No state in the world has recognised the Moroccan annexation of Western Sahara. Still, the EU is paying millions of Euros annually to the Government of Morocco to allow EU vessels to fish in the waters of Western Sahara. The EU fisheries activities in Western Sahara must immediately come to an end.
Morocco continues to refuse to cooperate with the decolonization process in Western Sahara, thereby defying more than 100 UN resolutions that insist on the Saharawi people’s right to self-determination. Simultaneously, Moroccan authorities commit human rights violations against Sahrawis who voice their political views. No EU states, nor the UN, recognise the Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara.
In this context, cooperating with Morocco in exploiting Western Sahara’s natural resources is highly unethical, and clearly jeopardizes the UN’s efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict.
According to the UN, the natural resources in Western Sahara cannot be exploited without regard to the wishes and interests of the people of the territory. However, the EU is transferring European taxpayers’ money to the Government of Morocco for access to Western Saharan waters, without even consulting the Sahrawi people.
The EU has the legal and moral obligation to stop subverting the UN peace process in Western Sahara, by respecting the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination over their land and their resources.
We urge the European Commission to put an immediate stop to the granting of all licenses to EU vessels fishing in Western Saharan waters, and we demand that no further EU fisheries operations take place in Western Sahara until a peaceful solution to the conflict has been found.
Yours sincerely,
Sign the petition!
The petition was published on 06.11.2009 and has now 10545 signatures.
The following individuals and organisations have signed the petition
Organisations (518):
[ 1 ] 2 3 4 Next A.I.S.O.C (comunidad Saharaui en Gran Canaria), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria(España) Iniciativa Solidaria Internacionalista, Spain ASOCIACION DE AYUDA AL PUEBLO SARARAUI DE ALZIRA, ESPAÑA baix penedes amb el SAHARA, españa Association Solidarité Enfants Sahraouis (Solensahr), FRANCE BIR LEHLU, ASOCIACION AYUDA PUEBLO SAHARAUI, España Sindicato Andaluz de Trabajadores, Sanlucar de Barrameda, España www.bentayga.org, Canarias Asociación de Amigos del Pueblo Saharaui de Guadalajara, España Al-Haima, Spain CGT LA PALMA, CANARIAS ESPAÑA Meatzalde Bizirik, País Vasco Asociación de Inmigrantes Saharauis en canarias, españa Asociacion de jovenes saharauis en canarias, España Asociación Ecologista Solidaria "Kima Berdea", País Vasco
Individuals:
Latest signatures (Total 10545):
[ 1 ] 2 3 4 Next 09.02.2010 : Mercedes Encinas Ayuso, España 09.02.2010 : María Luz Esteban Galarza, España 09.02.2010 : Rosa Gulías Aramburu, País Vasco 09.02.2010 : Alejandro José Comino Almagro, Spain 08.02.2010 : Suvi Weckman, Finland 08.02.2010 : Antonio Amaya Moreno, España 08.02.2010 : Soledad Quer Moya, España 08.02.2010 : marianne svantesson, Sweden 08.02.2010 : katarina svantesson, Sweden 08.02.2010 : Rafael Lacalle, Spain 08.02.2010 : Andrea Hurtig, Sweden 08.02.2010 : Ros Anning, England 08.02.2010 : Kjell Dahlström, Sweden 08.02.2010 : Jean-MarieSimon, Belgique 08.02.2010 : ali, 08.02.2010 : Francisco, Spain 08.02.2010 : Juan Antonio Gilabert Santos, Spain 08.02.2010 : Alejandro García Pascual, España 08.02.2010 : Aitana Gea Neuhaus, España 08.02.2010 : José Antonio Cabrera Oliva, Spain 08.02.2010 : emilio garcia martin, españa 08.02.2010 : Carrillo Rubio, Pedro, España 08.02.2010 : José Ramón Heredia Ranz, España 08.02.2010 : Agneta Anderson, Sweden 08.02.2010 : Embarka Hamoudi, Sahara Occidental 08.02.2010 : leocadio fernandez garcia, 08.02.2010 : PEDRO SANCHEZ-PALOMO RECIO, ESPAÑA 08.02.2010 : talha, Sahara Occidental 08.02.2010 : lgalia, sahara occidental 07.02.2010 : DIEGO CAMACHO LÓPEZ-ESCOBAR, ESPAÑA
Parliamentarians (118):
[ 1 ] 2 3 4 Next salek babih, western sahara adlene gunner , algeria Lucio J Savio , Timor Leste My Carlsson, Sweden Tiago Renato Cruz da Costa Pires, Portugal Miquel Àngel LLAUGER, Illes Balears, Spain Nieves Ibeas, Aragón,, España Adolfo Barrena Salces, Aragón, España Willy Meyer, MEP IU España, España Suelma Emhamed Beiruk, SAHARA OCCIDENTAL parlamiento sahraoui , western sahara Zawi Brahim El Jalil, Western Sahara makhtar ben mohamed ben lahbib, BEAUCHAMP Charles Conseiller Général du NORD (France) Président de la Commission Environnement , FRANCE BENLAKEHAL MASSINISSA, ALGERIA
The EU is paying Morocco to fish in occupied Western Sahara. The EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement is both politically controversial and in violation of international law.
The international Fish Elsewhere! campaign demands the EU to cancel its highly unethical operations, and go fishing somewhere else. No fishing in Western Sahara should take place until the conflict is solved.
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