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Ahmed Boukhari: Ban Ki Moon’s report on negotiations "objective and factual"

Washington, 30/06/2007 (SPS) The report of the UN Secretary General, Ban
Ki-moon, on the negotiations between the two parties to
the conflict of Western Sahara, POLISARIO Front and Morocco, last June the 18
and 19 in Manhasset, near New York, "is objective
and factual", POLISARIO Fronts’ representative to the UN, Ahmed Boukhari
declared Today in a sttament to the press of which UPEs
received a copy.

The report only relates the progress of the first round of the negotiations
between the two parties and announce the agreement on
a second round that will take place next August the 10th.

It is “the report is a factual report that does not deal with the substance
nor recommends any course of action to the Security
Council. The framework of the negotiation process conducted by the two parties,
the Frente POLISARIO and the Kingdom of Morocco,
on 18 June has already been defined by resolution 1754 (2007) that underlines
the fact that the Council had taken note of two
proposals presented by the two parties to the UN Secretary-General in April
2007, and that the objective of the negotiations is to
provide for the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination”, he said.

Here is the complete text of the statement of Ahmed Boukhari:
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Statement for the Press
Boukhari Ahmed
Representative of the Frente POLISARIO to the United Nations
New York , 29 June 2007


"The Secretary-General’s report on Western Sahara is expected to be released
within the coming days, according to the statement
made today by the spokesperson of the UN Secretary-General. Therefore and
contrary to what has been circulated by some media, the
final version of this report has not yet been released. In the final version
paragraphs relating to section "observations and
recommendations", which appeared in the old version, have all been eliminated,
given that the report is a factual report that does
not deal with the substance nor recommends any course of action to the Security
Council. The framework of the negotiation process
conducted by the two parties, the Frente POLISARIO and the Kingdom of Morocco,
on 18 June has already been defined by resolution
1754 (2007) that underlines the fact that the Council had taken note of two
proposals presented by the two parties to the UN
Secretary-General in April 2007, and that the objective of the negotiations is
to provide for the right of the Saharawi people to
self-determination in accordance with the UN relevant resolutions relating to a
decolonisation issue.

The Frente POLISARIO will participate in the second round of negotiations due to
take place in Manhasset on 10 August, and it
hopes that the Kingdom of the Morocco would participate in the forthcoming
negotiations with genuine political will that leaves no
room for provocation and bad faith that it exhibited in the first round, whilst
deliberately resorting to confusion immediately
after this first round." (SPS)