28.01 - 2010 06:18 Since July 2009, a legal opinion written by the European Parliament’s legal service has been held outside of public knowledge. The extraordinary text concludes that the EU fisheries in Western Sahara under its current shape must stop.
Demonstration against Australian plunder firm27.12 - 2009 The Australian fertilizer producer Incitec Pivot imports phosphate from occupied Western Sahara in violation of international law. Australian Council of Trade Unions, and Australia Western Sahara Association protested at the company's annual general meeting. Read more
IPL claims not responsible27.12 - 2009 Australian phosphate importer Incitec Pivot said at its recent Annual General Meeting that the UN is responsible for the Western Sahara issue, not the company. Simultaneously, they defended their imports which are taking place in violation of the UN's legal opinion and over 100 UN resolutions. Read more
One more Colombian import10.12 - 2009 The fertilizer producer Monomeros in Colombia has received yet another shipment of phosphates from occupied Western Sahara. Read more
16.11 - 2009 "It is a violation of international law for the natural resources of Western Sahara to be exploited in this way. But the EU continues to buy permits from Morocco for EU fishing vessels which allows them to fish in Western Saharan waters. The people of Western Sahara have never given their permission for this to happen", stated MEP Jill Evans in a press release.
Western Sahara human rights activist Aminatou Haidar hopes for increased attention to the EU plundering of occupied Western Sahara.Read more
International campaign to stop illegal EU fisheries 06.11 - 2009 Today an international campaign was launched to make the EU withdraw its vessels from the waters offshore the occupied territory of Western Sahara. Press release, 6 November 2009.Read more
WSRW repeats question to USTDA04.11 - 2009 WSRW and Defense Forum Foundation repeats question to the USTDA as to what is being done to prevent US funds from being used by the Moroccan government in Western Sahara.Read more
28.10 - 2009 While the EU has stopped fisheries partnership in Guinea due to violence in the country, the EU continues to pay Morocco to fish in occupied Western Sahara.
Phasing out phosphate imports23.10 - 2009 An Australian fertilizer firm has announced a phasing out of phosphate imports from occupied Western Sahara. Norwatch recently wrote that the Norwegian Government’s pension fund was part owner in the company’s mother firm, Wesfarmers. Norwatch, 23 October 2009.Read more
"There is no economic activity in Western Sahara"22.10 - 2009 In this video, recorded 28 september 2009, the former Spanish prime minister Felipe Gonzalez, claims that there is currently no plunder of Western Sahara - since there is "no economic activity" taking place there. He also claims that the area used to be part of Morocco before the occupation in 1975. Read more
Irish plunderers to merge19.10 - 2009 The two Irish oil companies that are looking for oil in occupied Western Sahara are about to merge. The firms are undermining international law.Read more
14.10 - 2009 In a statement last week, the EU Commission again omitted a central point from the UN opinion on natural resources in Western Sahara : the Sahrawis’ wishes.
PCS took in another shipment14.10 - 2009 The Louisiana fertiliser company PCS has this week-end received a huge shipload of phosphate rock from occupied Western Sahara. A smaller shipment to Colombia took place last month. Read more
WSRW calls for UN plunder observation 14.10 - 2009 At the UN Fourth Committee on Decolonization held in New York on 6-12 October, WSRW called for the United Nations to send a Mission of Observation to Western Sahara, to monitor the natural resource exploitation from the territory. Read more
Dependent on Western Sahara 10.10 - 2009 The fertiliser producer Incitec Pivot states in Australian Farm Journal that they are fully dependent on phosphate from occupied Western Sahara. Read more
Norwatch: Rich on Plunder09.10 - 2009 The Norwegian Government Pension Fund has invested billions of Norwegian kroners in companies that participate in the plunder of Western Sahara. An examination carried out by Norwatch shows that Pension Fund companies are behind two-thirds of all phosphate purchases in the occupied country. Norwatch, 06 October 2009. Read more
Morocco occupies the major part of its neighbouring country, Western Sahara. Entering into business deals with Moroccan companies or authorities in the occupied territories gives an impression of political legitimacy to the occupation. It also gives job opportunities to Moroccan settlers and income to the Moroccan government. Western Sahara Resource Watch demands foreign companies leave Western Sahara until a solution to the conflict is found.
