ADDIS ABABA- 40 African Countries agreed on the exclusivity of the United Nations in examining the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara.
On Monday, Morocco hosted African Ministerial Conference on African Union (AU) support to the United Nations political process on the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, where some forty African countries from the five subregions of the continent.
According to a communiqué sent from Morocco Embassy in Ethiopia, the states have also agreed to implement the wise and concerted vision of Heads of State and Government, enshrined at the 31st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Union, held on 1st and 2nd July 2018 in Nouakchott (Mauritania), regarding the regional dispute over the Sahara.
The holding of this conference is part of the enlightened vision of African States to strengthen the unity of the Continent and to reject any attempt to divert it from its urgent priorities of sustainable human development, regional integration and the prosperity of its citizens, the communiqué highlighted. It is also indicated that the decision 693 adopted by the Heads of State and Government of the African Union in Nouakchott in July 2018 certainly helps to establish serenity in the AU’s work.
According to the communiqué, the decision states that the Troika must provide effective support and “the widest possible support for the efforts of the United Nations” on the question of the Moroccan Sahara. By establishing an exclusive mandate for the Troika, it puts an end to cacophony and the proliferation of actions at all costs.
The Ethiopian Herald, March 27/2019
BY ZELALEM GIRMA
