Taaffe has traveled widely in the Middle East, South America and Morocco, where he collaborated with Mohammed Mrabet on the 1993 book Chocolate Creams and Dollars , translated by Paul Bowles. (artbook.com)
Whereas a total of 50 violations were reported by MINURSO during the period August-December 1992, with 46 of them attributed to Morocco and 4 to the Frente POLISARIO, 4/ the number of confirmed violations for the period 1 January-1 November 1993 declined markedly to 23, with 12 attributed to Morocco and 11 to the Frente POLISARIO. (arso.org)
The second accident occurred on 21 June 1993, when a PC-6 aircraft belonging to the Swiss Medical Unit crashed while taking off from team site Awsard in the southern sector of the Territory. (arso.org)
19971
President Taya was confirmed in office in partly controversial elections in 1992, 1997 and 2003. (neovideogames.com)
19961
In the parliamentary elections of 1992, 1996 and 2001, the Parti Républicain Démocrate et Social (PRDS), the party of the President, won an absolute majority. (neovideogames.com)
19892
Ohana's output includes the choral works Office des Oracles and Avoaha (1992), three string quartets (1963, 1980, 1989), and two suites for ten-string guitar: Si le jour paraît. (wikipedia.org)
3 Further negotiations resulted in an informal ceasefire in 1989, allowing the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (Misión de las Naciones Unidas para la Organización de un Referéndum en el Sáhara Occidental, MINURSO) to be established in April 1991. (howwestopwar.com)
Independence8
As part of the peace process, Sahrawis were due to vote about independence in 1992. (euobserver.com)
It put the world's most powerful country in Morocco's camp on a question of fundamental importance to the kingdom, at a time when tensions over Western Sahara had already reignited after the breakdown of a longstanding ceasefire between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front movement. (ecfr.eu)
The independence movements in Algeria and Morocco had close ties, but when Algeria joined Morocco as an independent state in 1962, relations between the countries quickly deteriorated. (ecfr.eu)
What had begun as an issue of decolonization erupted into armed conflict, as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro (Polisario Front), the Western Saharan liberation movement, fought for independence from Morocco, and over 100,000 Western Saharan (Sahrawi) refugees fled to southwestern Algeria, where they settled in tent camps. (hrw.org)
1 The referendum would ask Sahrawis to choose between independence or integration into Morocco. (hrw.org)
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro (POLISARIO), an organization that seeks the territory's independence, disputes Morocco's claim to sovereignty over the territory. (state.gov)
An armed group from the area called the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro (POLISARIO) contested their claims on the territory and launched an armed struggle for independence. (howwestopwar.com)
At the start of the second decade of the 21st century, numerous states in sub- Saharan Africa which once belonged to the British and French colonial empires are celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of their creation or the independence of the colonial territories. (internationalviewpoint.org)
19755
Morocco has occupied the area since 1975. (euobserver.com)
As Spain prepared to withdraw from its colonial territory in 1975, Morocco stepped in and occupied most of the Western Sahara. (hrw.org)
Moroccan and POLISARIO forces fought intermittently from 1975, when Spain relinquished colonial authority over the territory, until a 1991 cease-fire and the establishment of a UN peacekeeping mission. (state.gov)
With the division of the Western Sahara, which was ruled by Spain until 1975/76, between Morocco and Mauritania, Mauritania found itself embroiled in military action with the Polisario Front. (neovideogames.com)
In fact, the US violated this provision in 1975 when US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger saw to it that US visas were denied to representatives of the Kingdom of Sikkim, Western Sahara, and East Timor, who desired to plead their nations' cases with regard to invasions and occupations by India, Morocco, and Indonesia, respectively. (intrepidreport.com)
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Born in 1980 in Ramallah, Palestinian territories, Shadi Baker lives in Ramallah. (huffpost.com)
Western Sahara14
Amid an ongoing dispute on the EU-Morocco trade agreement, the Danish parliament on Thursday (2 June) voted unanimously to warn Danish companies and municipalities from trading with Western Sahara. (euobserver.com)
