• 13 The Southern Provinces (Arabic: الأقاليم الجنوبية, romanized: Al-Aqalim al-Janubiyah, French: Provinces du Sud) or Moroccan Sahara (Arabic: الصحراء المغربية, romanized: Assahra al-Maghribiya, French: Sahara marocain) are the terms utilized by the Moroccan government to refer to the disputed territory of Western Sahara. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the 1970s, Spain faced mounting pressure from Morocco to relinquish the territory, culminating in the Green March, a large-scale demonstration organized by the Moroccan government on November 6, 1975. (wikipedia.org)
  • This area is separated from the eastern third controlled by the Polisario Front by the Moroccan Western Sahara Wall or "the Berm," referred to by the Polisario Front as the "Free Zone. (wikipedia.org)
  • Morocco treats the two-thirds of Western Sahara under its control as integral Moroccan territory. (wikipedia.org)
  • The regions of Guelmim-Oued Noun and Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra encompass parts of the Western Saharan territory as well as undisputed Moroccan territory to the north. (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] Following the 1975 Green March, the Moroccan state initiated settlement programs that encouraged numerous Moroccans to relocate to the Moroccan-administered portion of Western Sahara (accounting for 80% of the territory). (wikipedia.org)
  • The Free Zone or Liberated Territories is a term used by the Polisario Front to describe the part of Western Sahara that lies to the east of the Moroccan Berm (the Moroccan border wall) and west and north of the borders with Algeria and Mauritania , respectively. (wn.com)
  • The European Parliament resolution adopted in January 2019 on the EU-Moroccan Agreement claims that during this consultation, " majority support was expressed, by the parties participating, for the socio-economic benefits the proposed tariff preferences would bring . (hrw.org)
  • The ECJ ruling rejecting the applicability of EU-Moroccan agreements to Western Sahara is based on viewing Western Sahara as a Non-Self-Governing Territory whose people have the right to self-determination. (hrw.org)
  • Morocco granted temporary legal status to United Nations-recognized asylum-seekers and thousands of economic migrants, pending an overhaul of its laws on asylum and foreigners on Moroccan soil. (hrw.org)
  • Goods and products produced in West Sahara should not to be treated as originating in Morocco for the purposes of preferential tariffs or any other benefits conferred upon Moroccan products by the Association Agreement. (wsrw.org)
  • The EU-Moroccan agreement that was annulled by the Court of Justice of the EU yesterday was highly controversial even at the time when it was approved in 2012. (wsrw.org)
  • Sweden u-turned on a decision to recognise Western Sahara earlier this year, and signed a extradition agreement allowing it to return Moroccan children that are living on Swedish streets. (euobserver.com)
  • The area 446550km2 excludes all disputed territories, while 710850km2 includes the Moroccan-claimed and partially-controlled parts of Western Sahara (claimed as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic by the Polisario Front ). (explained.today)
  • The region constituting Morocco has been inhabited since the Paleolithic era over 300,000 years ago, and the first Moroccan state was established by Idris I in 788. (explained.today)
  • For their part, participants in this conference stressed the need to implement the international charters and resolutions to put an end to gross violations of human rights, conducted by the Moroccan occupier against the Sahrawis in the occupied territories, and allow the Sahrawi people to exercise their right to self-determination and independence. (entv.dz)
  • The Sahrawi diplomat said that the inability of Morocco to legitimize its occupation of the Sahrawi territories and to take the issue out of its legal framework (cause of decolonization), has pushed the Makhzen authorities to seek other means to cover this failure, including normalization with the Zionist usurper entity, which, contrary to all Moroccan forecasts, "has caused it more problems both internally and externally. (entv.dz)
  • For his part, the deputy at the National People's Assembly (APN), Badaoui Tamime denounced the media blackout on what is happening in the occupied Sahrawi territories, insisting that "it is imperative to have a real mobilization to confront the practices of the Moroccan occupation, in complicity with certain parties. (entv.dz)
  • In the morrow of the adoption of the new EU-Morocco fisheries agreement covering the Moroccan southern provinces waters, the European Parliament declined on December 11, to include in the EU 2012 annual report on human rights and democracy in the world, an amendment on the establishment of an international mechanism to monitor human rights in Western Sahara. (polisario-thinktwice.org)
  • On December 22, 2020, Morocco signed a tripartite agreement with Israel and the United States to normalize Moroccan-Israeli relations. (fanack.com)
