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	Western Sahara - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Western Sahara (EH in ISO 3166-1) is a region of northwestern Africa, bordering Morocco on the north, Algeria on the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean on the west.
		Western Sahara is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world, with some rankings listing it as the least dense.
		Western Sahara is located in Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Mauritania and Morocco.
	open-encyclopedia.com /EH (415 words)

	WSO \| Peace plan for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara
		The authority of Morocco for the foreign relations of Western Sahara shall be exercised in consultation with the Western Sahara Authority on matters that directly affect the interests of Western Sahara.
		The legislative authority of the Western Sahara Authority shall be exercised by a Legislative Assembly elected by the people of Western Sahara in accordance with paragraphs 15 to 17 of the present plan.
		Neither Morocco nor the Western Sahara Authority may unilaterally change or abolish the status of Western Sahara, except for the adoption of such laws as may be necessary to conform to the results of the referendum on final status.
	www.wsahara.net /03/bakerplan.html (1432 words)

	Western Sahara Authority - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Western Sahara Authority (WSA) is a theoretical governing body for the territory of Western Sahara.
		If they voted for integration, either the WSA would continue to administer the territory, or it would be fully integrated into the other Moroccan provinces.
		The WSA has never been instituted, due to Moroccan refusal to accept the Baker plan (despite that it has been agreed upon in principle by the Polisario) and the stagnation of the referendum process administered by MINURSO.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Western_Sahara_Authority (185 words)

	Situation in Western Sahara
		Western Sahara is certainly not part of the Council of Europe’s normal area of activity, but the Magreb, namely Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, do have strong and long-standing historical, cultural, political, economic and demographic links with Europe, and several Council of Europe member states are particularly affected by these links.
		The Western Sahara issue is thus a matter for the Council of Europe, one of whose fundamental tasks is to prevent and resolve all conflicts.
		The conflict in Western Sahara is increasing political instability in the Magreb, limiting the scope of the political and administrative decentralisation process and hampering the implementation of democratic reforms, especially in Morocco.
	assembly.coe.int /Documents/WorkingDocs/doc04/EDOC10346.htm (13150 words)

	Western Sahara: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2003
		In January, he presented a peace plan that called for a 4 to 5 year period of limited autonomy for an interim administration composed of elected members of a Western Sahara Authority, to be followed by a referendum to determine the status of the territory.
		Freedom of movement within the Western Sahara was limited in militarily sensitive areas, both within the area controlled by the Government of Morocco and the area controlled by the Polisario.
		Moroccan authorities claimed that the Laayoune chapter was actively lobbying for the independence of the Western Sahara.
	www.birdhso.org /rapportusaso03.html (2159 words)

	Western Sahara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Western Sahara (EH in ISO 3166-1) is a region ofnorthwestern Africa, bordering Morocco onthe north, Algeria on the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlanticocean on the west.
		Morocco virtually annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) in 1976, and therest of the territory in 1979, following Mauritania 's withdrawal.
		Western Sahara, a territory poor in natural resources and lacking sufficient rainfall, depends on pastoral nomadism, fishing, and phosphate mining as the principal sources of income forthe population.
	www.therfcc.org /western-sahara-43085.html (271 words)

	Western Sahara - InformationBlast
		Western Sahara (EH in ISO 3166-1) is a territory of northwestern Africa, bordering Morocco on the north, Algeria on the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean on the west.
		Western Sahara is on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories.
		Western Sahara is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, with some rankings listing it as the least dense.
	www.informationblast.com /EH.html (414 words)

	FOR THE RECORD 2003
		Indeed, the representatives of a local authority may participate in such delegations, and consultations with the local authority may be envisaged when the latter is directly concerned by a particular area of the country’s foreign relations.
		The document provides for a Supreme Court of Western Sahara and lower courts, the judges of which are to be appointed by the chief executive, with the consent of the assembly.
		Similarly, since WSA is considered to have competence over education and culture, that should imply that it has the right to teach the languages it wants, to guarantee the freedom of worship and to lay down principles governing society and the institutions, including the right to do justice on behalf of the people.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord2003/documentation/security/s-2003-565.htm (13164 words)

	WESTERN SAHARA
		Western Sahara has been the subject of a territorial dispute between Morocco, which annexed the territory in 1975 and claims sovereignty there, and the Polisario Front, which calls for an independent state in the territory and has set up a self-proclaimed government-in-exile in refugee camps in south-western Algeria.
		Polisario, which is recognised by many countries as the legitimate government of Western Sahara, began fighting Morocco in 1976 when Spain withdrew its colonial administration from the desert territory and divided it between Morocco and Mauritania.
		Western Sahara won independence from Spain in 1976, but was promptly seized by Morocco, which plans to explore for oil off its coast.
	www.western-sahara.blogspot.com (3695 words)

