Ricevuta da Rasd Roma, pubblichiamo un documento delle Nazioni Unite datato 29 gennaio 2013<\/p>\n
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29 January 2013\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0The United Nations envoy dealing with Western Sahara is on his way to the Russian capital, Moscow, as part of consultations designed to build international support for the negotiations aimed at resolving the long-running conflict.<\/strong><\/p>\n The UN has been involved in mediation efforts to find a settlement in Western Sahara since 1976, when fighting broke out between Morocco and the movement known as Frente Polisario, after the Spanish colonial administration of the territory ended.<\/strong><\/p>\n A UN peacekeeping force, known as the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), has also been in place since 1991.<\/strong><\/p>\n Christopher Ross, the Secretary-General\u2019s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, met yesterday with senior officials from the US Department of State. Those meetings, along with the ones planned for Moscow, are the first steps in further consultations with the Group of Friends of Western Sahara.<\/strong><\/p>\n In addition to the US and Russia, the Group includes France, Spain and the United Kingdom. During his trip, which runs until 15 February, Mr. Ross will also visit Germany and Switzerland.<\/strong><\/p>\n “These consultations aim at building additional international support for the Western Sahara negotiations in preparation for the next phase of engagement with the parties and neighbouring States, foreseen for March,” UN spokesperson Eduardo Del Buey told reporters in New York.<\/strong><\/p>\n Numerous rounds of UN-backed informal talks aimed at reaching a settlement in the Western Sahara dispute have taken place in the past few years involving delegations from the<\/strong>parties\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Morocco and the Frente Polisario\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013<\/strong>\u00a0and the neighbouring countries of Algeria and Mauritania.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ricevuta da Rasd Roma, pubblichiamo un documento delle Nazioni Unite datato 29 gennaio 2013 Scarica l’articolo in formato PDF<\/p>\n