The international rights NGO, International Democratic Center (IDC), on Tuesday drew the attention of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to the critical situation of people held against their will in Tindouf camps, southwestern Algeria, for over three decades.

The delegation of the southern provinces attending the 12th session of the Council of the UN Human Rights (CHR), called on Thursday the international community to exert pressure on the Algerian government to allow international organizations conduct a census of the populations of the Tindouf camps.

A delegation of leading civil society activists has met, Tuesday, with representatives of the Spanish left-wing PSOE party in Andalusia with the main aim of showcasing the achievements made in Morocco's Southern Provinces and changing the prejudices on the Sahara issue.

The restricted informal meeting will take place as part of the implementation of theUN security council’s resolution 1871 with the participation of Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Polisario, as mentioned by the statement.

Morocco will participate, at the invitation of UN Secretary General's Personal Envoy, Christopher Ross, in a restricted informal meeting on August 9-11 in Austria, in preparation for the fifth round of negotiations on the Sahara, according to a statement by the Moroccan Foreign Ministry made on Saturday.