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		The Council expected to be able, on the basis of the report submitted by 31 March 1995, to confirm 1 June 1995 as the date for the start of the transitional period with a view to holding the referendum in October 1995 and to bringing the mission to a successful conclusion shortly thereafter.
		Those documents had been classified by MINURSO identification staff and were proving of considerable value as aids to identification, especially for doubtful cases, and for the exhaustive review of all files undertaken in conjunction with the observations received from the representatives of the parties.
		MINURSO has completed computerized information relevant to all applications received from persons to be identified in the four population centres in Western Sahara (Boujdour, Dakhla, Laayoune and Smara) and in the camps in the Tindouf area (Awsard, Dakhla, El-Aiun and Es-Smara camps).
	vorlon.cwru.edu /~jje/cmps338/P1 (4382 words)

	afrol News - Your Portal to Africa!
		Filali emphasized that MINURSO needed four essential conditions to be met for the implementation of the settlement plan: (a) permanent support by the Security Council; (b) full cooperation by the two parties; (c) assurances of cooperation and support by the neighbouring countries; and (d) availability of the necessary financial resources.
		Given the complexity of the tasks to be performed, the continuing delays caused by the two parties and the constraints imposed by limited resources and local conditions, the mission is concerned that the time necessary to perform the functions associated with the identification process and other aspects of the settlement plan has been underestimated.
		MINURSO should without delay commence the identification operation for applicants living in Mauritania, in cooperation with the Government of Mauritania, with a view to completing that operation as soon as possible.
	www.afrol.com /html/Countries/Sahara/documents/sec_council_1995.htm (4929 words)

	S/1999/88
		MINURSO's mandate was therefore extended to allow for further consultations, in the hope that the various draft protocols, which detailed the measures to be taken, would be finalized with the parties as soon as possible, without undermining the integrity of the package.
		During the reporting period, the MINURSO engineering support unit from Pakistan completed its redeployment to Laayoune, with the cooperation and logistical support of the Moroccan armed forces.
		The strength of the civilian police component of MINURSO stands at 26, of an authorized establishment of 81 officers, under the command of the Acting Commissioner, Assistant Commandant Sunil Roy (India).
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord1999/documentation/security/s-1999-88.htm (2112 words)

	MINURSO
		The primary function of MINURSO was restricted to verifying the cease-fire and cessation of hostilities.
		However, on the assumption that those difficulties were settled and progress made in the initial stages of the voter registration process, the Secretary-General hoped to be able to propose to the Council early in 1994 a detailed timetable for holding the referendum in mid-1994.
		The foreseen full strength of MINURSO is approximately 1,700 military observers and troops, 300 police officers and 800 to 1,000 civilian personnel.
	www.gmu.edu /departments/t-po/peace/minurso.html (4127 words)

	MINURSO - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		MINURSO is a UN peacekeeping mission, established in 1991 to monitor the ceasefire and to organize and conduct a referendum which would enable the people of Western Sahara to choose between integration with Morocco and independence.
		It stands for "Mission des Nations unies pour l'Organisation d'un Référendum au Sahara Occidental" - United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara.
		On April 29, 2005, the 15-member Security Council voted unanimously to extend the mandate of MINURSO through October 31.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/MINURSO (105 words)

	TITRE
		MINURSO continues to cooperate with the parties on the marking and disposal of mines and unexploded ordnance.
		UNHCR and MINURSO are currently working towards the quick resumption of the family visits, including reviewing the modalities of their cooperation as well as the memorandum of understanding on respective contributions to the confidencebuilding measures, which was concluded between them during the reporting period.
		It will be recalled that the Security Council authorized the establishment of MINURSO in 1991 to enable the United Nations to implement the role envisaged for it under the Settlement Plan, contained in the report of the Secretary-General of 18 June 1990 (S/21360) and his report of 19 April 1991 (S/22464 and Corr.1).
	archarso.org.site.voila.fr /S_827_2004e.htm (3722 words)

	Western Sahara - Country Page
		MINURSO continued its monitoring of the area that has been in operation since the 1991 ceasefire.
		MINURSO worked with both sides on the elimination of landmines and has initiated an information collection system regarding mines.
		The Civilian Police were removed upon the completion of their duties at the end of December 2003, but the Secretary General planned to include the unit in the 2004-2005 budget, particularly to help facilitate the potential visits between family members.
	www.womenwarpeace.org /western_s/western_sahara.htm (3762 words)

	Wsahara
		Require that MINURSO seek out potential voters who may have been excluded due to the fact that the application process was placed in the hands of the parties at the outset, and insist that Morocco permit MINURSO to use the official Moroccan media for this purpose.
		MINURSO staff members also complained that the Moroccan observers who, along with Polisario observers, are permitted to observe the identification process to ensure that there are no irregularities, often disrupt the process.
		Senior MINURSO officials Jean Edeline, executive assistant, office of the acting special representative of the secretary-general, and Riccardo Shedid, deputy district leader for the identification commission in Tindouf, confirmed the fact that the applicants on the Moroccan-controlled side are rounded up beforehand and brought to the identification center in vans.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1995/Wsahara.htm (17155 words)

