A delegation from the Austro-Moroccan Institute (OMI) completed a tour in the Sahara region last Saturday and Sunday. This tour which aims to assess the overall situation in the southern provinces, began in Laayoune then Dakhla where the delegation met with several association officials of human rights.

Algeria, defender of self-determination, does not hesitate to violate the basic rights of people sequestered in Tindouf camps for three decades, denounced on Tuesday before the 12th session of the UN Council of Human Rights (UNCHR), Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN Office at Geneva, Mr. Omar Hilale.

The Sahara is an "integral part" of Morocco and Guinea will always side with Morocco, Guinean President, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara said.

Khalihenna Mr. Ould Rachid, Chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), received on Monday, September 14, 2009, Mr. Alberto Van Klaaveren, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Chile, at the Council headquarters in Rabat.

Chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs, Mr Khalihenna Ould Errachid, received on Friday in Rabat, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Antonio Guterres, who is currently visiting Morocco in the framework of a tour in the region which started with Algiers and Tindouf.