The 7th round of informal talks on the Sahara, which will last three days, until June 7, kicked off Sunday with the presence of the parties’ representatives.

 The Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs participates with a senior delegation to the Pacific regional seminar of the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from May 31 to June 2.

Participants at a conference Monday in Geneva, as part of the 16th session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), stressed that autonomy is a form of self-determination and offers a suitable solution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara.

The Moroccan delegation expressed its "extreme disappointment" with polisario's refusal to discuss the issue of human rights as part of UN-brokered informal talks on the Sahara, Morocco's Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri said on Wednesday in Malta.

A delegation from the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), is participating in the 16th session of the UN Human Rights Council, which is currently taking place in Geneva.