Arabic News Weekly Edition for Algeria, 1/13/2003
Weekly Edition, Algeria - Week of January 13, 2003
- Baker to request extension of MINURSO mandate
James Baker, personal envoy of the United Nations Secretary General for the Sahara, said Thursday he will request to the UN Security Council to extend the mandate of MINURSO (French acronym for the UN Mission for the holding of referendum in the Sahara), Algerian news agency (APS) reports. Algeria-Morocco, Politics, 1/18/2003 - UN envoy for Sahara says he delivered new initiative for political settlement of Sahara issue
It is now clear that when Algeria and Spain keep on kindling this artificial conflict, they are, in fact, delaying a whole package of multilateral progress, the only factor likely to put the Mediterranean region on the track of growth, development and prosperity. Since the time when Baker was entrusted with this issue, we will not dare to say that he does not know the reality of facts, the paper concludes. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 1/16/2003 - Le Point: Al-Ammari: Algeria is under an embargo for terrorism fighting means
The Algerian army chief of staff Lt. Gen. Muhammad al-Ammari said, in an interview with the French magazine Le Point, that his country is subjected to an "actual embargo for terrorism fighting means," noting that there is "a problem" in its relations with the French politicians. He also indicated the possibility of Algeria's request for an asylum seeking request from the Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Algeria-France, Politics, 1/16/2003 - Morocco says it will constructively study Baker's proposals
Moroccan Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister, Mohamed Benaissa, on Tuesday said Morocco will study "in a constructive spirit" the proposals made by James Baker, Personal Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General for the Sahara. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 1/15/2003 - Sahrawi association decries human rights violations by Polisario
A Sahrawi Association has sent an open letter to James Baker, Personal Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General for the Sahara, attracting his attention to the serious human rights violations committed by the Polisario leadership in the Tindouf camps, south-western Algeria. Morocco-Algeria, Politics, 1/14/2003