  • Morocco further pressed for provisions that bound the United States to support economic development and investment in the Western Sahara, culminating in the establishment of an American consulate to reinforce the authority of the Moroccan government in the region. (fanack.com)
  • Morocco relied on American pressure to ease Algeria's stance on this issue, which had long strained Moroccan-Algerian relations. (fanack.com)
  • Additionally, Morocco aimed to leverage the normalization agreement to attract investments from Moroccan Jews in Israel and around the world, particularly in sectors related to food security, scientific research, communications and water resources. (fanack.com)
  • Consequently, Morocco swiftly initiated an Israeli-Moroccan economic forum to foster collaboration between Moroccan entrepreneurs and Israeli investors and explore partnership opportunities. (fanack.com)
  • 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)
  • The reporter's response was one of shock, repeatedly citing that a peace agreement had been signed by Morocco, thereby assuming the Moroccan people themselves endorsed the notion that Israel's crimes could be whitewashed and forgotten. (dazeddigital.com)
  • Resources originating from the territory of Western Sahara are marketed by the Moroccan government as originating from Morocco, and companies wishing to take advantage of the resources present in the territory contract through the Moroccan government or Moroccan businesses. (iijd.org)
  • The Sahrawi have no control over the natural resources and the commerce from those resources in the Moroccan occupied territory. (iijd.org)
  • The report noted that in the Moroccan territory, "the Sahrawi people are not only denied their right to self-determination, but equally are severely restricted from exercising a series of other rights. (iijd.org)
  • The ceasefire line corresponds to the route of the Berm, with both sides asserting sovereignty over the entire territory of Western Sahara. (wikipedia.org)
  • The resolution nevertheless claims, in urging adoption, " that this agreement does not imply any form of recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over Western Sahara . (hrw.org)
  • In early 2016, the case was referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) which in 2018 concluded that Morocco has no sovereignty over or any international mandate to administer Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
  • The criticism extended to include pledges by government members to legalize outposts and expand Israeli sovereignty in the West Bank, referring to the territory as occupied. (timesofisrael.com)
  • It came in return for an American recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over the disputed territory of Western Sahara, something Algeria said "has no legal effect because it contradicts UN resolutions. (presstv.ir)
  • According to a letter from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli government has decided to "recognize Morocco's sovereignty" over the contentious Western Sahara territory, the royal office in Rabat stated on Monday, July 17. (thenewglobalorder.com)
  • Rabat controls nearly 80% of Western Sahara and exerts its sovereignty over it as its territory, meaning it also claims all of Western Sahara's resources. (thenewglobalorder.com)
  • In reality, by denying the Saharawis' political sovereignty over the Western Sahara, Morocco is also denying sovereignty over its natural resources, which Rabat considers to be its own. (thenewglobalorder.com)
  • The French foreign ministry noted how "The recognition of Israeli sovereignty over the Golan, occupied territory, would be contrary to international law, in particular the obligation for states not to recognize an illegal situation. (progressive.org)
  • Along with the State Department's decision to no longer refer to the West Bank as occupied territory, the Golan decision may also serve as precedent to recognize Israeli sovereignty over much of the Palestinian territory seized in the 1967 war. (progressive.org)
  • In Europe, where the Algerian regime has mobilized an armada of lobbyists to defend its interests and the separatist thesis of its protégé, the Polisario, Morocco has scored points in its struggle for its territorial integrity and sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara territory. (polisario-thinktwice.org)
  • A pivotal provision of the accord was the United States' recognition of Morocco's sovereignty over the entire Western Sahara territory. (fanack.com)
  • However, the nail in the coffin for those aspirations came in 1967, when Israel triumphed in the war, seizing and occupying all the remaining Palestinian territories. (dazeddigital.com)
  • The Times of Israel also reported that, Smotrich, the intended finance minister, is eager to take control of the agency and advance his agenda of expanding illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and thwarting Palestinian aspirations for an independent state in the territory. (presstv.ir)
  • Among the alleged issues agreed on in the context of the deal, was to stop further Israeli annexation of Palestinian territories. (presstv.ir)
