Here I write my opinion, at the end, you have references for finding information about the topic.
In 1965 the General Asembly of United Nations adopted the first resolution for Spain in order to decolonize Western Sahara.
During the following years, the United Nations adopted more resolutions to ask Spain the referendum for Western Sahara.
In1973, spain acepted the resolutions of United nations and did a census of te population in order to know how many people can vote.
But some problems, delayed the referendum because Marocco said that Western sahara is a part of Marocco and threatened to occupy Western Sahara if spain decides to make the referendum or give the independence for the saharauis.
Spain wanted to make the referendum even when Marocco was threating. Then, marocco brought the case for the International Court of Justice and this didn't find any sovereignty between Marocco and Western Sahara, only some industry relationship but never sovereignty.
Then, Marocco didn't like the resolutions of the United nations and of the International Court of Justice, then decided to occupy Western Sahara making te green March, that means, 350.000 maroccans walked to Western Sahara in order to occupy our country.
Spain didn't do anything for defending the spanish province (from 1958 ntill then) and decided to sign up an agreement in order to share Western Sahara between Marocco and Mauritania.
As I said in the before pot, the Polisario front and the saharauis started a long war in order to defend te territory.
The United nations only said that the occupation of the territory was illegal and condemn the occupation.
In 1988, Pérez de Cóllar got an agreement between te kindom of Marocco and Polisario Front for negotiations, then, the United Nations got tat marocco and Polisario Front sign up an agreement for making a referendum, now, te saharauis had to decide to be independent or te integration wit Marocco.
Te voters were saharauis from te spanish census that the government of Spain made in 1974 for the before referendum tat we've never got.
Marocco, started again saying the referendum wasn't a good solution because one of the options was the independence and Marocco didn't want to know anything about the independence. So, the referendum started to be delaying again untill now.
The United nations has done many resolutions and tried to find differents ways for getting a solution, but Marocco only wants te integration of te territory and Polisario front of course wants only te referendum because we have to decide about our future and any organization and any country can decide instead us.
Now Marocco proposes only an autonomy for Western Sahara, that is illegal because we can't acept the Marocco's plan because we've never been maroccan and untill the spanish colonization Western Sahara was an independent territory, so, Marocco has no sovereignty of Western Sahara.
The United nations, as in other conflicts, has proved to be very ineffective for getting solutions and imposing the justice.
The security confil is not allowed to fine Marocco because France and United States didn't want to include marocco in he seven chapter in order to fine and obligate marocco to makes the referendum and comply the United Nations's resolutions.
That is because France, United nations, European Union and many contries and companies have economical interests for buying and stealing the natural resources of Western Sahara. They prefer to steal natural resources, leave 200.000 people in the refugee camps, close their eyes for not watching the represion of Marocco autorithies against the saharauis in western Sahara and te saharan student in Marocco instead to do te referendum and ask us what we want, give us te self independence.
United Nations has got an agreement between Polisario Front and Marocco for negotiations, but that negotiations are something very sily because M Marocco only want to occupy the territory as untill now and logically te saharauis wants only the independence and the referendum for choosing our future.
References:
1: http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr166_united_nations_sahara.html#intro
2: http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/minurso/
3: http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/wsahara/wsindex.htm
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The spanish colonization of Western Sahara
Hello
At the end of every pots I will add some links about Western Sahara, so, you can find more information about my country.
The spanish colonization started in 1884 when the spanish autorithies wanted to protect Canarias islands.
If you remember, in 1884 the european powers started to share out Africa between them in the Conference of Berlin.
Spain got a part of Marocco, Western Sahara, Sidi Ifni and Guinéa Ecuatorial.
I'm going to write about the ocupation of Western sahara, at the end you can find more information about the other countries.
The ocupation of Western Sahara was very slow.
The efective colonization of Western Sahara was in 1936, it was piaceful colonization because the spanish autorithies and the local autorithies made negotiations in order to get the ocupation of Western Sahara.
The ocupation was slow because it's started at the end of XIX Century and it finished in 1936 where all Western Sahara was ocuped.
In Western Sahara there is one of the biggest mine of phosphate and the second shoal of fish in the world.
The spanish colonization continued untill 1975 when Marocco ocuped Western Sahara and the spanish armi leaved us in february of 1976 because the spanish government didn't want to help us to fight against Marocco and didn't want to defens their own province (Western Sahara was a spanish province as Sahara español from 1958).
Polisario Front, the political and military movement for defending Western Sahara in order to get the independence from Spain and now from Marocco, had to fight against Marocco in a very long war (1975-1991) untill the United nation got an agreement between Polisario and Marocco for stoping the war and making an ceasefire.
The United nations promised us a referendum in order to choose if we want to be independent or the integration in Marocco.
Of course! we want to be independent! that is Marocco doesn't want to allow us to celebrate the referendum because logically only the saharauis can vote and Marocco knows that we want to be independent, so, marocco always raise objections for delaying the date of the referendum and get more time.
