#ERROR ALERT - POLISARIO FORUM NOW MONDAY 18TH

CHANGE OF DATE – GPJA FORUM MONDAY – POLISARIO FRONT REPRESENTATIVE

GPJA August Forum this MONDAY – Hear Mohamed Yeslem Beissat from the Polisario Front talk about the struggle of the Saharawi people of Western Sahara for self determination and freedom from Moroccan occupation.
MONDAY 18th August, 7.30pm, Trades Hall, 147 Great North Road, Grey Lynn.
New Zealand has a strong connection with Western Sahara because we import phosphate mined by Moroccan-based corporations in Western Sahara in defiance of United Nations protocols. Mohamed Yeslem Beissat from Western Sahara will speak about the struggle of his people for self-determination. Beissat is in the POLISARIO Front, Minister delegated by the Minister for Foreign Affairs in Charge for Africa. Beissat lives in the refugee camps of south-west Algiers where the Saharawi have built a government-in-exile and lead the fight for their land against Moroccan occupation. Beissat is in Auckland for a few days ahead of the Pacific Forum. For information on Western Sahara see http://www.awsa.org.au/, see Vanuatu and the Saharawi Republic establish diplomatic relations at Ambassadorial level http://www.upes.org/body1_eng.asp?field=sosio_eng&id=1095 for information of Beissat's current tour of the Pacific.