Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Labour), on Tuesday, 15 December 1992, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 51 members in total.
REFERENDUM IN WESTERN SAHARA
That this House welcomes the recent visit to the United Kingdom of His Excellency President Mohamed Abdelaziz of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic; notes the continuing illegal colonial occupation of the Western Sahara by the Kingdom of Morocco and the plan for a free and fair referendum on the future of the Western Sahara originally intended to take place in January 1992 under the auspices of the United Nations Security Council; notes the 178 known breaches of the UN-sponsored cease-fire by forces of the Kingdom of Morocco; further notes the events in Assa (Southern Morocco) and Smara and El Ayoun (Western Sahara) where Sahrawi men and women held peaceful demonstrations between 27th September and 15th October 1992 asserting their right to self-determination; deplores the brutal action of the Moroccan security forces in violently putting down the demonstrations and injuring, arresting and abducting large numbers of people; believes that the United Nations plan should be implemented without any further undue delay and that the people of the Western Sahara should have the right to exercise a free vote on the future of their country.
Secondary information
- Type
- Early day motion
- Reference
- 1094
- Session
- 1992-93
- Subjects
- Protest Referendums Peace negotiations Morocco Self-determination of states Western Sahara
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