  • Referring to the 11-day Israeli bombing campaign on Gaza last month, Haniyeh said, "On behalf of the Muslim Ummah, the Palestinian nation stood against the arrogance of the Zionist regime. (presstv.ir)
  • The Hamas chief also thanked Morocco's ruling Justice and Development Party (PJD) for inviting him to the North African country, stressing that the Palestinian people are protecting the Al-Aqsa Mosque with their lives and foiling schemes meant to steal the holy site's history and geographical territory. (presstv.ir)
  • Morocco sees the Palestinian issue in the same position as Western Sahara. (presstv.ir)
  • Haniyeh's visit to Morocco "comes within the framework of relations between Morocco and Palestine and contributes to the support of the Palestinian cause," according to Slimane el-Amrani, assistant secretary general of the PJD. (presstv.ir)
  • GAZA CITY - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal set foot in Gaza on Friday, ending 45 years of exile from the Palestinian Territories, reports Al Jazeera . (worldcrunch.com)
  • The Hamas leader had not set foot in the Palestinian territories since leaving the West Bank in 1967, reports BBC News . (worldcrunch.com)
  • Following clashes with Polisario forces (SPLA) and strained relations with Algeria, Mauritania withdrew in 1979, relinquishing its claim on Western Sahara to avoid further complications with the Sahrawi Republic, Algeria, and Morocco. (wikipedia.org)
  • 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)
  • It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east , and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south . (explained.today)
  • Referring to "some black sheep who try to undermine the will of Algerians to support the just causes", Mr. Hidaoui expressed his disappointment to see "some parties from outside attacking Algeria by relying on the Makhzen and other terrorist movements hostile to Algeria. (entv.dz)
  • The Algerian diplomatic machine has suffered many setbacks in 2013 in the territorial dispute opposing Algeria to Morocco about the Western Sahara. (polisario-thinktwice.org)
  • Upon signing the agreement, then-U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to engage in negotiations with the Polisario Front and "all regional actors," indirectly referring to Algeria , a supporter of the Front's demands. (fanack.com)
  • Initially, Morocco deported the detainees to Algeria through an unofficial checkpoint at Oujda. (merip.org)
  • On 25 March 2019, the UK High Court of Justice has handed down its judgment in the case brought forward by Western Sahara Campaign UK against two governmental agencies for acting unlawfully in relation to the territory of Western Sahara through EU-Morocco bilateral agreements. (wsrw.org)
  • However, we are concerned that the agreement falls well short of Morocco's obligations pertaining to occupied territories under international humanitarian law. (hrw.org)
  • Ali Anouzla, editor of the independent news website Lakome2.com, faced prosecution for harming Morocco's "territorial integrity" after an interview with a German newspaper in 2015 quoted him as referring to Western Sahara as "occupied. (hrw.org)
  • This approach hinted at Morocco's strategic goals within the agreement. (fanack.com)
  • The agreement also endorsed Morocco's proposal to settle its dispute with the Polisario Front over this region through a principle of regional autonomy within Morocco, without seeking secession. (fanack.com)
  • Israel, for its part, viewed the agreement as a means to enhance its legitimacy within the Arab region by gaining Morocco's recognition and establishing diplomatic relations between the two nations. (fanack.com)
  • It could harm the Israel-UAE peace treaty," Ravid added, referring to the 2020 normalization deal. (presstv.ir)
  • Netanyahu normalized ties and signed agreements with Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani during an official ceremony hosted by former US president Donald Trump at the White House in September 2020. (presstv.ir)
  • In December 2020, Morocco became the fourth Arab country, after the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan, to announce that it had agreed to forge formal diplomatic ties with the Tel Aviv regime. (presstv.ir)
  • Israel and Morocco established diplomatic relations in December 2020, with an agreement that followed the US-backed Abraham Accords. (thenewglobalorder.com)
  • In accordance with Article 233(2) of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 the European Commission collects lists of semen collection centres, embryo collection and production teams, germinal product processing establishments and germinal product storage centres that the competent authority of the third country or territory has approved as being in compliance with the requirements referred to in Article 82(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/692 . (europa.eu)