King Mohammed VI said two years ago that "[Western] Sahara will remain a part of Morocco until the end of time. (euobserver.com)
A delegation from the European Parliament's Morocco friendship group is visiting Western Sahara on Saturday and Sunday (4 and 5 June) on Rabat's invitation. (euobserver.com)
Young refugees in Algeria camps feel betrayed by EU over Western Sahara, threaten attacks on Morocco, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon makes rare trip to 'forgotten' conflict. (euobserver.com)
The escalation is rooted in the dispute over the status of Western Sahara, where Morocco appears to feel that its claim to sovereignty is gaining international support. (ecfr.eu)
Since August 2021, Algeria has severed diplomatic relations with Morocco, cut off gas shipments that previously ran through Morocco to Spain, and accused Moroccan forces of killing three Algerian citizens in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. (ecfr.eu)
A decisive moment was President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara in December 2020 in exchange for Morocco normalising relations with Israel. (ecfr.eu)
Most recently, Spain shifted its policy to endorse Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara following a sustained Moroccan pressure campaign that included sending waves of migrants into Spanish territory. (ecfr.eu)
The Kingdom of Morocco claims the territory of Western Sahara and administers the territory that it controls. (state.gov)
Despite the progress made by Morocco with regard to diverse questions relating to human rights and democracy, the committee is nevertheless concerned about a number of alleged human rights violations in Western Sahara, as well as the humanitarian situation in the Tindouf camps, and proposes a number of recommendations to be addressed to the Moroccan authorities and to representatives of the Polisario Front and Algeria. (coe.int)
In particular, the Parliament of Morocco should be invited to continue to develop a culture of human rights in Western Sahara and to be open to discussions with all representatives of Saharan civil society, as well as with the Polisario Front representatives based in the Tindouf camps, in order to develop mutual confidence and to facilitate negotiations. (coe.int)
4. The Assembly notes, in particular, that Western Sahara remains a disputed territory, regarded as a "non-self-governing territory" by the United Nations and under de facto Moroccan administration, and that some of the Sahrawi population in the territory and of the refugees in the Tindouf camps in Algeria, who are linked to the Polisario Front, are opposed to this situation. (coe.int)
The territory of contemporary Western Sahara was administered as the Spanish Sahara by the Government of Spain until 1976, when a UN-assisted peaceful post-colonial transition was supposed to culminate in a popular referendum deciding the political future of the territory. (howwestopwar.com)
Morocco: Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara). (howwestopwar.com)
Algeria11
Born in 1992 in Alger, Algeria, Awel Haouati lives in Paris, France and in Alger. (huffpost.com)
Initially, Morocco deported the detainees to Algeria through an unofficial checkpoint at Oujda. (merip.org)
Tensions between Morocco and Algeria have risen lately, and there is now a heightened risk of armed conflict arising. (ecfr.eu)
Morocco and Algeria have significant relationships with Israel and Russia respectively, but they also have important partners in common that could play a role in preventing the standoff from worsening. (ecfr.eu)
Morocco and Algeria have interests in Europe that the EU and member states can use to minimise tensions, and reduce the risk of instability and increased migration flows across the Mediterranean. (ecfr.eu)
To achieve this, Europeans should strike a more balanced relationship with Morocco that does not alienate Algeria while also aiming to solidify its engagement with Algeria. (ecfr.eu)
Morocco and Algeria, the dominant countries of the Maghreb, are locked in a diplomatic standoff. (ecfr.eu)
The tensions between these two heavily armed countries have raised concerns within the region and in Europe that Morocco and Algeria could drift into open conflict, risking massive destabilisation in North Africa with all the consequences that would entail for the European Union. (ecfr.eu)
However, there are also reasons to think that the standoff between Algeria and Morocco may remain contained. (ecfr.eu)
The EU and its member states could help reduce tensions between Morocco and Algeria - but to do this, they need to maintain a balanced position in their relations with both countries. (ecfr.eu)
