WOMEN'S WORLDS CONGRESS 2008
Madrid, Spain
FINAL
PROPOSAL ABOUT THE SAHARAWI WOMEN
HUMAN RIGHTS IN OCCUPIED ZONES
At the
July 8th session, "Final Balance and Conclusions
of the Theme of Human Rights," participants drafted the
following proposal adopted by the Organizing Committee of
the X Interdisciplinary Women's World Congress and Teresa
Langle de Paz, General Coordinator of the Congress.
Proposal
for conclusion of Area 8: Human Rights
The
participants in the roundtable, "Human Rights in the
Occupied Zones," after having become aware of the gross
violations of human rights against the Saharawi people by
the State of Morocco, and specifically against the Saharawi
students in the universities in Morocco on the 9th
of May, 2007 and taking note of the history of oppression
and taking into account the colonial links between the State
of Spain and the Western Sahara, we request of the Plenary
of the X World Congress of Women, held with the theme
"Equality is Not a Utopia," to pronounce itself in the
following terms:
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Support on the part of the Congress the cause of the
Saharawi people.
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Request of the State of Morroco, the government of
Spain, the European Union and the United Nations, and
the Mission of the UN Commission for Refugees in the
Western Sahara so they take opportune measures for
the specific exercise of the right of the free
determination of the Saharwi people through the
referendum so that the conditions designed by the UN
Security Council are created without delay.
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Condemnation of the violations of human rights of the
Saharwi people in the occupied zones in the
Western Sahara and specifically demand of the government
of Morocco:
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Cessation of all forms of those violations as well
as provide reparation and compensation of victims.
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Unconditional liberation of political prisoners.
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Clarification of the destiny of more than 500
disappeared persons including Saharawi women.
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Recognize the significant role played by Saharawi women
in the quest for a pacific solution to the conflict that
can be lasting and just, and express our
solidarity and commitment of support at all levels,
joining hands in the claim for justice, truth and
reparations in all those local, national, regional and
international organizations that we can approach.
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Request of the UN High Commission on Human Rights the
immediate publication of the report that they did upon
their visit to the Western Sahara in May, 2006, which
they decided to maintain in confidentiality.
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Request of the government of Morocco to comply with the
recommendations of the report and if not done so, that
the UN take opportune measures to make them meet the
recommendations in the report by sanctioning them if
necessary.
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Claim
the recognition, respect, promotion and defense of
the human rights of men and women as the foundation for
a just society, free and democratic in the terms
established by the UN Declaration of Human Rights and
all other international covenants and treaties.
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Claim
the right of all of us present in the Congress
recognizing Article 28 of the Human Rights Declaration:
“Everyone is entitled to a social and international
order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this
Declaration can be fully realized."
Madrid,
Spain July 8, 2008
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