	S/1998/634
		MINURSO presented both parties with a provisional programme of identification for July and August 1998, which has yet to be finalized.
		The MINURSO engineering support and demining units will not be fully operational until the arrival of their weapons and ammunition.
		In this regard, consultations between MINURSO and the Moroccan authorities are expected to be held in the coming days, to work out practical arrangements for the carriage of weapons and custody of equipment and ammunition by those units.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord1999/documentation/security/s-1998-634.htm (2391 words)

	Morocco/Western Sahara: Human rights violations in Western Sahara
		MINURSO, as a United Nations mission, could not be a silent witness to conduct that might infringe the human rights of the civilian population (Statement by the UN Secretary-General in his report to the Security Council of 26 January 1993.
		In its report of 26 January 1993, the UN Secretary-General stated that MINURSO, as a United Nations mission, could not be a silent witness to conduct that might infringe the human rights of the civilian population.
		MINURSO officials told Amnesty International that they were not aware of any demonstrations or arrests in Western Sahara, and that if such incidents had occurred MINURSO would know about it.
	www.amnestyusa.org /regions/middleeast/document.do?id=226DD8F33767F2448025690000692F58 (7185 words)

	Mincom Ilaycom Weekly News / Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A group of representatives of the inhabitants of the southern provinces hailed the recognition by the MINURSO that the majority of the eligible Sahrawi voters are living in peace and quietitude in Morocco.
		At a meeting held early this week with national and foreign media, the notables and shioukhs of the southern provinces said the provisional lists of the eligible voters released lately by the identification commission shows clearly that the majority of sahrawis are in Morocco contrary to the allegations which were circulated by "Polisario".
		The notables denounced the maneuvers made by some members of the identification commission in complicity with the other party in a bid to deprive thousands of eligible sahrawis from participating in the self-determination referendum the UN is planning to hold in the sahara on July 2000.
	www.mincom.gov.ma /news/1999/1207to1707/pol/pol.htm (566 words)

	Another Year’s Delay: Western Sahara’s Long Road to a Referendum, The Estimate, November 6, 1998
		As of October 22, MINURSO included an overall total of 468 persons, consisting of 203 military observers, seven staff officers, 177 troops and 81 civilian police, in addition to the force commander, currently Austrian Maj. Gen.
		By September 3 of this year, MINURSO (the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in the Western Sahara) had identified applicants from all tribal groups except three, which are still under dispute.
		MINURSO has been in the territory, regularly renewed, monitoring the 1991 ceasefire, but has never been increased to full strength.
	www.theestimate.com /public/110498.html (2301 words)

	Western Sahara Briefing - May 1996
		MINURSO was created to honour the long-standing promise to all Saharawis that they would be able to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination.
		The raison d'etre of MINURSO was the organisation of a referendum and the inability of the UN to achieve this can only lead to the conclusion that MINURSO has failed.
		The only obvious future for MINURSO under these conditions, is for it to become an observation exercise which has no hope of resolving the conflict and enabling the Saharawi people to exercise their rights to self-determination.
	www.btinternet.com /~donald.macdonald/wsc2.htm (2202 words)

	UN News Centre
		While welcoming the announcement, the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) called for the remaining prisoners-of-war held by Frente POLISARIO to be released early in compliance with international humanitarian law, according to a UN spokesman in New York.
		MINURSO also asked the parties - the Frente POLISARIO (Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Rio de Oro) and the Moroccan Government - to cooperate with its efforts to find those people unaccounted for since the start of the conflict in the territory.
		MINURSO has been in place since April 1991 after Morocco and POLISARIO agreed to a ceasefire in their long-running dispute over the status of Western Sahara.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2004/02/mil-040213-unnews01.htm (204 words)

	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1999 - Western Sahara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The referendum was scheduled for January 1992, but was postponed because the parties were unable to agree on a common list of eligible voters--despite the previous acceptance by both parties of an updated version of the Spanish census of 1974 as the base for voter eligibility.
		A complicated formula for determining voter eligibility ultimately was devised, and in August 1994, MINURSO personnel began to hold identification sessions for voter applicants.
		The measures proposed were aimed at establishing procedures among the parties to allow MINURSO to begin the identification process of three "contested tribes." After agreement between the parties was reached on the contested tribes, MINURSO began the identification process of an additional 65,000 potential voters.
	www.usemb.se /human/human1999/wsahara.html (2520 words)

	MFO
		MINURSO was established in September 1991 to monitor the ceasefire and supervise a referendum on whether the Saharawi people wanted independence or incorporation into Morocco.
		On 21 June 1993, Army Doctor Major Susan Felsche, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps, became the first Australian female soldier to die in a multinational peacekeeping operation when she was killed in an aircraft crash.
		MINURSO has yet to have it's referendum, and it is perceived that Australians will again take on the role of the Force Communications Unit in the future.
	www.peacekeepers.asn.au /missions/MINURSO.htm (278 words)

