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Maseru (Lesotho) December 07, 2020 (SPS) – The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho, HE Dr. Moeketsi Majoro, stated in his statements to the AU 14th Extraordinary summit on the silencing of firearms yesterday, that “without addressing the issue of decolonization, we cannot be sure of silencing weapons in North Africa.”
“We can only silence weapons if we are able to adhere to the founding principles of both the OAU and the AU. The pinnacle of those principles is the question of self-determination. The issue of Western Sahara is nothing more than the colonial question ”, he stressed.
He regretted that the mechanism adopted by the AU during the 2018 Summit in Nouakchott had not been successful and recalled that “now we are facing a situation of war rather than peace in Western Sahara. Lesotho recommends that this august Assembly review the situation to avoid bloodshed ”.
In addition, he emphasized that Lesotho “unequivocally supports the right of the people of Western Sahara to determine their future in accordance with the decision of the Security Council on this matter,” considering that “without addressing the issue of decolonization, we cannot be sure of silencing arms in North Africa. We sincerely hope that the AU can pressure the UN Secretary General to ensure that arrangements for a referendum to test the views of the Western Sahara people on their future are carried out as soon as possible. “
He finally proposed “additional text in the Report of the Chairman of the Committee on Activities and Efforts to Silence Arms in Africa at the end of paragraph 41 (o) under the following recommendations, The Summit:
EXPRESS Deep concern over the growing military tensions between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Sahrawi Republic that have developed in Al-Guerguerat, the narrow buffer strip in Western Sahara, which has led to the violation of the 1991 ceasefire agreement , including military agreement Number 1, and the unfortunate resumption of the war; and in this context,
PETITIONS the Peace and Security Council (CPS), in accordance with the relevant provisions of its Protocol, to involve the two parties, both AU member states, to address the ongoing situation in order to prepare the conditions for a new cessation. fire and to reach a just and lasting solution to the conflict, which allows the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara in accordance with the relevant decisions and resolutions of the AU-UN and the objectives and principles of the Constitutive Act of Union. ” (SPS)
090/500/60 (SPS)
