The CORCAS greets the achievements in terms of health in the southeast region and expresses its satisfaction over the conclusions of Mr. Peter Van Walsum, the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary-General to the Sahara that the independence "option" is not realistic" and that "Polisario should give it up".
A group of Moroccan Sahrawis, victims of torture, deportation, and serious human rights violations, testified, on Tuesday, before the European Parliament on the ordeal they underwent by the Polisario in the Camps of Tindouf, south-western Algeria.
The resolution of the U.N Security Council on the Sahara issue constitutes a new and important step that confirms the turning set in motion last year in the evolution of talks on the Sahara, Moroccan Foreign Minister, Taieb Fassi Fihri said on Thursday.
The first regular session of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) for the year 2008, has opened Friday in Rabat. It will take place over two days.
The President of Oman’s State Council, Mr. Yahya Bin Mahfoodh Al-Manthri, reaffirmed Tuesday in Rabat, the support of his country to Morocco’s territorial integrity.