{"id":10012,"date":"2012-04-18T04:20:26","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T02:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/s-africa-outraged-by-changes-to-un-western-sahara-report\/"},"modified":"2012-04-18T04:20:26","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T02:20:26","slug":"s-africa-outraged-by-changes-to-un-western-sahara-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/s-africa-outraged-by-changes-to-un-western-sahara-report\/","title":{"rendered":"S.Africa outraged by changes to UN Western Sahara report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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* UN changed report, Polisario blames France\/Morocco<\/span><\/p>\n

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* France denies pressured UN over Western Sahara<\/p>\n

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By Louis Charbonneau<\/p>\n

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UNITED NATIONS, April 17 (Reuters) – South Africa’s United
\nNations envoy voiced outrage on Tuesday at the watering-down of
\na U.N. report on the disputed territory of Western Sahara, which
\nthe Polisario Front independence movement says the world body
\nchanged due to French and Moroccan pressure.<\/p>\n

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“That was very deplorable,” South African Ambassador Baso
\nSangqu told reporters after a closed-door meeting of the U.N.
\nSecurity Council. “We have raised it in the council.”<\/p>\n

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Reuters has obtained all three versions of Secretary-General
\nBan Ki-moon’s report on the U.N. force in Western Sahara, known
\nas MINURSO.<\/p>\n

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“All of it (was) progressively being neutralized,” Sangqu
\nsaid of the three revisions. “We think it’s not good for the
\nsecretary-general. Not now, not on this issue, not in the
\nfuture. And I think most colleagues share this view.”<\/p>\n

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In his report, Ban complained that the U.N. force is “unable
\nto exercise fully its peacekeeping monitoring, observation and
\nreporting functions, or avail of the authority to reverse the
\nerosion” of its ability to function.<\/p>\n

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He also expressed concern about the monitoring of the force
\nby Moroccan authorities, which he said was hampering its ability
\nto function, and suggested Rabat may have been spying on the
\npeacekeepers.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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