The EU should recalibrate its policies so that it can better achieve its long-term ambitions in its relations with both Morocco and Algeria, including in influencing the dynamics of escalation between the two rivals. (ecfr.eu)
Parliamentary2
Morocco is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary national legislative system under which ultimate authority rests with King Mohammed VI, who presides over the Council of Ministers. (state.gov)
1. The Parliamentary Assembly welcomes the effective progress made by Morocco on various questions relating to human rights and democracy, as underlined in Resolution 1942 (2013) on the evaluation of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of Morocco, including the creation, in 2011, of the Moroccan National Human Rights Council (CNDH) and other organisations for the protection of human rights. (coe.int)
Palestinian Territories1
The Israeli prime minister, Benyamin Netanyahu, has said that the diplomatic relations his country has established with countries in the region [the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco in 2020] have nothing to do with the occupation of the Palestinian territories. (theelders.org)
Referendum5
But Morocco stopped the UN-negotiated referendum from taking place. (euobserver.com)
Human Rights Watch has determined that Morocco, which is the stronger of the two parties both militarily and diplomatically, has regularly engaged in conduct that has obstructed and compromised the fairness of the referendum process. (hrw.org)
During this period, the U.N. would have certain powers including responsibility for monitoring law and order in the territory in order to ensure that conditions for a free and fair referendum existed, as well as the right to ensure that laws or measures that could obstruct a free and fair referendum were suspended. (hrw.org)
2 Efforts to resolve the conflict were initially led by the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), but in 1985 the UN Secretary-General convinced the King of Morocco to participate in a UN-led peace process and allow the delayed referendum to go ahead. (howwestopwar.com)
Initially, the referendum was scheduled for January 1992. (howwestopwar.com)
Moroccan4
Moroccan authorities immediately banned al-Shamal for employing this racist language, but the press on both sides of the Mediterranean continued to use terms like "massive invasion" and "plague" to denote the sub-Saharan migrants' repeated attempts in September and early October to escape from Africa into the territory of the European Union. (merip.org)
Though the Algerian-Moroccan border has been closed since 1994, Oujda has become a main entry and expulsion point for clandestine immigrants to Morocco. (merip.org)
Instead, when Spanish forces withdrew, the governments of Morocco and Mauritania partitioned the area, with Saguia el Hamra in the north becoming Moroccan territory and Rio de Oro in the south being annexed by Mauritania. (howwestopwar.com)
1 The fighting in Rio de Oro was brought to an end following a coup d'état in Mauritania in 1978, however, the Government of Morocco then laid claim Rio de Oro in addition to Saguia el Hamra and the conflict between POLISARIO and the Moroccan government engulfed the entire territory. (howwestopwar.com)
Disputes2
2. At the same time, the Assembly underlines that under the terms of Resolution 1818 (2011) granting the status of partner for democracy to the Parliament of Morocco on 21 June 2011, it expects Morocco to continue to seek the settlement of international disputes by peaceful means, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations. (coe.int)
However, disputes over the criteria for eligibility (the Government of Morocco has moved 350,000 people into the region, thus complicating any election) have prevented it from taking place. (howwestopwar.com)
Kenitra1
The following interview was conducted in 1991 by François Salvaing and Myriam Barbera, amidst the fall of the Eastern Bloc, and appears in the 1992 collection Dans les prisons du roi: écrits de Kenitra sur le Maroc . (viewpointmag.com)
Casablanca3
Ohana was born in Casablanca, Morocco (during the French protectorate). (wikipedia.org)
Born in 1992 in Casablanca, Morocco, Othman Benjakkal lives in Casablanca. (huffpost.com)
Serfaty died in 2010, in Morocco, and is buried in the Ben M'Sik cemetery, Casablanca. (viewpointmag.com)
Egypt1
Indeed, Israel receives more U.S. aid per capita annually than the total annual GNP per capita of several Arab states, including Egypt, Mauritania, Sudan, Yemen and Morocco. (mepc.org)
United Nations2
In 1988, both Morocco and the Polisario Front agreed to a United Nations (U.N.) Settlement Plan (the "Settlement Plan. (hrw.org)
