In his reply to the representative of Algeria, within the framework of the 14th session of the UN Council of Human Rights (CHR), Mr. Hilale regretted that the Algerian delegation tried once again to mislead the Council, citing the right to self-determination of a so-called "people of Western Sahara".
The truth is that there are Moroccan populations who live peacefully in the Sahara cities and, on the other hand, members of their families kidnapped for more than three decades in Tindouf camps on Algerian territory, "he said.
Thereafter, the Moroccan diplomat wondered what right to self-determination Algeria speaks about while it deprives these families sequestered in Tindouf of their most basic rights: free movement, association or leaving the camps Tindouf to Morocco or to the destination of their choice.
What right to self-determination Algeria speaks about while its deprives its Kabylie population to fully enjoy their cultural and linguistic specificities, he questioned?, Before raising the double standard applied by Algiers on its own local populations, particularly in Kabylie, who have the right to live in the exclusion of cultural aspiration like the other people in the world and in accordance with UN standards.
Mr. Hilale also expressed his surprise to see Algeria claim the right to self-determination in the Sahara and ignore the other non autonomous territories, wondering where Algeria goes when the Committee of 24 meets annually to discuss self-determination in the 15 non autonomous territories under this UN body?.
He questioned: How can human rights with their nobility match such political pronouncements, such a manipulation and its outrageous interpretations of these rights?
The Moroccan ambassador concluded that Algeria exploits the principle of self-determination to conceal the serious daily violations of human rights in Algeria, as, he said, was evidenced by numerous reports of UN mechanisms and international NGOs, including Amnesty International’s report on Algeria.
He added that Algeria is hiding behind the principle of self-determination to escape its own international responsibilities in the creation and persistence of the Sahara issue, and vis-à-vis the Moroccan population sequestered in Tindouf camps.
Algeria blocks all UN efforts to reach a negotiated political solution to this problem, based on the Moroccan autonomy initiative for the Sahara, qualified by thr Security Council in the last five resolutions as serious and credibly, the Moroccan diplomat stressed.
According to him, the true right to self-determination is enforced by thousands of men, women and children in the camps of Tindouf who chose to return to the motherland, Morocco, risking their lives and leaving part of their families as hostages in the camps.
The real self-determination," he said, is exercised daily by those fleeing the hell of Tindouf to regain freedom in Morocco, whose number exceeded 500 people only over the last month.
Source: MAP
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