	Security Council, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1570 (2004), Extends Mandate of Western Sahara Mission until 30 April ...
		While the number of ground patrols and liaison visits would correspondingly decrease, this option would allow MINURSO to continue to monitor the ceasefire, report violations and maintain daily liaison with the parties, albeit at a reduced level.
		He urges the parties to continue cooperating with his Special Representative, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and MINURSO for the smooth implementation of confidence-building measures, as well as for their expansion to new activities.
		The MINURSO Force Commander has consulted both Moroccan and Frente POLISARIO military authorities for the possible reduction of the overall strength of the Mission’s military component.
	www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/pressrels/2004/sc8232.html (942 words)

	MIDEAST
		In addition, members of the MINURSO identification commission reported that they had come under pressure from certain senior U.N. staff members to make decisions on voter eligibility that favored Morocco and were contrary to the accepted procedures.
		In order to be eligible to vote in the referendum, applicants had to prove that they met one of five criteria agreed to by the parties, including membership in a Sahrawi tribe, or proving that their father was a Sahrawi born in the territory.
		MINURSO staff members, including military observers, were subjected to constant surveillance.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1996/WR96/MIDEAST-09.htm (1877 words)

	Van Baelen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Minurso is a small mission with a limited task.
		However and without any doubt, Minurso can be considered to be a successful mission for the United Nations.
		There is no doubt that the presence of Minurso has reduced the threat of war and supports the ongoing diplomatic efforts.
	www.minurso.ch /VanBaelenEngl.htm (308 words)

	Peace Plan for Western Sahara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		On May 26, 1998, Morocco forbade the utilization of the MINURSO aircraft for the transportation of diplomats, officials of nongovernmental organizations and journalists, which became the central point of the letter that the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr.
		Charles F. Dunbar, sent to the Moroccan government asserting that the visit of the mentioned personnel is registered within the activities framework of the Mission and the UN and contribute to the transparency of the process.
		As a consequence and according to a recent MINURSO report, the Mission has not been able to accomplish its task by the end of October, 1998., as it had been anticipated.
	www.zmag.org /Bulletins/psahara.htm (1683 words)

	Mincom Ilaycom Weekly News / Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The decision, adopted under resolution 1163, aims at helping the minurso continue the identification of would-be voters in the self-determination referendum that the United Nations plans to hold in the territory next December 7.
		Under the resolution, adopted at a plenary session chaired by Ambassador Hishashi Owada (Japan), the Council requests the U.N. Secretary-General to report to the council every 30 days from the extension of the Minurso mandate on the implementation of the U.N. settlement plan and the accords concluded by the parties (Morocco and the Polisario).
		The MINURSO identification commission said that 104,504 persons have been identified since the identification operation first started in August 1994.
	www.mincom.gov.ma /news/1998/1304to1804/pol/pol.htm (1017 words)

	Report of the Secretary-General on (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Extensive discussions were held by the Acting Special Representative with the parties, both of whom reiterated their commitment to resuming identification expeditiously and to proceeding in accordance with the practical measures agreed to during the fourth round of direct talks.
		Recommending that MINURSO's mandate be extended until 21 September 1998, the Secretary-General informed the Council that he intended to submit his next report by 15 September 1998.
		Following an agreement signed in late July 1998 between MINURSO and the Moroccan authorities, which provided guidelines for the handling of weapons, ammunition and explosives by the MINURSO engineering support and demining units, the Pakistani and Swedish engineering units had been able to receive their weapons, ammunition and equipment.
	www.unhchr.ch /Huridocda/Huridoca.nsf/TestFrame/52a6a46e1fb4b2d1802566bf0058959e?Opendocument (3026 words)

	Morocco: Continuing arrests, "disappearances" and restrictions on freedom of expression and movement in ...
		Amnesty International calls on Morocco to ensure that all Sahrawis "disappeared" or otherwise detained for the free expression of their opinions are released immediately and that rights to freedom of expression or movement laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are fully respected.
		MINURSO was set up to assist the UN Special Representative in this task and the OAU is providing observers for all stages of this plan.
		Its personnel and mandate should be expanded to include specific monitoring and investigation of reports of human rights violations as well as measures to take these up with the authorities and ensure that appropriate action is taken.
	www.amnestyusa.org /countries/morocco_and_western_sahara/document.do?id=55987C8FB5A29C74802569A60060311B (1387 words)

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		MINURSO was first deployed to the northwestern African territory in 1991 to settle a territorial dispute that erupted in 1975 between Morocco and the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Saguia el-Hamra and Rio de Oro (POLISARIO).
		MINURSO has failed to organise a referendum due to disagreements between the concerned parties, although the armed conflict ended in 1991.
		Morocco favours a draft framework which would confer on the population of Western Sahara the right to elect their executive and legislative bodies, and have exclusive control over local government administration.
	irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=34375&SelectRegion=West_Africa&... (485 words)

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