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    On W. Sahara, ICP Asks Morocco PR Of Full Functionality, AU Letter, Here By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, July 26 -- The spokesman for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Stephane Dujarric, on July 14 told the press that the “first group of 25 MINURSO personnel, first batch, of the returning landed in Layun yesterday.” But, Inner City Press was exclusively informed by sources, that was false. Confirmed below. On July 26 after the Security Council's closed-door meeting on Western Sahara, Inner City Press asked the Council's president for July Koro Bessho of Japan if UN Peacekeeping's Herve Ladsous had given any indication when more than 25 of the 83 expelled peacekeepers would return. Bessho said that with 25, the MINURSO mission has not reached the goal of full functionality. Moments later Inner City Press asked Morocco's Ambassador Omar Hilale about this quote. He replied that Inner City Press always seeks to cast doubt on Morocco; he said that a “package” has been agreed to with the UN Secretariat that is a two-way street. So what has Ban Ki-moon's Secretariat agreed to? Hilale wouldn't say. He said he will be giving Inner City Press a copy of a letter showing 28 heads of state inviting Morocco into the African Union. And here it is: we are putting it online along with this AU Communique. When Inner City Press asked with whom in the Secretariat Morocco had negotiated this package, he called it a vicious question. In fairness, Periscope video here - and here. On July 26, Inner City Press asked UK Ambassador Matthew Rycroft if 25, or 50, would be enough. Video here. From the UK transcript: Rycroft: from what I hear, I think it's well on the way to getting back to full functionality. So, we're looking forward, and seeing that this is an issue which is resolving itself. Inner City Press Q: Now it's 25. Would 50 be enough? Rycroft: I'm not going to put a number on it. I'm just going to say that I think we are moving well towards full functionality. I think the issues that have bedeviled the UN presence there are behind us. Then Inner City Press tried to asked French Ambassador Francois Delattre about what POLISARIO's representative Ahmed Boukhari had said on the record on July 25, that France is trying for a UN Security Council statement “congratulating” Morocco for 25 of the 83 it expelled. Inner City Press asked, trying to make it as easy as possible for Delattre to answer, “Vous voulez felicitez el Maroc?” Video here. Delattre congratulated Inner City Press' French, but did not answer, saying he would come out of the Council later. But when he did, after he read out statements in French about Central African Republic and Inner City Press said, “one question on Western Sahara?” Delattre said no, no more questions. Then answered more. Periscope video here. Watch this site.

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    On W. Sahara, ICP Asks Morocco PR Of Full Functionality, AU Letter, Here By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, July 26 -- The spokesman for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Stephane Dujarric, on July 14 told the press that the “first group of 25 MINURSO personnel, first batch, of the returning landed in Layun yesterday.” But, Inner City Press was exclusively informed by sources, that was false. Confirmed below. On July 26 after the Security Council's closed-door meeting on Western Sahara, Inner City Press asked the Council's president for July Koro Bessho of Japan if UN Peacekeeping's Herve Ladsous had given any indication when more than 25 of the 83 expelled peacekeepers would return. Bessho said that with 25, the MINURSO mission has not reached the goal of full functionality. Moments later Inner City Press asked Morocco's Ambassador Omar Hilale about this quote. He replied that Inner City Press always seeks to cast doubt on Morocco; he said that a “package” has been agreed to with the UN Secretariat that is a two-way street. So what has Ban Ki-moon's Secretariat agreed to? Hilale wouldn't say. He said he will be giving Inner City Press a copy of a letter showing 28 heads of state inviting Morocco into the African Union. And here it is: we are putting it online along with this AU Communique. When Inner City Press asked with whom in the Secretariat Morocco had negotiated this package, he called it a vicious question. In fairness, Periscope video here - and here. On July 26, Inner City Press asked UK Ambassador Matthew Rycroft if 25, or 50, would be enough. Video here. From the UK transcript: Rycroft: from what I hear, I think it's well on the way to getting back to full functionality. So, we're looking forward, and seeing that this is an issue which is resolving itself. Inner City Press Q: Now it's 25. Would 50 be enough? Rycroft: I'm not going to put a number on it. I'm just going to say that I think we are moving well towards full functionality. I think the issues that have bedeviled the UN presence there are behind us. Then Inner City Press tried to asked French Ambassador Francois Delattre about what POLISARIO's representative Ahmed Boukhari had said on the record on July 25, that France is trying for a UN Security Council statement “congratulating” Morocco for 25 of the 83 it expelled. Inner City Press asked, trying to make it as easy as possible for Delattre to answer, “Vous voulez felicitez el Maroc?” Video here. Delattre congratulated Inner City Press' French, but did not answer, saying he would come out of the Council later. But when he did, after he read out statements in French about Central African Republic and Inner City Press said, “one question on Western Sahara?” Delattre said no, no more questions. Then answered more. Periscope video here. Watch this site.