Unfortunatelly, the referendum has been delayed many times untill now and the International Comunity and the United Nations is not quite interested for put pressure to Marocco, France (the best friend of Marocco who is also putting many obstacles) because as always, there are many economical interests between the power countries and Marocco for working and stealing our natural resources (fish, phosphates and other natural resources).
While Marocco is occuping our country, half of the population is living in the refugee camps in Algerie and the people who is living in Western Sahara under marocan autorithies are been followed and tortured by the maroccan police. while the International Comunity is quiet.
In the following pots I will write about he United Nations responsability, the responsability of Spain and I will develop some issues.
References:
1: http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1999_hrp_report/wsahara.html
2: http://freeewesternsahara.blogspot.com/
3: http://www.afapredesa.org/index.php
4: http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/minurso/
At the end of every pots I will add some links about Western Sahara, so, you can find more information about my country.
The spanish colonization started in 1884 when the spanish autorithies wanted to protect Canarias islands.
If you remember, in 1884 the european powers started to share out Africa between them in the Conference of Berlin.
Spain got a part of Marocco, Western Sahara, Sidi Ifni and Guinéa Ecuatorial.
I'm going to write about the ocupation of Western sahara, at the end you can find more information about the other countries.
The ocupation of Western Sahara was very slow.
The efective colonization of Western Sahara was in 1936, it was piaceful colonization because the spanish autorithies and the local autorithies made negotiations in order to get the ocupation of Western Sahara.
The ocupation was slow because it's started at the end of XIX Century and it finished in 1936 where all Western Sahara was ocuped.
In Western Sahara there is one of the biggest mine of phosphate and the second shoal of fish in the world.
The spanish colonization continued untill 1975 when Marocco ocuped Western Sahara and the spanish armi leaved us in february of 1976 because the spanish government didn't want to help us to fight against Marocco and didn't want to defens their own province (Western Sahara was a spanish province as Sahara español from 1958).
Polisario Front, the political and military movement for defending Western Sahara in order to get the independence from Spain and now from Marocco, had to fight against Marocco in a very long war (1975-1991) untill the United nation got an agreement between Polisario and Marocco for stoping the war and making an ceasefire.
The United nations promised us a referendum in order to choose if we want to be independent or the integration in Marocco.
Of course! we want to be independent! that is Marocco doesn't want to allow us to celebrate the referendum because logically only the saharauis can vote and Marocco knows that we want to be independent, so, marocco always raise objections for delaying the date of the referendum and get more time.
Unfortunatelly, the referendum has been delayed many times untill now and the International Comunity and the United Nations is not quite interested for put pressure to Marocco, France (the best friend of Marocco who is also putting many obstacles) because as always, there are many economical interests between the power countries and Marocco for working and stealing our natural resources (fish, phosphates and other natural resources).
While Marocco is occuping our country, half of the population is living in the refugee camps in Algerie and the people who is living in Western Sahara under marocan autorithies are been followed and tortured by the maroccan police. while the International Comunity is quiet.
In the following pots I will write about he United Nations responsability, the responsability of Spain and I will develop some issues.
References:
1: http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1999_hrp_report/wsahara.html
2: http://freeewesternsahara.blogspot.com/
3: http://www.afapredesa.org/index.php
4: http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/minurso/
A refugee from western Sahara
Hello
I'm a saharaui university student from the saharan refugee camps.
I write this blog in order to give knowledge about my country (Western Sahara) which is ocuped by Marocco from 1975.
As I said before, I'm coming from the refugee camps in Algerie where is living my family.
I'm studying Sociology in spain and I'm living with a spanish family who is giving me the oportunity to live in better place than the desert, giving me also the oportunity for studying and much more.
I'm very fortunate because I can go everyyear to visit my family in the refugee camps, so, I can keep up my culture, my language (hasenía, a language coming from arabic) and of course, he most important, I can keep up contact with all my family and friends.
In other pots, I will write about the life in the refugee camps and how is the life for a person who is living outside from his country (Western Sahara).
I hope that this blog help you to get knowledge about my country which is forgotten by the International Comunity and the most power government.
Thank you and visit my more times!
I'm a saharaui university student from the saharan refugee camps.
I write this blog in order to give knowledge about my country (Western Sahara) which is ocuped by Marocco from 1975.
As I said before, I'm coming from the refugee camps in Algerie where is living my family.
I'm studying Sociology in spain and I'm living with a spanish family who is giving me the oportunity to live in better place than the desert, giving me also the oportunity for studying and much more.
I'm very fortunate because I can go everyyear to visit my family in the refugee camps, so, I can keep up my culture, my language (hasenía, a language coming from arabic) and of course, he most important, I can keep up contact with all my family and friends.
In other pots, I will write about the life in the refugee camps and how is the life for a person who is living outside from his country (Western Sahara).
I hope that this blog help you to get knowledge about my country which is forgotten by the International Comunity and the most power government.
Thank you and visit my more times!
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