	Promise of peace
		The WSA will consist of executive and legislative wings, which would be elected for a period of one year.
		The flag, the currency, customs, and the postal and telecommunications systems of Morocco and Western Sahara will continue to be the same until the Saharawi people make their final decision.
		Phosphate deposits in Western Sahara are estimated to be around 10 billion tonnes - among the biggest in the world.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2018/stories/20030912000306000.htm (1452 words)

	TITRE
		The proposal intends to establish a judicial authority appointed by WSA in the Western Sahara.
		They are designed to conclude the process of decolonization in Western Sahara in a climate of freedom and legality, without administrative or military constraints and under the sole authority of the United Nations, thereby endorsing the credibility of the proposed solution and enhancing the reputation and prestige of the Organization.
		The United Nations has effectively taken on this responsibility for Western Sahara through the Settlement Plan and the Houston Agreements on the holding of a referendum for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara that is free, fair and transparent and free from administrative or military constraints, organized and conducted by the United Nations.
	www.arso.org /S-2003-565e.htm (15739 words)

	Security Council Extends Western Sahara Mission Until 31 July to Allow Time for Consideration of Latest Peace Plan; ...
		In the report, the Secretary-General recommends that the Council endorse “the peace plan for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara”, which was developed by the Personal Envoy pursuant to resolution 1429 (2002) and is contained in the report as annex II.
		The aforementioned Western Sahara Authority shall be responsible for and have exclusive competence over local government, including territorial budget, internal security, law enforcement, economic development, social welfare and education.
		The plan stipulates that executive authority of the Western Sahara Authority shall be exercised by an elected Chief Executive, legislative authority by an elected Legislative Assembly, and judicial authority by a Supreme Court and lower courts, members of which shall be appointed by the Chief Executive with the consent of the Legislative Assembly.
	www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/pressrels/2003/sc7773.html (1810 words)

	Western Sahara
		Before Spanish Sahara was a unified province it was divided in two provinces, the Saguiat el-Hamra (the "SA" of "polisario" and the "EH" of the ISO country code) and Rio de Oro (the "RIO").
		November 1975: Moroccan annexation of the northern part of the Western Sahara.
		August 1979: Moroccan annexation of the southern (former mauretanian) part of the Western Sahara.
	flagspot.net /flags/eh.html (1144 words)

	Western Sahara - Freepedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Whether it is part of Morocco or is the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), for three quarters occupied by Morocco, is disputed.
		Morocco virtually annexed the northern two-thirds of Western Sahara (formerly Spanish Sahara) in 1976, and the rest of the territory in 1979, following Mauritania's withdrawal.
		Western Sahara, a territory poor in natural resources and lacking sufficient rainfall, depends on pastoral nomadism, fishing, and phosphate mining as the principal sources of income for the population.
	en.freepedia.org /Western_Sahara.html (289 words)

	Western Sahara - Sahara Occidental
		Basri's was known as "King's Policeman" during his time Interior Minister under Hassan II, a period referred to as the "years of lead" and characterised by the imprisonment, murder and "disappearance" of opponents of the regime, including hundreds of Saharawis whose fate remains unknown to their families and friends over 20 years on.
		Western Sahara is a country on the NW coast of Africa, about the size of the UK.
		Yacub Khan, UN Special Representative to Western Sahara in the early 90s, claimed a substantial allowance for living in W Sahara, when in fact he didn't live there.
	www.arso.org /wsc2003.06.htm (1621 words)

	Western Sahara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A group of 400 prisoners detained in a long-standing conflict over the Western Sahara has been released in Morocco.
		Kenya recognizes independent Sahara (June 25, 2005) -- The rebel Polisario Front seeking independence in the Western Sahara in Morocco said Saturday Kenya has...
		Secretary-General Kofi Annan has for the past year kept up the hope that the parties in the Western Sahara would break the current deadlock in the peace...
	western-sahara.wikiverse.org (453 words)

	Western Sahara
		The Western Sahara dispute broke out in 1975 when Morocco annexed the territory after Spain relinquished its colonial grip on the arid, but phosphate-rich parcel of land.
		Pressure is now on for the two sides to accept a peace plan put forward by the UN special envoy to the Western Sahara, former US Secretary of State James Baker in 2003.
		The plan also proposed that, in the run-up to the referendum, an autonomous Western Sahara Authority be made responsible for running key parts of the administration, taking control of local government, taxation, economic development, internal security and other dossiers.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/war/western-sahara.htm (413 words)