  • In particular, the EU used the 'principle of non-recognition' to justify everything from its 'funding guidelines' for Horizon 2020 to not having diplomats and visiting officials across the 'Green Line,'' he said, referring to the 1949 Armistice line. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • Empirical research shows that while visa regimes have been liberalized in recent decades, in particular within the expanding European Union, including countries linked to the EU through association agreements, they have become much more restrictive, especially for African citizens who intent to travel to Europe (Beauchemin, Flahaux and Schoumaker 2020). (gcr21.org)
  • On February 12, 2019, the European Parliament is scheduled to vote on a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco, the Implementation Protocol thereto and the exchange of letters accompanying the Agreement. (hrw.org)
  • In the early afternoon of 12 February, the European Parliament gave its consent to a new Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement (SFPA) with Morocco - one that will be carried out primarily outside of the internationally recognised borders of Morocco: in occupied Western Sahara. (businessreviewafrika.com)
  • Their goal was to achieve independence for the territory under the banner of the "Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic" (SADR). (wikipedia.org)
  • Morocco is systematically breaking the human rights of Sahrawi people. (euobserver.com)
  • Self-determination has been a point of contention for the Sahrawi people since the UN encouraged Spain to decolonize the territory in the 1970s. (iijd.org)
  • In the mid-90's, following the Madrid and Oslo agreements, Oman, Qatar (and Morocco, Tunisia and Mauritania in North Africa) all instituted low-level diplomatic relations with Israel. (peacenow.org)
  • Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa . (explained.today)
  • President Trump has signed a proclamation to formally recognize Golan Heights as Israeli territory. (progressive.org)
  • Subsequently, the Israeli government has been building settlements in the fertile highlands and growing Golan's Jewish population to some 26,000 people, in violation of international law and U.N. Security Council resolutions , which prohibit occupying powers from settling civilians onto territories seized by military force. (progressive.org)
  • Simultaneously, Morocco placed its bets on advanced Israeli military technologies, particularly in the fields of security, intelligence, air defense and drones. (fanack.com)
  • He has referred to his second birth as the day he survived an Israeli assassination in Jordan in 1997. (worldcrunch.com)
  • now, Israel joins the United States and Spain as the only countries to acknowledge the kingdom's annexation of the disputed North African territory. (thenewglobalorder.com)
  • The Trump Administration's decision to recognize Israel's illegal annexation of the Golan Heights-Syrian territory seized in the June 1967 war-marks a serious violation of fundamental principles of international law. (progressive.org)
  • Former deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs Tamara Cofman Wittes noted in a tweet that the decision "yanks the rug out from under U.S. policy opposing Russia's annexation of Crimea, as well as U.S. views on other disputed territories. (progressive.org)
  • In February last year, the EU Court of Justice had ruled the practice of applying the EU's Fisheries Agreement with Morocco to the waters of Western Sahara to be in violation of international law, in particular of the principle of self-determination. (businessreviewafrika.com)
  • In complete disregard of those concerns, and of the EU's own Court, 415 MEPs voted for the agreement, while 189 opposed and 49 abstained. (businessreviewafrika.com)
  • The UK Court has concluded that the UK government has acted unlawfully in granting preferential tariff treatment to products from Western Sahara through a deal with Morocco, and in granting fisheries quota's for fishing in Western Sahara under a fish deal with Morocco. (wsrw.org)
  • These state that neither the Association Agreement nor the Fisheries Partnership Agreement encompass either the territory of Western Sahara or the waters adjacent to it. (wsrw.org)
  • No less than 93 Saharawi groups have called on the EU institutions to respect the will of the people of Western Sahara when negotiating trade or fisheries agreements that will affect their occupied land. (wsrw.org)
  • European Parliament disregards Court and adopts Morocco fish deal European Parliament has just now voted in favour of the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement that will be applied to the waters of occupied Western Sahara. (businessreviewafrika.com)
  • Morocco is in fact exploiting the two primary resources of this territory -phosphate and fisheries-, using them for its economic and political objectives. (thenewglobalorder.com)
  • Morocco currently controls the majority of Western Sahara's natural resources in the form of fisheries, phosphates and iron ore, and other resources. (iijd.org)
  • Sudan and Morocco followed suit later in the year and inked similar US-brokered normalization deals with the occupying regime. (presstv.ir)
