An international conference on human rights in North Africa, held in Puerto Escondido (southern Mexico), highlighted Morocco's efforts to achieve sustainable development in its Southern Provinces.

Latin American human rights NGOs and civil society associations denounced the serious human rights violations committed by Polisario in Tindouf camps in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law and human rights.

The United Kingdom welcomes "the strong and credible effort that Morocco is making to move the process forward" in order to settle the Sahara issue, British minister of state for the Middle East, Alistair Burt, told reporters Thursday in London.

A delegation from the Parliament of the Andean Group made a visit to Laayoune on Wednesday, where it learned about the region's development momentum in various fields.

The Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the Moroccan Sahara Horst Köhler said, on Sunday, that he is satisfied with his first visit to the southern provinces of the Kingdom, stressing that this visit had allowed him ''to deepen his understanding of the issue''.