2024-05-04 11:45:04
The participants in this meeting, organized at the initiative of the history department of the polydisciplinary faculty of Taza and the Afro-Mediterranean center for reflection and legal and socio-economic studies in partnership with the provincial council of Taza under the theme “The Moroccan Sahara between history and law”, indicated that the legal and historical legitimacy of Morocco over its Sahara is enshrined by legal evidence and historical documents.
In this context, the vice-dean of the polydisciplinary faculty of Taza, Abdelouahed Boubria, underlined the importance of strengthening advocacy in favor of the territorial integrity of the Kingdom through the mobilization of intellectuals and elites by informing citizens about the national question in terms of history and law in such a way as to contribute to the emergence of a generation capable of bearing the historical responsibility for the defense of the unity and territorial integrity of the Kingdom.
For his part, the Algerian journalist and political activist, Oualid Kebir welcomed the adoption of the recent resolution of the UN Security Council on the Moroccan Sahara which defines the parameters for resolving this issue, emphasizing, for his part, same occasion, the need to find “a political solution to the question of the Moroccan Sahara which has lasted too long and which hinders the construction of the Maghreb Union”.
The head of the history department at the Faculty of Taza, Ahmed Icherkhane explained that the legal and historical links between Morocco and its Sahara are confirmed by legal arguments and historical documents, including the judgment of the International Court of Justice and the texts of the oath of allegiance, which is considered a pact between the nation and the sultans and sovereigns of the Moroccan state.
He continued that the links between Morocco and its southern regions are also confirmed by genealogy, given that most of the Sahrawi tribes are linked to the Idrissids (Machichiyine, Aroussiyine and Sbaâyine).
The conference program included debates on two axes: “The Moroccan Sahara and historical legitimacy” and “The legal legitimacy of Morocco’s sovereignty over the southern provinces”.
2024-05-04 11:45:04