Chairman of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), Khalihenna Ould Errachid on Tuesday held talks with visiting Finnish MP and Special Envoy of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Kimmo Kiljunen.

Polisario uses the same methods of torture the Khmer Rouge used against their opponents, according to a former detainee in the prisons of the Tindouf Camps, southwest Algeria.

The Sahara issue has witnessed this year an important turning point at the level of the United Nations which has reinforced the settlement momentum created by Morocco's autonomy initiative as a serious and promising solution to bring this regional dispute to a close.

The Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) closed late in the night from Thursday to Friday the works of its second regular session of 2008, by issuing a press release that highlights the significant progress made by Morocco in the consecration of the culture of human rights and their protection.

Following the completion of the second regular session of 2008, which was held in Rabat on December 25-26, the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs issued its closing statement, late Thursday night. The following is the full text of the statement: