{"id":185162,"date":"2020-02-06T01:46:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T00:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/intifadhasahraouie.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/03\/moroccoleaks-m-ross-repond-aux-rumeurs-sur-sa-pretendu-demission"},"modified":"2020-02-06T01:46:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T00:46:00","slug":"moroccoleaks-m-ross-repond-aux-rumeurs-sur-sa-pretendu-demission-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/xnalgrt.cluster100.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/2020\/02\/06\/moroccoleaks-m-ross-repond-aux-rumeurs-sur-sa-pretendu-demission-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Ross r\u00e9pond aux rumeurs sur sa pr\u00e9tendue d\u00e9mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Tags : Sahara Occidental, Maroc, Christopher Ross, ONU,<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selon Alifpost, l&#8217;Envoy\u00e9 Personnel de l&#8217;ONU pour le Sahara Occidental, Christopher Ross, a l&#8217;intention de jeter l&#8217;\u00e9ponge. D&#8217;apr\u00e8s Abderrazak Laassel, repr\u00e9sentant permanent adjoint du Maroc aupr\u00e8s de l\u2019ONU \u00e0 New York, la question a \u00e9t\u00e9 pos\u00e9e lors du briefing quotidien de l&#8217;ONU le 4 ao\u00fbt, et la r\u00e9ponse du porte-parole a \u00e9t\u00e9 beaucoup plus courte. &#8220;Nous avons vu ces rapports m\u00e9diatiques sur l&#8217;envoy\u00e9 personnel du Secr\u00e9taire G\u00e9n\u00e9ral pour le Sahara Occidental. Ces rapports n&#8217;ont aucun fondement. M. Ross, l&#8217;Ambassadeur Ross, poursuit ses consultations avec les parties, \u00e0 la fois sur leurs pr\u00e9occupations \u00e9videmment, mais aussi sur le calendrier de sa prochaine visite dans la r\u00e9gion&#8221;, pr\u00e9cise le resposable onusien. &#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En r\u00e9ponse \u00e0 ces all\u00e9gations, Ross a envoy\u00e9 un email au SG du MAE marocain, Nasser Bourita. &#8220;L&#8217;article le plus r\u00e9cent qui est paru \u00e0 mon sujet dans la version arabe d&#8217;AlifPost est une pure invention. Je n&#8217;ai absolument pas l&#8217;intention de d\u00e9missionner, et les pr\u00e9tendues sources de l&#8217;Union europ\u00e9enne d&#8217;al-Quds al-`Arabi\/AlifPost se trompent \u00e0 cent pour cent sur ce point !&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dans un autre courrier re\u00e7u par Bourita, Ross pr\u00e9cise qu&#8217;il n&#8217;est &#8220;pas au courant d&#8217;un quelconque effort au sein du Secr\u00e9tariat pour g\u00e9n\u00e9rer des questions et des r\u00e9ponses visant \u00e0 faire pression sur le Maroc. Apr\u00e8s plusieurs s\u00e9ries de sp\u00e9culations, d&#8217;abord dans la presse marocaine, puis plus largement dans la presse r\u00e9gionale, selon lesquelles j&#8217;envisageais de d\u00e9missionner, j&#8217;ai pr\u00e9par\u00e9 la r\u00e9ponse suivante le 21 juillet, au cas o\u00f9 le porte-parole se verrait poser une question sur ces rapports&#8221;. &#8220;Les rapports des m\u00e9dias nord-africains pr\u00e9tendant que l&#8217;Envoy\u00e9 personnel du Secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral pour le Sahara Occidental pourrait d\u00e9missionner ou qu&#8217;il pourrait proposer la fin du processus de n\u00e9gociation qu&#8217;il a facilit\u00e9 sont de pures inventions et sans fondement. Avec le plein soutien du Secr\u00e9taire g\u00e9n\u00e9ral et du Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9, l&#8217;Envoy\u00e9 personnel, M. Christopher Ross, poursuit ses consultations concernant les pr\u00e9occupations des parties et le calendrier de sa prochaine visite dans la r\u00e9gion. Son mandat demeure celui d&#8217;aider les parties \u00e0 parvenir \u00e0 une solution politique juste, durable et mutuellement acceptable, qui permette l&#8217;autod\u00e9termination du peuple du Sahara Occidental, et ses activit\u00e9s continuent d&#8217;\u00eatre guid\u00e9es par les r\u00e9solutions successives du Conseil de S\u00e9curit\u00e9, qui, entre autres, appellent les parties et les Etats voisins \u00e0 coop\u00e9rer plus pleinement avec les Nations Unies et entre eux dans la recherche d&#8217;un r\u00e8glement. Cette r\u00e9ponse se voulait juste et \u00e9quilibr\u00e9e. Il n&#8217;y avait aucune allusion \u00e0 une pression sur le Maroc. En revanche, la derni\u00e8re phrase se voulait un signal pour l&#8217;Alg\u00e9rie&#8221;, indique-t-il.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/intifadhasahraouie.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/3c3c0-ross.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/intifadhasahraouie.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/3c3c0-ross.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fwd: Press Exploitation of Issue of My Travel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hilale [hilale@mission-maroc.ch]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date d&#8217;envoi : jeudi 21 ao\u00fbt 2014 04:59<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 :&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">message de ross<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">bourita<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date d&#8217;envoi : mercredi 16 juillet 2014 12:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 :\u00a0Lotfi Bouchaara<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">________________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De : Christopher Ross [rossc@un.org]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date d&#8217;envoi : mercredi 16 juillet 2014 02:27<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 : bourita<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Objet <\/strong>: Most Recent AlifPost Article<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dear Nasser,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most recent article that has appeared about me in the Arabic version of AlifPost is pure invention. I have absolutely no intention of resigning, and the supposed European Union sources of al-Quds al-`Arabi\/AlifPost are one hundred percent wrong on this score!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please give my best regards to your Minister .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christopher Ross<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8212; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fwd: MAP Interview<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hilale [hilale@mission-maroc.ch]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date d&#8217;envoi : vendredi 15 ao\u00fbt 2014 02:05<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 :&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mbarka Bouaida; SALAHEDDINE MEZOUAR; Lotfi Bouchaara<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Envoy\u00e9 de mon iPhone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D\u00e9but du message transf\u00e9r\u00e9 :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Exp\u00e9diteur: Christopher Ross<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Date: 14 ao\u00fbt 2014 19:51:07 UTC-5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Destinataire: &#8220;Hilale&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Cc: bourita@maec.gov.ma<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; <strong>Objet<\/strong>: MAP Interview<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Dear Omar,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; I hope that you are enjoying your vacation. I read your interview with MAP with great interest, and I have noted and absorbed your points on the needs of the negotiating process. On a couple of other points, I have some comments I will share with you when we next see each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; I do wish to address one point even now. I am not aware of any effort within the Secretariat to generate questions and answers aiming to put pressure on Morocco. After several rounds of speculation first in the Moroccan press and then more widely in the regional press to the effect that I was thinking of resigning, I did prepare the following answer on 21 July for use in the event the spokesperson was asked a question about these reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; North African media reports claiming that the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara may resign or that he may propose an end to the negotiating process he has been facilitating are pure inventions and without foundation. With the full support of the Secretary-General and of the Security Council, the Personal Envoy, Mr. Christopher Ross, is continuing to consult regarding the parties&#8217; concerns and the timing of his next visit to the region. His mandate remains that of assisting the parties to achieve a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution, which will provide for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, and his activities continue to be guided by successive Security Council resolutions, which, among other things, call upon the parties and the neighbouring states to cooperate more fully with the United Nations and with each other in the search for a settlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; That response was intended to be fair and balanced. There was no hint of pressure on Morocco. Par contre, the last sentence was intended as a signal to Algeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; In the absence of any questions, the UN Press Office shared the above statement with the MAP correspondent on 23 July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; As it happened, the question did come up in the daily UN briefing on 4 August, and the spokesperson&#8217;s response was much shorter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Question: Yes, I have a question on the Western Sahara if we are finished with Gaza. There are persistent rumours that Christopher Ross is no longer trusted by both parties in the conflict and is about to resign or is thinking about resigning. Could you comment about that and tell us also if Mr. Ross is about to go to the region at a given point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Associate Spokesperson: We\u2019ve seen those media reports about the Secretary-General\u2019s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara. Those reports have no foundation. Mr. Ross, Ambassador Ross, is continuing his consultation with the parties, both on their concerns obviously, but also on the timing of his next visit to the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; The question was differently asked on 11 August, but the spokesperson gave no new response:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8212; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fwd: Throne Day 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hilale [hilale@mission-maroc.ch]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date d&#8217;envoi : jeudi 7 ao\u00fbt 2014 22:42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 :&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">farhane<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Envoy\u00e9 de mon iPhone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D\u00e9but du message transf\u00e9r\u00e9 :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Exp\u00e9diteur: Christopher Ross<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Date: 7 ao\u00fbt 2014 16:23:04 UTC-4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Destinataire: &#8220;Hilale&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; <strong>Objet<\/strong>: Throne Day 2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Dear Omar,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; I was looking forward to attending the reception for Throne Day that you hosted on July 30, but found myself stuck in Washington to help deal with a friend&#8217;s health problems. I&#8217;m sure that it was a grand event and am sorry that I missed it. Had I been present, I would have asked you to transmit my very best wishes to His Majesty. Perhaps you can do so even though they are late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; I trust that you are enjoying your vacation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Christopher Ross<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fwd: noon briefing by un spoksperson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hilale [hilale@mission-maroc.ch]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Date d&#8217;envoi : lundi 4 ao\u00fbt 2014 22:47<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00c0 :&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SALAHEDDINE MEZOUAR; Mbarka Bouaida; Lotfi Bouchaara; hilale@mission-maroc.ch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Envoy\u00e9 de mon iPhone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">D\u00e9but du message transf\u00e9r\u00e9 :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Exp\u00e9diteur: laassela<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Date: 5 ao\u00fbt 2014 00:29:09 UTC+2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Destinataire: &#8220;hilale@mission-maroc.ch&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; <strong>Objet<\/strong>: noon briefing by un spoksperson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Monsieur l&#8217;Ambassadeur,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Aujourd&#8217;hui la porte parole adjointe des NU a r\u00e9pondu \u00e0 une question pos\u00e9e par Andr\u00e9 IOlaz sur la question nationale:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; <em>Question <\/em>: there have been press reports that christopher Ross is no longer trusted by both sides of the conflict ans is about or is thinking about resigning. What is your comment on that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; <em>Answer<\/em>: We have seen those reports abount UNSG envoy for western Sahara. Those reports have no foundatio. Ambassador Ross is continuiing his consultations with the parties both on their concerns, but also on the timing of his next visit to the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; j&#8217; ai appris par la suite que la question a \u00e9t\u00e9 sugg\u00e9r\u00e9e par Ross lui m\u00eame \u00e0 travers la porte parole adjointe Banina Mastratti qui est une proche de lui et de Feltman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Abderrazzak Laassel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Deputy Permanent Representative<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Permanent Mission of the Kingdom Of Morocco to United Nations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Tel : 212 4211580<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Fax: 212 421 7826<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; cell: 646 6101755<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; Email: laassela@maec,gov.ma<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&gt; laassela41@hotmail.fr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a style=\"clear: left;float: left;margin-bottom: 1em;margin-right: 1em\" href=\"https:\/\/intifadhasahraouie.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/3c3c0-ross.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/intifadhasahraouie.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/08\/3c3c0-ross.jpeg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Fwd: Press Exploitation of Issue of My Travel<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Hilale [hilale@mission-maroc.ch]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Date d&#8217;envoi : jeudi 21 ao\u00fbt 2014 04:59<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00c0 :\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">message de ross<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">bourita<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Date d&#8217;envoi : mercredi 16 juillet 2014 12:00<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00c0 :\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Lotfi Bouchaara<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">________________________________________<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">De : Christopher Ross [rossc@un.org]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Date d&#8217;envoi : mercredi 16 juillet 2014 02:27<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00c0 : bourita<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Objet <\/b>: Most Recent AlifPost Article<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Dear Nasser,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">The most recent article that has appeared about me in the Arabic version of AlifPost is pure invention. I have absolutely no intention of resigning, and the supposed European Union sources of al-Quds al-`Arabi\/AlifPost are one hundred percent wrong on this score!