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Next year will mark the 30th anniversary of the AIDS epidemic. This milestone offers a moment to reflect -- and to renew our resolve.

On 8 April 2010, MINURSO (UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) celebrated the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action with a specific programme organized by the MACC (Mine Action…

On 31 March at MINURSO HQ, Laayoune, was held the Senior national Officer Conference. The Conference was chaired by the Force Commander Major-General Zhao and inaugurated by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General…

Conference of Information, Plans and Operations On 4 March at MINURSO HQ, Laayoune, was held the G-2/G-3 Conference. The Conference chaired by the Force Commander Major-General Zhao and inaugurated by the Special…

Farewell ceremony for Staff Member who retires from UN On 25 February 2010 Mr. Bassam Matar left the UN after 40 years of duty. In this occasion the SRSG for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO, Mr. Hany Abdelaziz, in occasion…

Visit on the SRSG Hany Abdel Aziz to the Team Sites of Agwanit and Awsard On 15 and 16 December the SRSG Hany Abdel Aziz, accompained by the Force Commander Maj Gen. Jinming Zhao, visited the Team Sites of Agwanit and Awsard…

On 5 February 2010 the Secretary General's Special Representative for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO, Mr. Hany Abdel Aziz, accompanied by the Force Commander, Major General Jiming Zhao, and the presence of all personnel…

The Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Western Sahara, Alvaro de Soto, will be received by H.M. King Mohammed VI and senior Moroccan officials on 6-7 September 2004. He will be received by the leadership of the…

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara has welcomed the announcement yesterday by the Frente POLISARIO that it intends to free 100 Moroccan prisoners of war. A UN spokesman in New York said the mission…

The Frente POLISARIO announced on 21 June 2004 its decision to release 100 Moroccan prisoners of war. The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) welcomes this announcement, and expresses its…

Two groups of Saharans will today see their relatives for the first time in 25 years after MINURSO starts family visit programme.

LAAYOUNE, Western Sahara, March 5 (UNHCR) – Forty Western Saharans joyfully embraced their loved ones for the first time in decades as UN agencies today started family visits through weekly shuttle flights between Algeria and…