[fse-esf] Final Declaration of EUCOCO 2006

Sat Nov 18 00:39:12 CET 2006

Serait-il possible d’en avoir la traduction française ? 

Merci.

Monique Dental

Animatrice du Réseau Féministe « Ruptures »

monique.dental at wanadoo.fr

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Dear Friends,

For your kind perusal I am sending you pasted below and in attachment as
well the Final Declaration of the 32nd European Conference of Support to the
Sawarawi People (EUCOCO 2006) held in Vitoria Gasteiz (Basque Country)
between 3 and 5 November 2006.

Best regards,

Matyas Benyik

President of the CEE Alliance for the

Solidarity with the Saharawi People

Final declaration

The 32nd European  Coordination Conference of Support to the Saharawi People
(EUCOCO) has taken place in Vitoria-Gasteiz on  3, 4 and 5 of November. More
than 600 participants of the five continents have attended the congress:
from Africa (Algeria, SADR, Swaziland, Senegal, Mali, Mauritania, South
Africa, Morocco), from Europe (Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Great
Britain, Austria, Luxemburg, Sweden, Portugal, Hungary, Norway, Slovenia),
America (Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, USA...), Australia and Asia (Japan).

*        The opening ceremony of the event has been made by Mohamed Abd El
Aziz, General Secretary of the Polisario Front and President of the SADR and
the President of the Basque Country, Juan Jose Ibarretxe.

*        The Algerian Delegation has come to represent all the members of
the society and the principal political movements, in order to ratify the
unconditional support from Algeria towards the fair cause of the Saharawi
people. Delegates from South Africa have taken part in the conference too.

*        The conference remembers us the basic right of the Saharawi people
to self determination. This is a recognized right for all colonies and
defended by the Assembly of Resolutions of United Nations.

*        The EUCOCO Conference greets the resistance of the Saharawi People
in the occupied territories and pays tribute to the victims of the Moroccan
repression. The conference also denounces the massive violations of the
human rights by the Moroccan authorities in the occupied territories, as
well as the systematic and bloody reprisals that Saharawi people suffer. The
conference informs us on the violence against women; 35% of missing people
are women. The conference welcomes the associations and the Moroccan
political parties that defend the right of the Saharawi people to self
determination.

The conference calls for the United Nations to publish without any delay the
report that the (UNHCR) United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
has made about the Missions in Western Sahara.

The Conference denounces the political repression and the black out imposed
by Morocco in the occupied territories of the Western Sahara. In fact,
Moroccan occupiers put the territory under embargo and keep the
international community uninformed of the inadmissible situation that the
Saharawi People is living through police force. The Conference also calls
for the concerned institutions of the UN, European Union (EU) and different
NGOs in order to confront the situation, and take responsibility on the
protection of the Saharawi population and against those who commit crime
against humanity with efficacy.

*       The Conference accuses the double faced policy of the international
community (double standard). Under this policy, peace forces and protection
is opened out only in certain regions depending on their interests on them.
In the meanwhile, other people are left on their own to confront repression
and occupation, as it has been happening in Western Sahara for more than 30
years.

*       The conference reports the undeniable responsibilities of both, the
UN and the new General Secretary Ban Ki Moon, to take necessary measures for
the quick and total application of the resolutions, so that Morocco and
other countries supporting colonialism respect these resolutions.

*       In the meanwhile, the Spanish state, former occupant of Western
Sahara, cannot abdicate its responsibility in the tragedy. In order to make
it remember its historical and moral responsibilities, the conference
deplores the abstention of the Spanish government in the resolution of UN
4th Commission, approved by the majority of the European States.

The Spanish position supports Moroccan’s occupation of Western Sahara. The
conference ask the Spanish government to consider its policy as soon as
possible, and to give a response to an important sector of the civil
society, giving Saharawi people full, clear and active help in order to
achieve self determination, through a free and democratic referendum. 

*       The conference feels glad of the individual opinions against the
agreement of the UN about the exploitation of fishing resources in Western
Sahara expressed by some European countries and will take them into account.
However, the conference cannot express the disappointment for the global
policies of the EU concerning to the Western Sahara.

This agreement between the EU and Morocco about fishing in the water
territories of Western Sahara is an act of exploitation which is against
international rights and legality.

The conference demands the revision of the agreement. Moreover, it asks the
EU to adopt a policy in accordance to the international legality and find a
fair and lasting solution based on the Saharawi People’s right of self
determination, freedom and construction of a legal and fair society for men
and women.

This way, the EU will be able to reinforce the credibility and to respect
their fundamental principles: democracy, justice, peace and development. The
conference denounces the liquidation of natural resources in Sahara and
condemns all tentative linked to the illegal occupation of the Saharawi
territories.

*       The conference states the scarcity of refugees in Sahara and
searches a solution in food supply, health and education. The conference
deplores the lack of specialised institutions in the UN to carry out their
respective orders in Saharawi refugees’ lands. They are worried about the
insufficient humanitarian help received and ask the UN agencies to act in an
urgent and effective way in their programmes on behalf of the Saharawi
refugees, being an internationally recognized basic right. It protests
against the arbitrary decision of giving help only to 90 000, « the weakest
ones», out of the 160 000 refugees.

*       The conference declares 2007 as the international year of solidarity
with the SADR and support of the popular resistance in the Saharawi occupied
territories. It has decided to include some activities in their general
programme.

*       The conference congratulates the responsible men, women and young
from the supporting committee of Vitoria-Gasteiz on their perfect
organisation. The conference thanks authorities from the Basque Country and
members of the Supporting Committee for the Sahara for the quality and the
welcome of participants.

*       Finally, the conference accepts with satisfaction the proposal of
holding the EUCOCO’s 33rd Conference in Italy in 2007.

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