The participation rate in the elections, which reached 76 pc in the southern provinces in free and transparent elections, as attested by the international community, reflects Saharawi people's attachment to Morocco, said parliamentarian and member of the Royal Advisory Council  of Saharan Affairs (CORCAS), Ahmed Lakhrif.

Papua New Guinea stressed, before the 4th Commission of the UN General Assembly, that the autonomy plan, presented by Morocco in 2007, constitutes an "initiative in the right direction"  to solve the conflict of the Moroccan Sahara.

The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) reaffirmed, Monday before the UN 4th Committee, its firm support for efforts meant to achieve a mutually acceptable political solution to the issue of the Moroccan Sahara.

The chairman of the Royal Advisory Council on Saharan Affairs, Khalihenna Ould Errachid, met on 28 September 2017 with Gloria Del Carmen Young, Ambassador of the Republic of Panama to the Kingdom of Morocco.

The Royal Advisory Council on Saharan Affairs participated in the Moroccan delegation September 21, 2017, in the session of the adoption of the final document resulting from the universal periodic review concerning Morocco, which took place in Geneva.