NATIONS UNIES, le 21 Mars (Reuters)
Selon un porte - parole de l' ONU :
Le Maroc a demandé aux Nations Unies de fermer un bureau de liaison militaire.
«MINURSO a ... a reçu une demande de fermer son bureau de liaison militaire à Dakhla dans les prochains jours, ce qui serait la première demande visant directement la composante militaire", a déclaré le porte-parole de l'ONU Farhan Haq aux journalistes.
«Il n'y a aucune raison, aucune, pour cette escalade," at-il dit, ajoutant qu'il serait un mauvais précédent pour d'autres missions si un seul État membre a été autorisé à interférer avec une opération de maintien de la paix..........
Morocco asks UN to shut military office in Western Sahara
UNITED NATIONS, March 21 (Reuters) - Morocco has asked the United Nations to close a military liaison office in the disputed territory of Western Sahara as a spat between Rabat and the U.N. chief over his recent remarks escalates, a U.N. spokesman said on Monday.
Dozens of U.N. international staffers pulled out of their Western Sahara mission, known as MINURSO, on Sunday after Morocco demanded they leave after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon used the term "occupation" during a recent visit to the region.
"MINURSO has ... received a request to close its military liaison office in Dakhla in the coming days, which would be the first request directly targeting the military component," U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters.
"There is no reason, none, for this escalation," he said, adding it would set a bad precedent for other missions if a single member state was permitted to interfere with a peacekeeping operation.
Without a properly functioning peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara, Haq said there was a risk of a resumption of tensions and possibly even conflict.
Ban was meeting with Security Council members on Monday and he would raise Western Sahara, Haq said.
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric chided the council on Friday for not taking a strong stand in the dispute.
The controversy over Ban's comments is Morocco's worst dispute with the United Nations since 1991, when the U.N. brokered a ceasefire to end a war over the Western Sahara and established the mission.
Selon un porte - parole de l' ONU :
Le Maroc a demandé aux Nations Unies de fermer un bureau de liaison militaire.
«MINURSO a ... a reçu une demande de fermer son bureau de liaison militaire à Dakhla dans les prochains jours, ce qui serait la première demande visant directement la composante militaire", a déclaré le porte-parole de l'ONU Farhan Haq aux journalistes.
«Il n'y a aucune raison, aucune, pour cette escalade," at-il dit, ajoutant qu'il serait un mauvais précédent pour d'autres missions si un seul État membre a été autorisé à interférer avec une opération de maintien de la paix..........
Morocco asks UN to shut military office in Western Sahara
UNITED NATIONS, March 21 (Reuters) - Morocco has asked the United Nations to close a military liaison office in the disputed territory of Western Sahara as a spat between Rabat and the U.N. chief over his recent remarks escalates, a U.N. spokesman said on Monday.
Dozens of U.N. international staffers pulled out of their Western Sahara mission, known as MINURSO, on Sunday after Morocco demanded they leave after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon used the term "occupation" during a recent visit to the region.
"MINURSO has ... received a request to close its military liaison office in Dakhla in the coming days, which would be the first request directly targeting the military component," U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters.
"There is no reason, none, for this escalation," he said, adding it would set a bad precedent for other missions if a single member state was permitted to interfere with a peacekeeping operation.
Without a properly functioning peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara, Haq said there was a risk of a resumption of tensions and possibly even conflict.
Ban was meeting with Security Council members on Monday and he would raise Western Sahara, Haq said.
U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric chided the council on Friday for not taking a strong stand in the dispute.
The controversy over Ban's comments is Morocco's worst dispute with the United Nations since 1991, when the U.N. brokered a ceasefire to end a war over the Western Sahara and established the mission.
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