	Western Sahara Business And Economy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Western Sahara Business And Economy information is our speciality and if Western Sahara Business And Economy is what you are trying to locate, then Western Sahara Business And Economy is what you will find!
		French President Jacques Chirac on Monday reaffirmed that the conflict of the Western Sahara should be settled in the framework of the United Nations.
		The Moroccan authorities have prevented a second delegation of Spanish MPs from visiting Spain's former colony of Western Sahara.
	www.economygalaxy.info /5/westernsaharabusinessandeconomy (1156 words)

	Untitled Document
		Imagine that pro-independence demonstrations in occupied Western Sahara are met with violence from some elements of the Moroccan settlers – encouraged or coerced by Moroccan security forces out of uniform (as is alleged to have happened already).
		Tension mounts, the Western Sahara Authority police use force to contain the trouble… Might this be a pretext for Moroccan armed forces intervening to “safeguard” the territory against “secessionists”?
		However much we may all want to resolve the Western Sahara conflict, these proposals are not likely to do this, and friends of the Saharawi people cannot ask them to take such a risk as to accept them.
	wsc.members.gn.apc.org /sa23.htm (1352 words)

	Western Sahara
		Fadel said Polisario had been trying to get governments around the world to recognise the status of Western Sahara as an independent country and expose what is happening in the territory to the wider community.
		The UN established the UN Mission for a Referendum on the Western Sahara (MINURSO) in the disputed territory, and for the past 12 years, according to Fadel, has spent more than $US500 MM ($840 MM) trying to organise a referendum to let the people decide their fate.
		The mandate for the UN mission in Western Sahara is due to expire on March 31st, 2003, and the Security Council is expected to decide its next course of action.
	www.pesa.com.au /publications/pesa_news/april_03/sahara.htm (2988 words)

	PolitInfo US: Human Rights in Western Sahara 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Political rights for the residents of Western Sahara remained circumscribed.
		Moroccan authorities banned the Laayoune chapter of the FVJ in April.
		Workers in the Western Sahara were exempt from income and value-added taxes
	us.politinfo.com /Information/Human_Rights/country_report_2003_182.html (2147 words)

	Western Sahara
		In January 2003, he presented a peace plan that called for a 4 to 5 year period of limited autonomy for an interim administration composed of elected members of a Western Sahara Authority, to be followed by a referendum to determine the status of the territory.
		The forced disappearance of individuals who opposed the Government and its policies occurred over several decades; however, in 1997, the Government pledged that such activities would not recur, and pledged to disclose as much information as possible on past cases.
		Authorities stated that they released information on all 112 confirmed cases of disappearance.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41735.htm (2048 words)

	AfricaFiles \| Western Sahara: Rabat in the process of developing response on peace plan
		Summary & Comment: A good summary of the problem of Western Sahara with a possible solution; The peace plan drafted by james Baker for the UN has already been accepted by the Polisario movement, which is fighting for the independence of the desert territory on the Northwest coast of Africa, but Morocco initially rejected it.
		The United Nations has proposed extending its mission to the Western Sahara for a three months amid signs that Morocco will respond positively to the latest UN proposal for resolving a 28-year-old dispute over control of disputed former Spanish colony.
		The Baker plan proposes that during the run-up to the referendum an autonomous Western Sahara Authority (WSA) be made responsible for local government, taxation, economic development, internal security, transportation, agriculture, mining, fisheries, socio-cultural affairs and education.
	www.africafiles.org /article.asp?ID=4453 (852 words)

	SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS WESTERN SAHARA MISSION UNTIL 31 JULY TO ALLOW TIME FOR CONSIDERATION OF LATEST PEACE PLAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), which was to expire today at midnight, until 31 July to allow time for consideration of the Secretary-General’s report and the latest peace plan for self-determination.
		The report finds that the main objection of Morocco to the peace plan seems to be that in the referendum to determine the final status of Western Sahara, one of the ballot choices is independence. However, independence is also one of the two ballot choices under the settlement plan, which Morocco had accepted.
		The responses of the parties also contain a number of ostensibly technical objections to the peace plan, the report continues. However, when taken together, these objections suggest that the parties “still lack the genuine will required to achieve a political solution to the conflict”.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2003/sc7773.doc.htm (552 words)

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