According to the UN Political adviser and Chief Editor of " Morocco World News ", this is exactly the same situation as the one which occurred when " Polisario and Algeria expressed in late 2008, their intention not deal with the former UN envoy Van Walsum.... who declared it would not be realistic to conceive the establishment of an independent state in the Moroccan southern provinces. "

Tindouf camps in Algerian territory

Concerning the reasons for withdrawal by Morocco of its confidence in the personal envoy of UN Secretary-General, the international expert believes that Ross's past in Algeria, as an ambassador of the United States, led to the fact that it has encouraged the Algerian position that is hostile to the Moroccan territorial integrity.

Mr. Bennis says that "the position taken by Morocco is very right, because Mr. Ross showed he was not the right person for the office of mediation between Morocco and Polisario, besides the fact that he has done nothing since his appointment in early 2009 to push the negotiation process forward and achieve tangible progress that can facilitate the search for a form of consensus. He started taking positions hostile to Morocco, This is not in line with the mediation mission. "

The UN adviser, said that Mr. Ross "began to go beyond its mission and that of the MINURSO when he began suggesting to the Security Council that it was necessary to send a commission of inquiry into issue of human rights in the Sahara, avoiding, at the same time, to put pressure on Algeria and Polisario for the census of the inhabitants in the Tindouf camps and evaluation of the situation of human rights in the camps. Many non-governmental organizations asked the international community to examine the plight of people in the camps. Given these data, it was necessary that Morocco take such a position. "

About the current negotiations, the UN political adviser estimates that "if the UN continues on the same track, that is to say, ask both parties to negotiate, without specifying the basis of negotiations, without setting a timetable for progress and the establishment of bases to reach a mutually acceptable political solution, I do not think any progress will be made in this matter "

In this context and especially since the arrival of Christopher Ross, "the issue of negotiation has become an objective in itself, instead of being the instrument to achieve the desired goal ..... to the point that observers knew in advance the contents of the press release read by the Personal Envoy of the Secretary General at the end of each round. "

He adds in this connection that "the same speeches were repeated during the 9 rounds of informal negotiations, headed by Mr. Ross in a non-professional way. This has shown the limits of his diplomatic experience. Today it is up to the UN to revise the approach it has been practiced for two decades, which has demonstrated its was not suitable to solve the Sahara issue. "

For Mr. Bennis, the first beneficiary of this situation is Polisario. "For the Polisario leadership, maintaining negotiations at zero is more beneficial, since they benefit from substantial subsidies collected from Algeria, South Africa and non-governmental organizations that support the separatist thesis".

Citing the economist and professor at Oxford, Paul Glue, in his book "Wars, Guns and Votes, democracy in dangerous places", the international expert declares that "in most cases of separatism, the voice of people is never heard. What people hear is the voice of leaders who believe that revolt and maintaining the status quo are more attractive than to reach a final settlement ".

At the head of the victims of this situation, the UN expert puts people in the Tindouf camps, indicating that these people live "under harsh conditions, deprived of the right to work, permission to move freely inside the Algerian territory in violation of international law ", noting also that the inhabitants of the Saharan provinces suffer from" inflation caused by high wages of UN officials, who drive up the prices of essential commodities and housing ".

Regarding the position of the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Bennis without "anticipating what will the United Nations Secretary-General do in the weeks to come," conclude that he "believes that the UN Secretary General will appoint another person instead of Ross. "

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