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09/28/2004:

"Morocco still refuses to adopt UN's Western Sahara plan"

The UN's new effort to end the deadlock in the Western Sahara conflict seem to be failing as Morocco refuses to accept the present peace plan. In a memorandum to the UN, the pressured diplomacy of Morocco lashes out against Algeria - Western Sahara's main ally - and its "campaign" against Morocco's "territorial integrity".

The government in Rabat has recently experienced a major diplomatic setback as the government of South Africa recognised the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), whose territory the Moroccan army occupies. Also the European Parliament and the government of Turkey are reported to favour recognition of SADR after decades of Moroccan efforts to hinder a referendum over independence in the former Spanish colony.

Full Article : afrol.com