24.10 - 2010 11:39 Brussels, 21 Oct (EFE). – European Commissioner for Fisheries, Maria Damanaki, and the Moroccan Minister for Fisheries, Aziz Akhannouch, have debated the fisheries agreement, set to expire in March 2011. But still no agenda has been set to negotiate its renewal, sources from within the Commission informed Efe.
European Liberals demand no EU fisheries in occupied Western Sahara18.10 - 2010 At their annual Party Congress, the European Liberal Democrats’ Party have adopted a resolution stating that the fisheries agreement between the European Union and Morocco should not be extended, unless the Saharan waters are excluded from the agreement.Read more
Exodus in protest of the pillage15.10 - 2010 In protest of the ongoing exploitation of Western Sahara’s natural resources, and their dire socio-economic situation, hundreds of Saharawi in the occupied territories have left their homes in the cities to live in tents in the desert.Read more
WSRW calls upon UN to halt the plundering13.10 - 2010 In its statement to the United Nations’ Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee), Western Sahara Resource Watch called for the establishment of a mechanism to place the proceeds from the exploitation of Western Sahara’s natural resources under international administration until the conflict has been resolved, and for the inclusion of a human rights component into the MINURSO mandate.Read more
08.10 - 2010 A peaceful manifestation by unemployed Saharawi graduates came to an abrupt end by a violent intervention from the Moroccan police yesterday. Banners stating “Sahara’s natural resources are sufficient to employ us” triggered a swift response by the authorities right in front of the Royal Palace.
Fugro surprise party at University of Oslo03.10 - 2010 When Fugro Norway was to promote itself on the Business days at the University of Oslo on 28 September, they were welcomed with cake. In 2009, Fugro was refused to attend the same event due to their engagement in occupied Western Sahara. Since then, the firm has withdrawn from the occupied territory. Read more
799 organisations, and a refugee in Brussels, protest EU fisheries29.09 - 2010 “I ask the EU to please take into account the rights of my people. We, the Saharawi, are saddened over the way this fisheries agreement with Morocco affects our struggle”, stated the Saharawi refugee Senia Abderahman to the European Commission today. Read more
French shipping company with unethical cargo26.09 - 2010 The French owned bulk vessel 'Tenor' has in September completed a big shipment to New Zealand of phosphates from occupied Western Sahara. French organisation urges company to halt further transports from the territory.Read more
23.09 - 2010 "If the EU is to raise its credibility with the African Union, reviewing its stance toward Africa’s last colonial conflict would be a good place to start", reads WSRW's letter published in European Voice today.
Giant fee for Western Sahara imports17.09 - 2010 A Norwegian importer has to pay giant fee for avoiding excise upon declaring goods from Western Sahara as Moroccan. The preferential treatment under the Moroccan-EFTA agreement cannot be granted to goods from Western Sahara, Norwegian government says. The EFTA free trade agreement with Morocco does not cover Western Sahara.Read more
EU ignores Western Sahara human rights laureate 15.09 - 2010 For more than a month, Aminatou Haidar, the internationally awarded Saharawi human rights activist and President of Saharawi Human Right organisation CODESA, has waited for a reply from the EU’s ambassador to Morocco, Mr. Eneko Landaburu. The EU ambassador is failing to respond to a simple question regarding the legality of the EU fisheries in occupied Western Sahara. Read more
Saharawi political prisoners demand halt to EU fisheries14.09 - 2010 In a letter to the European Parliament’s president, three high-profile Saharawi political prisoners call upon the EU to stop fishing in Western Saharan waters. “The only outcome of the fisheries agreement that our people have noticed, is that our voices are suppressed even more”, the letter reads.Read more
09.09 - 2010 This afternoon, a bulk vessel is set to arrive port of Risdon, Hobart, Tasmania, with phosphate rock plundered from occupied Western Sahara. 8 Swiss parliamentarians protest the continued imports.
PotashCorp is the most important customer of phosphate rock from occupied Western Sahara. The rock is exported from Western Sahara by the occupying power, Morocco, in violation of international law. In this interview on Canadian Broadcast Corporation, lawyer Jeffrey Smith of WSRW explains why it is wrong.Read more
No more Mosaic phosphate imports from Western Sahara26.08 - 2010 The Florida fertilizer company Mosaic Co explains that it does not longer carry out imports from occupied Western Sahara. The firm has no delivery contracts, nor any plans of purchasing. PCS is today the only remaining North American importer of phosphates from the occupied territory.Read more
Morocco occupies the major part of its neighbouring country, Western Sahara. Entering into business deals with Moroccan companies or authorities in the occupied territories gives an impression of political legitimacy to the occupation. It also gives job opportunities to Moroccan settlers and income to the Moroccan government. Western Sahara Resource Watch demands foreign companies leave Western Sahara until a solution to the conflict is found.
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