Buenos Aires (Argentina), August 21, 2010 (SPS) - The 16th Conference of Sao Paulo Forum, which was attended by 29 progressive parties from 13 Latin American countries, adopted unanimously Friday in Buenos Aires a motion, expressing political support for the independence of Western Sahara and demanding the United Nations to impose sanctions on Morocco.
The motion confirmed that all political parties participating in the forum "reject the illegal occupation of Western Sahara by the Kingdom of Morocco and serious and systematic violations of human rights committed against the Sahrawi citizens in the occupied territories."
The parties demanded from the United Nations to "adopt sanctions against Morocco in order to secure the release of all Saharawi political prisoners, reveal the fate of missing Sahrawis and cease all repressive and arbitrary practices against the civilian population."
They highlighted their support for the right to self-determination and independence in Western Sahara and organization of the referendum that the United Nations has decided in 1991, which systematically disrupted by Morocco.
The motion called for all the peoples and Governments of Latin America and the Caribbean, which has not recognized the SADR, to recognize it in order to ensure the holding of a referendum for self-determination and contribute to the decolonization and full independence of the Sahrawi people. (SPS)
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