The President of the Chilean Senate, Mr. Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, said that the Moroccan autonomy initiative in the southern provinces "is very objective for a way-out to the Sahara issue".

The foreign affairs and regional cooperation minister of Burkina fasso Mr Djibrill Yipene Bassole, reiterated on Tuesday the conviction of his country that “ a negotiable political solution only will allow putting an end to the Sahara question” he congratulated Morocco for its efforts to initiate talks about this issue  .

The high commissioner of the United Nations for refugees Mr Antonio Guterres asserted that “without any political commitment, refugees will never see the end of their sufferings” underlining that “when we visit refugee camp in Sudan, Nepal, Kenya, or when we travel to Tindouf in Algeria, it appears clear that we have to go beyond the commitments, in order to improve the living conditions on the camps”

 President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi of Mauritania said his country "was pleased with the steps made recently in the Sahara issue with the return to direct negotiations."

The tragedy of the Tindouf camps population requires special attention from the Human Rights Council

  Ms. Saadani Maoulainain said on Monday in Geneva that the tragedy of people detained for more than thirty years in the Tindouf camps, victims of violations of human rights committed by Polisario require special attention from the Human Rights Council"