A report from the Association of the Bar of the City of New York urges the UN to investigate Morocco's plunder of natural resources in Western Sahara.
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, organising over 23000 New York lawyers, has after 16 months of research and analysis published in April 2011 a "Report on Legal Issues Involved in the Western Sahara Dispute: Use of Natural Resources".
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"Assuming the legal status most favorable to the Moroccan position – that is, treating Morocco as an administering power in the territory – to the extent Morocco is using natural resources located within the territory of Western Sahara, unless such use is in consultation with and to the direct benefit of the people of Western Sahara, Morocco’s use of the natural resources of the territory constitutes a violation of international law", the report reads.
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