Morocco's permanent representative to the UN office at Geneva, Ambassador Omar Hilale said that Algeria violates all international protection principles in the camps of Tindouf (south-west).Speaking at a meeting held as part of 51st session of the UNHCR's Executive Committee, Hilale expressed Morocco’s full commitment to the 1951 convention relating to the status of refugees.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Taib Fassi Fihri tackled Wednesday during the weekly session of oral questions at the House of Representatives the latest developments in the process of informal talks, in particular the 7th round.

The Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs participates in the 17th session of the Council of Human Rights, held in Geneva from May 30 to June 17, 2011.

The 7th round of informal talks on the Sahara will be held from 5 to 7 June in Manhasset in the suburbs of New York. The UN spokesman Martin Nesirky, who announced the meeting on Thursday at the invitation of the Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General, Christopher Ross, said that Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and Polisario will attend the meeting.

The Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mrs. Latifa Akharbach, called on Algeria on Wednesday, during her speech at the opening session of the ministerial summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, to get engaged in negotiations on the Sahara to reach a political solution to the Sahara.