Participants at a roundtable in Geneva over the Sahara were unanimous in stressing the relevance of the Moroccan autonomy initiative in the southern provinces, which was, they said, "the best solution" to this ongoing conflict. 

The Kingdom of Morocco has participated on April 8, 2008 in the meeting of Working Group of the Human Rights Council in charge of the Universal Periodic Review with a large delegation headed by Mr. Abdelwahd Radi, Minister of Justice, and Mghizlat Ahmed, CORCAS vice-president.

Presentation of autonomy at a conference entitled "Sahara between yesterday and tomorrow"

The Moroccan initiative to negotiate an autonomy statute in the Sahara region was explained Tuesday in Mexico City, at a conference held by Abdellahi Ahl Abdelkader, a member of the Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs(Corcas).

The President of the Canary Islands government, Mr. Paulino Rivero (Canary Coalition), met Wednesday afternoon at the headquarters of the Presidency in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with members of the delegation from the Moroccan southern provinces, currently visiting the Spanish archipelago.

A delegation from the southern provinces of the Kingdom began Monday, a visit to the Canary Islands, to discuss ways to further strengthen cooperative relations between the Spanish archipelago and this region of southern Morocco.