| Links to other sites |
There is a wealth of information about Western Sahara available on the web.
| Sites dedicated to Western Sahara |
www.arso.org
The
source for reference material, often in French and Spanish as well as English,
also for breaking news. Contains an unmatched archive of documents, especially
relating to the UN.
www.awsa-westernsahara.org
Website of Australian campaign group with an excellent
overview sheet.
www.birdhso.org
Site of the very active human rights network BIRDHSO (Bureau for the Respect
of Human Rights in Western Sahara). Currently mostly French language, but if
you can't read French you can always look in the "Galerie" at the
pictures taken inside Moroccan prisons!
www.euskalnet.net/gorkafm/archivo.htm
Collection of photos
spanning decades from photographer Gorka Fernandez (Spanish language site)
International
Court of Justice landmark ruling 1975
Text of the ruling of the ICJ of October 16th 1975, which definitively established
that Western Sahara was not part of Morocco, and that the Western Sahara case
was a problem of decolonisation which should be resolved through the free and
fair expression of the will of the inhabitants of the territory - which at that
time did not include any Moroccan settlers.
www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/minurso/
Official site of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, MINURSO
www.oneworld.org/guides/sahara.index
Pages
on the well-known oneworld site, including a gallery of vivid paintings by Saharawi
refugee children. News section now out of date, but gives good background info.
www.house.gov/pitts/sahara.htm
Homepage of US Congressman
Pitts, including info on US campaigning, background info and a photographic
tour of the refugee camps.
richardknight.homestead.com/files/richardknight.htm
US site covering Western Sahara among other international justice issues. Includes
pages dedicated to role of US oil company Kerr-McGee.
www.saharamarathon.org/
Ultra-athletic madness
taking place annually in the refugee camps!
www.spsrasd.info/index.htm
Site of the Saharawi Press Service, the media agency based in the refugee camps,
which has recently launched an English language service.
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/Sahara-Update/
Newsgroup site - contains useful document archive and further links. Sign up
for frequent email updates and excellent photo/image archive.
www.wsahara.net
Well-presented US website with excellent background information sections and
English language news
| Other relevant sites |
www.amnesty.org
Check out the urgent actions section, and also a number of excellent
reports on Morocco and Western Sahara
www.caat.org.uk
UK Campaign Against the Arms Trade, who among other things monitor sales of
UK arms abroad to regimes involved in human rights abuses and violations of
international law... like the government of Morocco.
www.corporatewatch.org.uk
UK site of international monitor of multinational companies. Try looking up
TotalFinaElf.
www.hrw.org/
US-based global human rights monitor Human Rights Watch published a report in
the mid-90s that helped alert the wider world to Morocco's attempts to bury
the referendum process
www.kerr-mcgee.com/
Homepage of Kerr-McGee Corporation, US oil company involved in prospecting for
oil offshore Western Sahara by agreement with the Moroccan government
www.publishwhatyoupay.org/
International platform of NGOs campaigning against corruption
and for greater transparency from multinational companies involved in natural
resource extraction
www.tgsnopec.no/whatsnew/newsframe_Update_Western_Sahara.htm
Press release from the Norwegian survey company renouncing all further work
in occupied Western Sahara following the political storm that blew up around
their initial survey work for Kerr-McGee and TotalFinaElf
www.total.com/ho/en/index.htm
English language homepage of Total Group, French oil company (merger of Total,
Fina and Elf) that together with Kerr-McGee Corporation is prospecting for oil
offshore Western Sahara by agreement with the Moroccan government. Total and
Elf have an infamously murky history around the world, see also Corporate Watch
(above) and the (French-language) "TotalFinaElf ne
doit pas faire la loi" group - collectif-tfe.cedetim.org/
www.un.org/Docs/sc
Site of the UN Security Council
www.waronwant.org
Campaigning UK NGO that has a long history of working with the Saharawi
people
