embezzlement of humanitarian assistance meant for the Sahrawi population sequestered in the Tindouf Camps, southwestern Algeria, said on Monday the Brussels-based the European Strategic Intelligence and Security Center (ESISC).

Colombia commended Morocco's political will to find a compromise solution to the Sahara issue based on realism, a Moroccan-Colombian joint statement said on Monday.

Maldives' President Mohamed Nasheed expressed, on Sunday in Male, his country's support to Morocco's initiative to grant autonomy to its southern provinces, the Sahara.

Members of the UN Security Council (SC) have unanimously reiterated their support for the efforts of the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for the Sahara, Christopher Ross, the president of the council for this month told the press on Thursday in New York.