  • Throughout this diplomatic endeavor, the U.S. committed to providing various political, financial and investment incentives to encourage Arab countries to engage in normalization agreements. (fanack.com)
  • Like other Arab nations, Morocco pursued multiple objectives through the normalization agreement with Israel which included enhancing its military capabilities, addressing the Western Sahara dispute and attracting foreign investments . (fanack.com)
  • However, as we assess the situation three years after the initiation of the normalization process, it is clear Morocco has yet to see its intended outcomes, as opposed to Israel, which successfully realized its goals in this trajectory. (fanack.com)
  • A power-sharing agreement signed in August 2019 between the military and protesters created a joint civilian-military transitional ruling "sovereign council," but the civilians are struggling to assert authority in the face of the military's power. (africanews.com)
  • Part of the broader "Abraham Accords" initiative spearheaded by former U.S. President Donald Trump, this agreement sought to normalize Israel's relations with Bahrain , the United Arab Emirates , Sudan and Morocco. (fanack.com)
  • Unlike the other Abraham Accords, Morocco pursued a tripartite agreement involving the United States alongside Israel. (fanack.com)
  • Specifically, in its judgment ( Case C-104/16 P ) of December 21, 2016, the court determined that the 2012 "Agreement between the EU and Morocco concerning reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural products and fishery products" provided no legal basis for including Western Sahara within its territorial scope. (hrw.org)
  • Morocco enacted laws in 2016 that advanced free expression and the rights of domestic workers, victims of human trafficking, and person with disabilities. (hrw.org)
  • EuroChem's subsidiary Lifosa AB received its last shipment of the conflict mineral in October 2016, despite earlier statements they'd halt all further imports from the territory. (wsrw.org)
  • Since a United Nations-brokered ceasefire agreement in 1991, approximately two-thirds of the territory has been administered by Morocco, encompassing most of the coastline. (wikipedia.org)
  • The zone was established as a Polisario-held zone in a 1991 cease-fire between the Polisario Front and Morocco, which had been agreed upon together as part of the Settlement Plan . (wn.com)
  • The Middle East Peace Process, to which we will return later, seemed particularly auspicious, in the 1995 Barcelona constellationwith the 1991 Madrid Conference and the Oslo Agreements pointing towards the possibility of reaching a lasting peace in the Middle East under the principle of Israel and Palestine as two States coexisting next to one another in peace. (iemed.org)
  • With an eye toward complying with the court's ruling, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and the European Commission conducted a process of consultation in Rabat and Brussels with elements of the population of Western Sahara and with other interested parties, [1] and the European Parliament conducted its own fact-finding visit to the territory on September 3-4, 2018. (hrw.org)
  • Despite repeated calls to establish a genuine dialogue and allow the return of expelled Azerbaijanis to their ancestral lands, the Government of Armenia ignored these, in violation of many international agreements and acts. (ohchr.org)
  • Is he referring to East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights, both annexed by Israel decades ago? (peacenow.org)
  • Western Sahara is often referred to as Africa's last colony. (euobserver.com)
  • Subsequently, Morocco and Mauritania signed the Western Sahara partition agreement on April 14, 1976. (wikipedia.org)
  • This agreement led to Morocco assuming control over Saguia el-Hamra and the northern portion of Río de Oro, while Mauritania took charge of the remaining part of Río de Oro, renaming it as Tiris al-Gharbiyya. (wikipedia.org)
  • In lieu of a referendum on self-determination, Spain ceded administrative control of the territory to Morocco and Mauritania, two nations that asserted claims over regions in the occupied territory. (iijd.org)
  • After a war in which the Frente POLISARIO was victorious, Mauritania and the Frente POLISARIO entered into an agreement in which Mauritania renounced all claims over Western Sahara. (iijd.org)
  • With the operationalization of the Paris Agreement as key-point on the agenda of COP25, will the UN Climate Change Conference finally clarify whether States can help combat climate change by violating the Geneva Convention and the UN Charter? (wsrw.org)
  • As such, the European Union, when entering into agreements with Morocco, must respect the right of Saharawi people to self-determination. (wsrw.org)
  • Any agreement or partnership between the EU and Morocco cannot be applied to the territory of, or indeed impact on any other rights of, the Saharawi people of Western Sahara. (wsrw.org)
  • Saharawi civil society groups have expressed their opposition to the agreement repeatedly. (businessreviewafrika.com)