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Please give my best regards to your Minister .<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Christopher Ross<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8212; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Fwd: MAP Interview<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Hilale [hilale@mission-maroc.ch]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Date d&#8217;envoi : vendredi 15 ao\u00fbt 2014 02:05<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00c0 :\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Mbarka Bouaida; SALAHEDDINE MEZOUAR; Lotfi Bouchaara<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Envoy\u00e9 de mon iPhone<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">D\u00e9but du message transf\u00e9r\u00e9 :<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Exp\u00e9diteur: Christopher Ross<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Date: 14 ao\u00fbt 2014 19:51:07 UTC-5<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Destinataire: &#8220;Hilale&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Cc: bourita@maec.gov.ma<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; <b>Objet<\/b>: MAP Interview<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Dear Omar,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; I hope that you are enjoying your vacation. I read your interview with MAP with great interest, and I have noted and absorbed your points on the needs of the negotiating process. On a couple of other points, I have some comments I will share with you when we next see each other.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; I do wish to address one point even now. I am not aware of any effort within the Secretariat to generate questions and answers aiming to put pressure on Morocco. After several rounds of speculation first in the Moroccan press and then more widely in the regional press to the effect that I was thinking of resigning, I did prepare the following answer on 21 July for use in the event the spokesperson was asked a question about these reports.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; North African media reports claiming that the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara may resign or that he may propose an end to the negotiating process he has been facilitating are pure inventions and without foundation. With the full support of the Secretary-General and of the Security Council, the Personal Envoy, Mr. Christopher Ross, is continuing to consult regarding the parties&#8217; concerns and the timing of his next visit to the region. His mandate remains that of assisting the parties to achieve a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution, which will provide for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, and his activities continue to be guided by successive Security Council resolutions, which, among other things, call upon the parties and the neighbouring states to cooperate more fully with the United Nations and with each other in the search for a settlement.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; That response was intended to be fair and balanced. There was no hint of pressure on Morocco. Par contre, the last sentence was intended as a signal to Algeria.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; In the absence of any questions, the UN Press Office shared the above statement with the MAP correspondent on 23 July.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; As it happened, the question did come up in the daily UN briefing on 4 August, and the spokesperson&#8217;s response was much shorter:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Question: Yes, I have a question on the Western Sahara if we are finished with Gaza. There are persistent rumours that Christopher Ross is no longer trusted by both parties in the conflict and is about to resign or is thinking about resigning. Could you comment about that and tell us also if Mr. Ross is about to go to the region at a given point?<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Associate Spokesperson: We\u2019ve seen those media reports about the Secretary-General\u2019s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara. Those reports have no foundation. Mr. Ross, Ambassador Ross, is continuing his consultation with the parties, both on their concerns obviously, but also on the timing of his next visit to the region.