Western Sahara: Human rights monitoring must be incorporated within MINURSO’s mandate
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The Western Sahara Campaign MINURSO, the UN mission in Western Sahara, is the only contemporary UN peacekeeping mission in the world without a mandate to monitor human rights. The Western Sahara Campaign writes, "We are very disappointed that last week the Secretary General failed to expressly recommend human rights monitoring. See our press release here. But there is still time to influence the decision-makers: the members of the Security Council and the “Group of Friends” (including Spain). We need your help to pressure your national delegations as a matter of urgency! The Security Council consultation starts this Thursday! (15th April)"
| Take Action! Make sure your country supports human rights monitoring 1. Contact your Foreign Minister and ask your MP to do the same • Explain the human rights abuses against those who peacefully oppose the Moroccan occupation. • State that MINURSO is the only contemporary peacekeeping Mission without a mandate to monitor human rights and; • If your country is a member of the UN Security Council or the Group of Friends: call on your country to insist that human rights monitoring is incorporated within MINURSO’s mandate. • If your country is not a member of the Security Council: ask that your country makes a public statement calling for human rights monitoring. 2. Contact your national delegation to the UN • Please write/email/fax your national delegation to the UN on the above points If you could please send any copies of letters and responses to coordinator@wsahara.org.uk The UN Security Council Permanent members of the UN Security Council are: China, France, Russian Federation, UK and US. Non-permanent members: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Turkey and Uganda. UN Group of Friends France, Russian Federation, Spain, UK, US. Contact details for all UN missions of Security Council and Group of Friends members UK H.E. Sir Mark Lyall Grant Permanent Representative of the UK to the United Nations UK Mission to the UN One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza 885 Second Avenue New York, NY 10017 USA Fax: (212) 745 9316 US H.E. Ms Susan E. Rice Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations United States Mission to the United Nations 140 East 45th Street New York, N.Y. 10017 USA Fax: (212) 415 4053 France H.E. Mr Gérard Araud Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations 245 East 47th Street 44th floor New York, N.Y. 10017 USA Email: france@franceonu.org Spain H.E. Mr. Juan Antonio YÁÑEZ-BARNUEVO Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations One Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza, 36th Floor New York, NY 10017 USA China H.E. Mr. Zhang Yesui Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of China to the United Nations Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations 350 East 35th Street New York, NY 10016 USA E-mail: ChinaMissionUN@Gmail.com Russian Federation H.E. Mr Vitaly Churkin Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations 136 East 67 Street New York, NY 10065 USA Fax:(212)628-0252 E-mail: rusun@un.int Austria H.E. Mr Thomas Mayr-Harting Permanent Representative of Austria to the United Nations Austrian Mission to the United Nations 600 Third Avenue, 31st Floor New York, NY 10016 USA Fax: (212) 94 91 840 Bosnia and Herzegovina H.E. Mr Ivan Barbalic Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations Permanent Mission of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations 420 Lexington Avenue Suites 607 & 608 New York, NY 10170 USA Fax: (212) 751 90 19 Brazil H.E. Mrs Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations 747 Third Avenue, 9th Floor New York, NY USA Fax:(212)3715716 Email: delbrasonu@delbrasonu.org Gabon S.E.M. Denis Dangue Rewaka Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et Plenipotentiaire, Representant Permanent Mission permanente du Gabon auprés des Nations Unies 18 East 41st Street, 9th Floor New York, NY 10017 USA Fax: (212) 689 5769 Japan H.E. Mr Yukio Takasu Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations The Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations 866 U.N. Plaza, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10017 USA E-mail: japan.mission@un-japan.org Lebanon H.E. Dr. Nawaf Salam Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations The Permanent Mission of Lebanon to the United Nations in New York 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 531-533 New York, NY 10017 USA Fax: (212) 838-2819 Email: ambassador@lebanonun.org Mexico H.E. Mr Claude Heller Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations Two United Nations Plaza, 28th Floor New York, NY 10017 USA Fax (212) 688.8862 E-Mail: mexico@un.int Nigeria H.E. Mrs U. Joy Ogwu OFR Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the United Nations 828 Second Ave New York, NY 10017 USA Fax (212) 697 1970 Turkey H.E. Mr Ertuğrul Apakan Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations Permanent Mission of Turkey to the United Nations 821 UN Plaza New York, NY 10017 USA Email: turkey@un.int Uganda H.E. Dr Ruhakana Rugunda Permanent Representative of Uganda to the United Nations Permanent Mission of Uganda to the United Nations 336 East 45 Street New York, NY 10017 USA Email: ugandaunny@un.int Further information Western Sahara Campaign UK, MINURSO and Human Rights Briefing Amnesty International, UNSC members should support independent human rights monitoring in Western Sahara and the Tindouf camps, 28 April 2009 Human Rights Watch, Letter to the UNSC urging human rights monitoring in Western Sahara 17 April 2009 |
