Voter identification process continues.The Security Council on 29 July commended the work of the Identification Commission of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO MINURSO United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara ), which was processing more than 75,000 voter application forms that had been received. In its statement (S/PRST/1994/39), the Council welcomed the goodwill shown thus far by the parties and urged them to continue to cooperate with the Secretary-General and MINURSO to ensure the earliest possible implementation of the settlement plan. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali had proposed a revised timetable for the organization of the referendum for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, scheduled to take place on 14 February 1995. According to the Secretary-General's report of 12 July (S/1994/819), the groundwork for the voter identification process had been completed, but it could not start the operation because of Morocco's concerns over the choice of two officials of the Organization of African Unity Organization of African Unity (OAU), former international organization, established 1963 at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by 37 independent African nations to promote unity and development; defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of members; eradicate all forms of (OAU OAU abbr. Organization of African Unity OAU n abbr (= Organization of African Unity) → OUA f OAU n abbr (= Organization of African Unity ) as observers. Morocco had questioned the impartiality of OAU and stated that by recognizing the so-called Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) (Arabic: الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية (SADR), OAU had already prejudged the outcome of the referendum. Morocco had also maintained that OAU could not participate in the organization of the referendum if it persisted in recognizing the SADR, the report stated. On the other hand, the Frente Popular para la Liberacion de Saguia el-Hamra y de Rio de Oro Río de O·ro The southern part of Western Sahara in northwest Africa. (Frente POLISARIO Polisario officially Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Río de Oro Sahrawi political and military group. Initially an insurgent against Spanish control of Western Sahara, it turned to agitation against Morocco and Mauritania when the ) had stressed that the identification operation could only begin with an OAU presence. The Secretary-General said he intended to recommend that the transitional period should start on 1 October and end with the proclamation of the referendum results. As soon as possible, after 1 October, prisoners-of-war would be exchanged, amnesties for political prisoners and returnees proclaimed, and all political prisoners and detainees released. By 15 December, the reduction of Moroccan forces in the Territory was to be completed and all laws or measures that could obstruct the conduct of a free and fair referendum were to be suspended, according to the report. And on 15 December, the repatriation Repatriation The process of converting a foreign currency into the currency of one's own country. Notes: If you are American, converting British Pounds back to U.S. dollars is an example of repatriation. programme was to begin and the paramilitary units in the existing police forces neutralized. The referendum campaign was to begin on 25 January 1995. After consultations with the Secretary-General, the Chairman of the OAU had provided "a unique and indivisible INDIVISIBLE. That which cannot be separated. 2. It is important to ascertain when a consideration or a contract, is or is not indivisible. When a consideration is entire and indivisible, and it is against law, the contract is void in toto. 11 Verm. 592; 2 W. list" of four OAU observers. |
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