MINURSO suspends identification operations for a week following king's demise
Morocco, Politics, 7/27/1999

Following the death of king Hassan II last Friday, the UN mission supervising the referendum in the Sahara (MINURSO) decided to suspend for a week all identification and appeals operations of persons entitled to vote in the self-determination referendum the UN is planning to hold in the Sahara by July 2000.

A statement released by the MINURSO says the identification commission will resume its activities as of August 2.

The identification commission published by mid-July the provisional lists of persons entitled to participate in the referendum to determine whether the Sahara --a former Spanish colony retrieved by Morocco in 1975 under the Madrid Accords-- sets up on its own or remains part of Morocco.

The commission has so far identified some 84,251 eligible voters.

Previous Stories:
  Interior minister urges Sahrawis rejected from referendum identification to lodge appeals   (7/23/1999)
  Moroccan official party visits UN identification center in Laayoune   (7/22/1999)
  Some 25,000 people celebrate Morocco's success after publishing of MINURSO's provisional lists   (7/21/1999)

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