The persistence of the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara "hinders increased integration of the Maghreb which is becoming more essential than ever," Burundi said Friday before the 4th Committee of the United Nations General Assembly.

Benin reaffirmed, Tuesday before the Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, its support for the Moroccan autonomy initiative "which aims to reach a negotiated and mutually acceptable, realistic, pragmatic and durable political solution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara.

The affection and special attention HM King Mohammed VI pays to the southern provinces are the guarantors of their bright future, underlined Ambassador Jean Paul Carteron, founding president of the Crans Montana Forum.

Djibouti welcomed, before the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly, the Moroccan autonomy initiative as a political solution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara.

The European Union (EU) reiterated, Friday before the 4th Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, its call for the census by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) of the population of the Tindouf camps, in Algeria, as repeatedly requested by the Security Council.