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Alistair Burt: The United Kingdom considers the status of Western Sahara to be undetermined. We consider Morocco to be the de facto administering power of Western Sahara, which remains on the UN's list of non-self-governing territories. The UK fully supports the UN-led efforts to achieve a lasting and mutually-acceptable political solution that provides for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.
Kim Howells: My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary has not made representations to the UN about its future operations in western Sahara. The UK fully supports the efforts of the UN Secretary-General, and his personal envoy to western Sahara, Peter Van Walsum, to assist the parties to achieve a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution, which will provide for the self-determination of...
Kim Howells: We are aware of reports of demonstrations in the Western Sahara and continue to monitor the situation. UK officials hold regular discussions with the parties to the Western Sahara dispute. These focus on ensuring that the UN process leads to a fair and lasting solution to this dispute that provides the people of the Western Sahara with an opportunity to exercise their right to self-determination.
Kim Johnson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 5 February 2021 to Question 139167 on Western Sahara: Trade Agreements, whether the Saharawi people in (a) occupied Western Sahara and (b) the refugee camps were consulted on the inclusion of certain products from the non-self governing territory of Western Sahara being included in...
Kim Howells: There are no provisions in the current Association Agreement that provide for special arrangements for goods originating from Western Sahara. However, the Government maintains the position that the Government of Morocco, as the de facto administering power of Western Sahara, is obliged under international law to ensure that economic activities carried out under their administration do not...
Alistair Burt: The Government support the idea of greater transparency and independent verification of the human rights situation in Western Sahara. Discussions regarding human rights monitoring in Western Sahara need to explore all options and identify which organisation is best placed to deliver that function. We remain in close touch with a range of partners on the question of human rights in Western...
Lord Malloch-Brown: The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) visited Morocco, Western Sahara, the Polisario-run refugee camps in Tindouf (Algeria) and Algiers in May and June 2006 to gather information on the human rights situation. The OHCHR shared its report privately with Morocco, Algeria and the Polisario on 8 September 2006, but did not publish it, in line with terms of reference...
Boris Johnson: Monitoring the security situation in the Western Sahara is one of the key responsibilities of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). The Government maintains a close dialogue with MINURSO and with the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations in New York. We support the UN Secretary General's calls on both parties to the Western Sahara dispute to exercise restraint...
Alistair Burt: We are working with our UN Security Council partners to ensure that the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) continues to enable it to promote peace and security in Western Sahara. We have consistently supported language in the relevant UN Security Council resolutions to encourage the parties to continue their efforts to enhance the promotion and protection...
Alistair Burt: My right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary announced in a statement on 2 November that, under the UK presidency, the UN Security Council would hear updates on progress towards a settlement in Western Sahara. On 16 November we arranged for the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Western Sahara, Ambassador Christopher Ross, to brief the council on the latest round of negotiations between...
Bill Rammell: We have had no recent discussions with the French authorities on their policy towards Morocco and the Western Sahara. Our position has remained consistent. We seek a just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution to the Western Sahara dispute that provides the people of the Western Sahara with an opportunity to exercise their right to self-determination. We have consistently supported UN...
Alistair Burt: We support the efforts of the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Western Sahara, Ambassador Christopher Ross, to encourage Morocco and the Polisario Front to address issues regarding the use of the territory's natural resources. In his most recent annual report on Western Sahara, published in April 2012, the UN Secretary-General notes that in November 2011 the two parties held a...
Kim Howells: The UK fully supports the United Nations process, including the efforts of the UN Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy to Western Sahara, to assist the parties to achieve a political solution to the question of Western Sahara. The EU-Morocco fisheries agreement is an EU bilateral partnership agreement and should have no effect on the question of the status of Western Sahara being dealt...
Ivan Lewis: UN Security Council resolutions were not raised in discussions between the EU and Morocco on advanced status. The UK remains committed to a mutually acceptable political solution to the Western Sahara dispute, which provides for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara. We continue to support the work of the Secretary-General's Personal Envoy to Western Sahara, Christopher Ross,...
Stephen O'Brien: The Department for International Development (DFID) does not have a bilateral aid programme in Western Sahara and has not provided direct emergency funds to the country in the last five years. We support Western Sahara through our share of the budget of the European Community Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO). ECHO has provided €133 million in humanitarian aid to Western Sahara since it was...
Tobias Ellwood: The UK deals with Morocco on the basis of its internationally-recognised borders. While the UK considers Morocco as the de facto administering power of part of Western Sahara, we regard the status of the territory as undetermined. The UK supports the UN Secretary-General and his Special Envoy in their efforts to resolve the Western Sahara dispute through a negotiated settlement, providing for...
Tobias Ellwood: UK policy on commercial activity in Western Sahara is clear and longstanding and follows the legal opinion sought by the UN in 2002: that such activity is not in itself in violation of international legal principles unless it proceeds without respect to the interests and wishes of the people of Western Sahara. We continue to urge any commercial entity considering investing in Western Sahara...
Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2012, Official Report, column 344W, on Western Sahara, whether MINURSO monitors the number of Moroccan soldiers stationed in the Western Sahara; what reports he has received on whether Morocco has reduced the number of troops stationed in the Western Sahara; and whether MINURSO has...
Kim Howells: We are aware of reports of recent clashesbetween pro-Saharawi demonstrators and the Moroccan authorities in Western Sahara and continue to monitor the situation. The Government believe UN efforts to find a solution to the dispute should be maintained and will continue to seek a just, lasting and mutually acceptable solution to the Western Sahara dispute that provides the people of the Western...
Bill Rammell: Our officials visited Western Sahara in February 2009 and met with representatives from across the spectrum of interested parties. During the visit civil society organisations made representations on human rights monitoring in Western Sahara and the refugee camps in Tindouf. The UK has a strong interest in human rights issues in Western Sahara and in Tindouf and continues to monitor the...