Western Sahara

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Western Sahara

• By
• Martine Chenhall
• Jill Constantine

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Who ?

• Special Representative of the
• Secretary-General
• Julian Harston (United Kingdom)
• Force Commander Major
• General Kurt Mosgaard
• (Denmark)

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Who? Continued

• A total of 229 uniformed personal including
• 28 troops
• 6 police officers
• 195 military observers
• Supported by 100 international civilian personal
• 137 local civilian staff
• 24 United Nations Volunteers

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Who? Continued

• Some Countries that have supported the cause by
  contributing some of there military personal are
  Austria, Egypt, France, Poland, and Italy just to
  name a few. Over 26 have contributed there
  military personal.
• Fatalities- 5 military personal, 1 police
  officer, 1 military observer, 2 international
  civilian personnel, and 5 local civilian
  personnel making a total of 14.

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What is happening?

• September 1991 Morocco and the Frente deployed
  POLISARIO and MINURSO to monitor the ceasefire
  and to organize referendums (ask questions and
  allow the people of Sahara to vote on it)
• There is a referendum happening in Western Sahara
  that is causing the people to choose between
  independence and integration with Morocco.
• Now the UN is trying to help the people of the
  territory (Western Sahara) to decide on
  territorys future status.
• Before the UN stepped in to help this conflict it
  had been happening for 30 years, and that
  includes 16 years of war.
• MINURSO

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Where is all of this happening?

• The location if this event is in the Western
  Sahara desert (use to be a Spanish colony).
• Western Sahara is a territory on the west coast
  of the continent of Africa beside Morocco,
  Mauritania and Algeria. Morocco and Mauritania
  both own for territory in the desert.
• The main headquarters for this event is Laayoune,
  Western Sahara.

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Map of Western Sahara
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When?

• 29th of April in 1991 to present is when the
  referendum started.
• A 30 years if conflict
• A 16 year war

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Why is this happening???

• The reason why this referendum is happening is
  because morocco wants the land that they claim
  as there's and wants it for there own and the
  people of Western Sahara want to decide on there
  own future.

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Random Facts
The red line is the berm wall

• During the 16 years of war
• Morocco Built a sand wall
• in Western Sahara called
• the berm. It is 2000 km long and is still
  there today. Both Morocco and Frente POLISARIO.

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Bibliography

• http//www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/minurso/inde
  x.html
• http//www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/minurso/MINU
  RSO.pdf
• http//www.un.org/av/photo/subjects/minurso.htm
• http//www.minurso.unlb.org/