DON'T ABANDON WESTERN SAHARA
June 22, 2000
Mr. Speaker, I rise this evening with concern over our administration's role in trampling the rights of the people of Western Sahara .
For several years, both Morocco and Western Sahara have participated in intense negotiations led by former Secretary of State James Baker. The negotiations ended in both parties agreeing to a referendum for self-determination.
Unfortunately, the recent May 30 meeting of the U.N. revealed that both France and the U.S. administration are now willing to abandon the settlement plan and the right of the Sahrawi people through self-determination.
Our taxpayers, through the U.N., have invested $530 million in peacekeeping to end the conflict in Northwest Africa.
Why is our government supportive of East Timorese and now willing to allow the human rights of Sahrawis to be thoroughly violated?
I include for the record a letter that expresses the dismay of Members of Congress on our administration's action.
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