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 | | International attention paid to the Sahara is extremely slight and sporadic, intensifying only when the UN security council extends the mandate of its mission, Minurso, which was originally tasked with preparing that elusive referendum. |
 | | According to the history of Seychelles, it was the Arabs who first navigated the waters around the Seychelles as early as the 19th century. |
 | | The Seychelles is a signatory to the Lome TV convention benefiting from the provisions of the convention, a member state of the African Caribbean Pacific countries, and a signatory to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, which protects all investors from expropriation. |
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