Morocco's initiative to grant broader autonomy to its southern provinces makes a "good contribution" to reaching a negotiated solution to the 34-year-old dispute over the Sahara, Serbian Foreign Minister, Vuk Jeremic, said on Monday.

The High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, attended, Saturday in the southern city of Es-Smara, the HCR-led family visit exchange.

Spanish journalist, Ignacio Marin Orio said on Wednesday that the situation of human rights in Morocco's Southern Provinces, the Sahara, has been distorted because of a "false propaganda."

Ould Souilem, former Polisario leader and founder confirms that their actual number does not exceed 50,000

The refusal by Algeria and the Polisario separatists to conduct a census of the population held in Tindouf camps, southwestern Algeria, impedes the mission of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, on a visit to the region, Ahmedou Ould Souilem,former Polisario leader, said.

A delegation of leading civil society activists has met, Tuesday, with representatives of the Spanish left-wing PSOE party in Andalusia with the main aim of showcasing the achievements made in Morocco's Southern Provinces and changing the prejudices on the Sahara issue.