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    On W. Sahara, ICP Asks Morocco PR Of Full Functionality, AU Letter, Here By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, July 26 -- The spokesman for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Stephane Dujarric, on July 14 told the press that the “first group of 25 MINURSO personnel, first batch, of the returning landed in Layun yesterday.” But, Inner City Press was exclusively informed by sources, that was false. Confirmed below. On July 26 after the Security Council's closed-door meeting on Western Sahara, Inner City Press asked the Council's president for July Koro Bessho of Japan if UN Peacekeeping's Herve Ladsous had given any indication when more than 25 of the 83 expelled peacekeepers would return. Bessho said that with 25, the MINURSO mission has not reached the goal of full functionality. Moments later Inner City Press asked Morocco's Ambassador Omar Hilale about this quote. He replied that Inner City Press always seeks to cast doubt on Morocco; he said that a “package” has been agreed to with the UN Secretariat that is a two-way street. So what has Ban Ki-moon's Secretariat agreed to? Hilale wouldn't say. He said he will be giving Inner City Press a copy of a letter showing 28 heads of state inviting Morocco into the African Union. And here it is: we are putting it online along with this AU Communique. When Inner City Press asked with whom in the Secretariat Morocco had negotiated this package, he called it a vicious question. In fairness, Periscope video here - and here. On July 26, Inner City Press asked UK Ambassador Matthew Rycroft if 25, or 50, would be enough. Video here. From the UK transcript: Rycroft: from what I hear, I think it's well on the way to getting back to full functionality. So, we're looking forward, and seeing that this is an issue which is resolving itself. Inner City Press Q: Now it's 25. Would 50 be enough? Rycroft: I'm not going to put a number on it. I'm just going to say that I think we are moving well towards full functionality. I think the issues that have bedeviled the UN presence there are behind us. Then Inner City Press tried to asked French Ambassador Francois Delattre about what POLISARIO's representative Ahmed Boukhari had said on the record on July 25, that France is trying for a UN Security Council statement “congratulating” Morocco for 25 of the 83 it expelled. Inner City Press asked, trying to make it as easy as possible for Delattre to answer, “Vous voulez felicitez el Maroc?” Video here. Delattre congratulated Inner City Press' French, but did not answer, saying he would come out of the Council later. But when he did, after he read out statements in French about Central African Republic and Inner City Press said, “one question on Western Sahara?” Delattre said no, no more questions. Then answered more. Periscope video here. Watch this site.

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    AFRICAN UNION

    UNION AFRICAINE

    UNIO AFRICANA
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia P. O. Box 3243 Telephone: +251 11 551 7700 / +251 11 518 25 58/ Ext 2558
    Website: www.au.int
    DIRECTORATE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

    Press Release NXX/2016

    Morocco did not attend or address the 27th AU Summit in Kigali, Rwanda
    Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 25 July 2016: The African Union Commission seeks to clarify that
    the Kingdom of Morocco did not attend or address the 27th Assembly of Heads of State and
    Government that was held on 17-18 July 2016, in Kigali, Rwanda.
    However, President Idriss Deby Itno, President of the Republic of Chad and current
    Chairperson of the African Union informed the Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E
    Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, that he had received a correspondence from the King of Morocco,
    H.M. Mohammed VI, regarding the intention of Morocco to join the African Union (AU).
    This issue was neither an agenda item of the Summit nor a subject of discussion during the
    proceedings of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government.
    In this regard, the AU Commission wishes to recall Article 29 of the Constitutive Act of the
    African Union, and relating to Admission to Membership, which states that:
    1. Any African State may, at any time after the entry into force of this Act, notify the
    Chairman of the Commission of its intention to accede to this Act and to be admitted
    as a member of the Union.
    2. The Chairman of the Commission shall, upon receipt of such notification, transmit copies
    thereof to all Member States. Admission shall be decided by a simple majority of
    the Member States. The decision of each Member State shall be transmitted to the
    Chairman of the Commission who shall, upon receipt of the required number of votes,
    communicate the decision to the State concerned.

    In addition, the AU Commission wishes to recall that the AU Constitutive Act does not have
    any provision for the expulsion of any Member State of the Union.

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