04 Feb
UN Envoy Seeks Peace in Western Sahara
UNITED NATIONS - A special envoy for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is visiting Western Sahara this week seeking a solution to a decades-long dispute between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front.U.N. mediator Peter van Walsum’s trip to the region starting Tuesday is expected to run through Feb. 14.He has tried three times since last year to negotiate talks between the two sides at a U.N. retreat in Manhassat, N.Y. A fourth round at the retreat is scheduled for March 11-13, U.N. spokeswoman Michele Montas said Monday.
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