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“Quel rôle peuvent encore jouer les Nations unies au Sahara Occidental” (0h13) – 19.01.2022
Abstract
• CONTENT : Brief overview of the discussed topics
The UN Secretary-General’s new Personal Envoy for Western Sahara has visited the region in recent days. The context is unprecedented, and the obstacles to relaunching dialogue are numerous, given that the ceasefire between Morocco and the Polisario Front has been lifted since November 2021.
• SPEAKER : Specialist in international relations
To talk about it: Meriem Naïli, PhD student in International Relations at the University of Exeter in England, member of the steering committee of OUISO, the international university observatory for Western Sahara. Meriem Naïli is completing a thesis on the absence of human rights mechanisms within MINURSO.
To find out more about the speaker, visit her presentation page.
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