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; The question was differently asked on 11 August, but the spokesperson gave no new response:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8212; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Fwd: Throne Day 2014<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Hilale [hilale@mission-maroc.ch]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Date d&#8217;envoi : jeudi 7 ao\u00fbt 2014 22:42<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00c0 :\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">farhane<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Envoy\u00e9 de mon iPhone<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">D\u00e9but du message transf\u00e9r\u00e9 :<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Exp\u00e9diteur: Christopher Ross<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Date: 7 ao\u00fbt 2014 16:23:04 UTC-4<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Destinataire: &#8220;Hilale&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; <b>Objet<\/b>: Throne Day 2014<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Dear Omar,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; I was looking forward to attending the reception for Throne Day that you hosted on July 30, but found myself stuck in Washington to help deal with a friend&#8217;s health problems. I&#8217;m sure that it was a grand event and am sorry that I missed it. Had I been present, I would have asked you to transmit my very best wishes to His Majesty. Perhaps you can do so even though they are late.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; I trust that you are enjoying your vacation!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Christopher Ross<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Fwd: noon briefing by un spoksperson<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Hilale [hilale@mission-maroc.ch]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Date d&#8217;envoi : lundi 4 ao\u00fbt 2014 22:47<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00c0 :\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">SALAHEDDINE MEZOUAR; Mbarka Bouaida; Lotfi Bouchaara; hilale@mission-maroc.ch<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">Envoy\u00e9 de mon iPhone<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">D\u00e9but du message transf\u00e9r\u00e9 :<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Exp\u00e9diteur: laassela<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Date: 5 ao\u00fbt 2014 00:29:09 UTC+2<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Destinataire: &#8220;hilale@mission-maroc.ch&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; <b>Objet<\/b>: noon briefing by un spoksperson<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Monsieur l&#8217;Ambassadeur,<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Aujourd&#8217;hui la porte parole adjointe des NU a r\u00e9pondu \u00e0 une question pos\u00e9e par Andr\u00e9 IOlaz sur la question nationale:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; <i>Question <\/i>: there have been press reports that christopher Ross is no longer trusted by both sides of the conflict ans is about or is thinking about resigning. What is your comment on that?<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; <i>Answer<\/i>: We have seen those reports abount UNSG envoy for western Sahara. Those reports have no foundatio. Ambassador Ross is continuiing his consultations with the parties both on their concerns, but also on the timing of his next visit to the region.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; j&#8217; ai appris par la suite que la question a \u00e9t\u00e9 sugg\u00e9r\u00e9e par Ross lui m\u00eame \u00e0 travers la porte parole adjointe Banina Mastratti qui est une proche de lui et de Feltman.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Abderrazzak Laassel<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Deputy Permanent Representative<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Permanent Mission of the Kingdom Of Morocco to United Nations<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Tel : 212 4211580<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Fax: 212 421 7826<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; cell: 646 6101755<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; Email: laassela@maec,gov.ma<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&gt; laassela41@hotmail.fr<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\">&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;\u00a0<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tags : Sahara Occidental, Maroc, Christopher Ross, ONU, Selon Alifpost, l&#8217;Envoy\u00e9 Personnel de l&#8217;ONU pour le Sahara Occidental, Christopher Ross, a l&#8217;intention de jeter l&#8217;\u00e9ponge. D&#8217;apr\u00e8s Abderrazak Laassel, repr\u00e9sentant permanent adjoint du Maroc aupr\u00e8s de l\u2019ONU \u00e0 New York, la question a \u00e9t\u00e9 pos\u00e9e lors du briefing quotidien de l&#8217;ONU le 4 ao\u00fbt, et la [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":92013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[743,17,19,24],"class_list":["post-185162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sahara-occidental","tag-christopher-ross","tag-maroc","tag-onu","tag-sahara-occidental"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/xnalgrt.cluster100.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/xnalgrt.cluster100.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/xnalgrt.cluster100.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xnalgrt.cluster100.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xnalgrt.cluster100.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/xnalgrt.cluster100.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/xnalgrt.cluster100.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xnalgrt.cluster100.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xnalgrt.cluster100.hosting.ovh.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}