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who became UN secretary-general at the same time (in 1992), thought it was now up to the United Nations to solve all the world's crises. (theelders.org)
Marrakech2
Boris Oue: born in 1992 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Oue lives in Marrakech, Morocco. (huffpost.com)
Poster session presented at VIII International Conference on AIDS in Africa & VIII African Conference on STDs, Marrakech, Morocco. (unl.pt)
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Serfaty was released only in 1991, and immediately exiled to France (before stepping onto French territory, he said "I have two protests to raise! (viewpointmag.com)
Sahrawi1
Morocco is systematically breaking the human rights of Sahrawi people. (euobserver.com)
Mauritania3
By land area, Mauritania is the 11th-largest country in Africa and the 28th-largest in the world, and 90% of its territory is situated in the Sahara . (alamoana.net)
In 1946 Mauritania received the status of an overseas territory within the French Union, in 1958 that of an autonomous republic within the French community. (neovideogames.com)
After Morocco renounced the incorporation of the Mauritanian territory in 1970, Mauritania joined the Arab League in 1973. (neovideogames.com)
Period3
The transitional period included, among other provisions, a timetable for the reduction ofMoroccan troops in the territory, the exchange of prisoners of war by the parties and repatriation of refugees. (hrw.org)
According to the annual report from the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances, from May 2018 to May 2019, the country had 153 outstanding cases of forced disappearances between 1956 and 1992, seven fewer than at the beginning of the reporting period. (state.gov)
This is a retrospective study in the period 1992 to 2006. (academicjournals.org)
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BACKGROUND A sequel to two earlier NCI programs -The End Results Program and the Third National Cancer Survey- the SEER Program was initiated in several geographic areas of the United States and its territories with case ascertainment beginning with January 1, 1973 diagnoses. (cdc.gov)
Time2
The warming ties between Morocco and Israel bring this polarising regional power into the delicate Maghreb power balance for the first time. (ecfr.eu)
Since 1995, he has donated his time as Chairman of the UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum . (uea.ac.uk)
Gibraltar1
His father, an Andalusian of Sephardic Jewish descent, had been born in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, while his mother had Andalusian-Castilian origins. (wikipedia.org)
Governments1
Furthermore, it guaranteed that the US would not interfere with the expeditious granting of US visas to foreign diplomats and UN personnel transiting through US territory in furtherance of their responsibilities to their own governments and the UN, respectively. (intrepidreport.com)
Cases1
The National Council on Human Rights (CNDH), a publicly funded national human rights institution, reported that as of July, six cases of forced disappearances between 1956 and 1992 remain unresolved. (state.gov)
Lives1
Qais Assali: born in 1987 in Naplouse, Palestinian territory, Assali lives in Jerusalem. (huffpost.com)
International2
Morocco used the accord to sell goods from occupied territories, which is illegal under international law. (euobserver.com)
He was one of the founders in 1970 of the International Wader Study Group and, as Chairman, coordinated its international conference in Ukraine in 1992, resulting in the Odessa Protocol on international co-operation on migratory flyway research and conservation. (uea.ac.uk)
Country3
Letting Morocco set the terms of its relations with the EU risks encouraging the country to become even more assertive and projects an image of strategic weakness that is at odds with the EU's goal of becoming a geopolitical power. (ecfr.eu)
After the collapse of the Almoravid Empire (1147), the northern part of the country remained loosely dependent on Morocco, the southern part belonged to the Mali Empire. (neovideogames.com)
Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. (who.int)
Study2
I was able to organise two expeditions to Morocco to study the migration of shore birds. (uea.ac.uk)
This study examines the construction of national identity in two speeches, held respectively by King Abdullah II of Jordan and King Mohammed VI of Morocco, during the height of the Arab Spring in 2011. (lu.se)
Data1
The data were collected from the Laboratory of Pathological Anatomy and Cytology of the Faculty of Health Sciences of Niamey, which receives all the swabs intended for the histological analysis from all the Nigerien territory. (academicjournals.org)