  • Last week, 98 Saharawi organisations sent a letter to the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), asking them to reject the agreement. (businessreviewafrika.com)
  • The conflict between Morocco and the indigenous people of Saharawi, who are demanding the independence of Western Sahara, has lasted for almost fifty years: the Western Sahara conflict began in fact in 1975, when the former colonial authority of Spain withdrew from the region. (thenewglobalorder.com)
  • While authorities often tolerated protest demonstrations, in Western Sahara, they systematically prevented gatherings supporting self-determination for the contested territory. (hrw.org)
  • This action sparked a long-lasting dispute between Morocco and the Saharawi's people, supported by the Polisario Front , a militant organization and political movement active in order to achieve the realization of the right of the Saharawi's people to self-determination. (thenewglobalorder.com)
  • This declaration, more commonly referred to as the Declaration on Decolonization recognizes the principles set forth in the UN Charter to promote fundamental human rights and self-determination of all peoples. (iijd.org)
  • The law professor explained how the EU has tried to justify its double-standards regarding Western Sahara, a region Morocco has occupied since 1976 when it was handed to its troops by Spain as it ended its colony there. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • The status of Western Sahara is hotly disputed between Polisario and Morocco, and this includes the titles used to refer to areas under the control of the different sides. (wn.com)
  • That status quo was ruptured last Thursday, when the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided to strike down a 2012 trade agreement between the EU and Morocco in Western Sahara, ruling in favor of the Algerian-backed Polisario Front that fights for independence in the region. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • The judicial activism in a relatively uncharted area in this field, external relations, was analyzed through a qualitative case study of the CJEU case Polisario Front , concerning the application of a EU trade agreement to the non-self-governing territory of Western Sahara. (lu.se)
  • This gave the Frente POLISARIO control over approximately one-third of the territory, leaving Morocco with the other two-thirds. (iijd.org)
  • Many speakers expressed condolences to the people of Morocco and Libya for the devastating natural disasters which had occurred in their countries. (ohchr.org)
  • Mere hours before 100 African migrants drowned off the coast of Libya on June 29, European Union leaders appeared cautiously optimistic about a key agreement on migration struck at a two-day EU summit in Brussels. (opencanada.org)
  • Consequently, Israel succeeded in establishing direct diplomatic relations with Morocco through mutual liaison offices following the agreement's signing. (fanack.com)
  • The area is separated from the rest of the Western Sahara territory by "a 2,200 kilometer [1,367 mi]-long wall. (wn.com)
  • Goverde had applied repeatedly for a card since moving to Morocco in October 2013 but never received a response. (hrw.org)
  • The inadmissibility of any country expanding its territory by force is a longstanding principle of the international legal order, enshrined in the United Nations Charter, U.N. Security Council resolutions, and repeatedly confirmed by the International Court of Justice. (progressive.org)
  • Last week, Freedom House qualified Western Sahara as the world's most unfree territory in its annual Freedom in the World report. (businessreviewafrika.com)
  • Turning his attention to the details of the ruling by the second highest EU court last Thursday, Kontorovich explained that 't he Court rules that there is absolutely nothing wrong in itself about having treaties extend to occupied territory, or doing business with an occupier in occupied territory. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • Italian Prime Minister Giussepe Conte, who heads a right-wing, populist government, notably threatened to boycott the EU summit agreement unless it included measures to address Italy's concerns around migration. (opencanada.org)
  • Most notably, Article 73 of the UN Charter requires those Member States to ensure the "political, economic, social and educational advancement…just treatment, and … protection against abuses" of the peoples of that territory. (iijd.org)
  • He referred to the fruitful outcomes of Dr Gezairy's frequent visits to endemic countries, notably to Pakistan. (who.int)
  • WSRW will later publish the names of these individuals who supported the illegal agreement covering the waters offshore the occupied territory. (businessreviewafrika.com)
  • However, the relationship between Morocco and Western Sahara is also one of occupation and, as such, treaties affecting the territory must comply also with IHL. (hrw.org)
  • By using these data, you signify your agreement to comply with the above- stated statutorily based requirements. (cdc.gov)
