AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoDiplomatic Momentum: Greece says it fully backs UN-led negotiations on Western Sahara based on Morocco’s autonomy plan, welcoming UN Security Council Resolution 2797 as the negotiation basis. More European Backing: Denmark also renewed its support, calling the plan “credible” and pushing expanded Morocco-Denmark cooperation in areas like water technology, renewable energy, agriculture and infrastructure. Human Rights & Monitoring: In Geneva, the Geneva Support Group for Western Sahara urged independent, impartial human rights monitoring and unrestricted OHCHR access, citing reports of arbitrary detention, torture, enforced disappearances and restrictions on expression and assembly. Climate, Energy & Rights: British and Sahrawi voices at a UN Human Rights Council side-event argued that occupation worsens climate risks and that renewable projects cannot “greenwash” dispossession or override self-determination. Water Infrastructure: Morocco is studying a third desalination unit for Laayoune, aiming to raise capacity toward 900 liters per second to meet growing demand. Resource Exploitation Watch: Western Sahara Resource Watch urged the UN to bring natural-resource exploitation firmly into the political process, warning fisheries, phosphate exports and renewable projects are reshaping the territory’s economy ahead of final status.
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