The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, began, on Tuesday, consultations with members of the Security Council, in order to appoint Staffan de Mistura, Italian-Swedish diplomat, as his Personal Envoy for the Moroccan Sahara, MAP learned from diplomatic sources.

The Moroccan delegation to the 45th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva on Tuesday exposed the untruths and fallacious theses advanced by a group hostile to the territorial integrity of the Kingdom, whose members are themselves pinned and blamed for abuses and serious violations in the field of human rights.

Congolese newspaper "Forum des As" highlighted the voter turnout of the populations of Morocco's southern provinces in the general elections of September 8, stating that "the high turnout is a further proof of their attachment to the Kingdom and its territorial integrity."

The results of the elections held by Morocco, specifically the turnout in the southern provinces, "reflect the attachment of the people of the Sahara to the unity of the Kingdom, under the same flag," said the prominent Paraguayan political analyst, Ignacio Martinez.

Some 1,987 candidates in the province of Oued Eddahab are running to win 161 seats in the legislative, regional and communal elections, according to data provided by local authorities.