  • By asserting control over Western Sahara, Morocco has failed to carry out its obligations under both treaties. (iijd.org)
  • The ECJ has rejected this broad view of recognition: even making a treaty with Morocco about occupied territory does not constitute recognition. (israelnationalnews.com)
  • Israel also had its set of goals in this agreement, including integration into the Arab regional context, bolstering security and military cooperation and gaining recognition from an additional Arab nation. (fanack.com)
  • Morocco has occupied the area since 1975. (euobserver.com)
  • It will no doubt embolden other governments with expansionist agendas, such as Morocco, which has occupied much of Western Sahara since 1975. (progressive.org)
  • Yesterday, leading human rights NGO Human Rights Watch launched a direct appeal to all Members of the European Parliament, requesting them to refer the agreement to the EU Court of Justice over serious concerns about the compatibility with international humanitarian law of applying it to an occupied territory. (businessreviewafrika.com)
  • I will raise the issue in the Nordic council and the Nordic council of ministers," Juhl said, referring to the cooperation bodies that unite MPs and ministers from Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, in addition to his native Denmark. (euobserver.com)
  • I hope that this visit will lead to getting the desired and expected results from the brotherly country Morocco," he said. (presstv.ir)
  • Morocco and Israel have reached a US-brokered agreement on normalizing relations, making Morocco the fourth such Arab country since August. (presstv.ir)
  • The European Commission defines "immigration" as the action by which a person from a non-EU country establishes his or her usual residence in the territory of an EU country for a period that is or is expected to be at least twelve months. (wikipedia.org)
  • The territory in this case is Western Sahara, South of Morocco, who includes the territory as part of its own country. (lu.se)
  • Country Capacity refers to the combination of strengths, attributes, and resources available within a country to effectively manage and reduce health emergency risks while enhancing resilience. (who.int)
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  • 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)
  • If Washington stops upholding the core international principle opposing the acquisition of territory by force," warns Wittes , "we should expect more states to seize territory they covet from their neighbors. (progressive.org)
  • Think of the situation in June 2022 when at least 23 African migrants and refugees were killed in an attempt to climb the iron fence that separates Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla in northern Africa. (gcr21.org)
  • The UN Legal Counsel addressed the Security Council in 2002 stating that the use of mineral resources by an administering power of a non-self-governing territory is legal unless "conducted in disregard of the needs and interests of the people of that territory. (iijd.org)
  • Before the agreement itself was voted on, the Parliament had to vote on a proposal presented by a group of 110 MEPs to refer the agreement to the EU Court for an advisory opinion on its legal framework. (businessreviewafrika.com)
  • it further held that trade agreements with Morocco, if they are to be applicable to Western Sahara, require obtaining the consent of its people. (hrw.org)
  • The two legal frameworks share fundamental principles in underscoring that the resources of the territory in question belong to the people of that territory, and that stringent standards apply to a third party's disposal of those resources. (hrw.org)
  • Under international law, the Saharawis are a non-self-governing people, but they still have sovereign rights of ownership over the resources , which means that a people has the exclusive right to own, manage and exploit the resources on the territory in which it is settled. (thenewglobalorder.com)
  • They ruled over the people and territories, and even churches. (adazing.com)
  • As instruments for policing the movement of people, these borders are not primarily geographical demarcations, but complex machineries reaching deep into domestic and foreign territories. (gcr21.org)
  • But Morocco stopped the UN-negotiated referendum from taking place. (euobserver.com)
  • This did not change the status of Western Sahara as a non-self-governing territory, and prolonged the referendum. (iijd.org)
  • In December 2015, the European Court of Justice cancelled an EU-Morocco trade agreement. (euobserver.com)
  • If we reject your Application, this Agreement will immediately terminate. (welldoneslots.com)
  • Beginning in 2004 , the European Union has granted EU citizens freedom of movement and residence within the EU, and the term "immigrant" has since been used to refer to non-EU citizens, meaning that EU citizens are not to be defined as immigrants within the EU territory. (wikipedia.org)
  • 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)