1884: Start of the colonization of Western Sahara by Spain.
1960: The UN adopted resolution 14/15 which confirmed the right to independence of colonized peoples and countries.
1963: The UN included Western Sahara in the list of countries under colonization.
1970:
Under the leadership of the leader of Vanguard Movement for the
Liberation of Sahara, the Late Mohamed Sid Brahim
Bassiri, large demonstrations were held in the capital El Aiun demanding
the Spanish Government to respect the right of
self-determination for Saharawi people.
May 10th, 1973:
Foundation of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra
and Rio de Oro (Polisario), the national
liberation movement of the Saharawi people.
May 20th, 1973: the launch of the Armed Struggle against Spanish colonization, led by the Polisario Front.
October 12th, 1975: Declaration of the Saharawi National Unity.
October 16th, 1975:
The International Court of Justice issued its Advisory Opinion denying
the existence of any bonds of
sovereignty between Western Sahara an the Kingdom of Morocco on
one hand, and between it and Mauritania in
other hand.
October 31st, 1975: Moroccan Military invaded the territories of West Sahara.
November 6th, 1975:
King Hasan II of Morocco announced the so called "Green March" to cover
the brutal invasion of
Western Sahara.
November 14th, 1975: The
Signature of tripartite Madrid Accords that divided the territories of
Western Sahara between Morocco
and Mauritania, guaranteeing interests for Spain in
natural resources.
February 27th 1976:
The proclamation of the Saharawi Republic, after the withdrawal of
Spanish colonial solder from Western
Sahara.
June 9th, 1976: The Founder and leader of the revolution, El Wali Mustafa Sayed,
August 5th, 1979:
A peace agreement signed between the Saharawi Republic and the Islamic
Republic of Mauritania under which the
latter hands over the territories under its control, according
to the Tripartite agreement of division, to the
Saharawi State.
1980-1987: Morocco built a 2700
km long military wall to divide powered by barbed wires and mines the
Western Sahara.
November 1984:
The Organization of Africa Unity adopted the membership of the Saharawi
Arab Democratic Republic in
the Organization and subsequently becoming a founding
member of the Africa Unity.
August 30th, 1988:
The Polisario Front and the Kingdom of Morocco signed a UN-OAU
settlement plan envisaging the
organization of a referendum of self-determination of the Saharawi
people.
April 29,1991:
The UN Security Council adopted resolution 690 which provides for the
creation of the United Nation Mission for
the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) an the
implementation of the Settlement Plan.
September 6th 1991: The cease-fire entered in vigor, followed by the deployment of UN peacekeeping forces.
September 1997: To break down the stalemate due to obstacles by Morocco, and after the designation of the former US Secretary of State Mr. James Baker II as UN Secretary General Special Envoy, the two party signed the Houston Agreements on their differences toward the process of the referendum, which undermined later by Morocco and that leaded to the resignation of the mediator.
January 2002: Mr. Hans Corell, the Deputy of the UN General Secretary for Legal Issues, presented his opinion on a request by the Security Council, affirming that the Tripartite Accords of Madrid did not transfer neither the administration nor the sovereignty of Western Sahara, thus Spain is still the administrative power of the territory, while Morocco considers an occupation force, therefore any use of the Saharawi natural resources is against the International law.
May 21st, 2005: The start of the first sparkle of the intifada of Independence in the occupied territories of Western Sahara embracing the method of peaceful resistance.
December 2009: The Moroccan Authorities expelled the Saharawi activist , Aminatou Haida, to Spain for having announced her Saharawi Nationality upon entering the territory, and she returned back in the occupied El Auin city with pride and dignity after a month of hanger strike in Lanzarore, followed by strong International solidarity and pressure which made the Moroccan Government to reverse its decision.
October 10th, 2010: In an unrepresented incident in the history of people's resistance, more than 30.000 Saharawi set about 8 thousands tents in the region of Gdeim Izik, east of the capital El Aiun, in a peaceful protest camp against the deteriorating political and social situation under the Moroccan military occupation of their country.
November 8th, 2010: Moroccan forces brutally dismantled the camp of Gdeim Izik by burning the camp and destroying the belongings of the innocent people. Some of these people had been killed and many others wounded. After that the Moroccan Forces launched a large scale of campaign of abduction and detentions among those people, including human right activists.
September 6th 1991: The cease-fire entered in vigor, followed by the deployment of UN peacekeeping forces.
September 1997: To break down the stalemate due to obstacles by Morocco, and after the designation of the former US Secretary of State Mr. James Baker II as UN Secretary General Special Envoy, the two party signed the Houston Agreements on their differences toward the process of the referendum, which undermined later by Morocco and that leaded to the resignation of the mediator.
January 2002: Mr. Hans Corell, the Deputy of the UN General Secretary for Legal Issues, presented his opinion on a request by the Security Council, affirming that the Tripartite Accords of Madrid did not transfer neither the administration nor the sovereignty of Western Sahara, thus Spain is still the administrative power of the territory, while Morocco considers an occupation force, therefore any use of the Saharawi natural resources is against the International law.
May 21st, 2005: The start of the first sparkle of the intifada of Independence in the occupied territories of Western Sahara embracing the method of peaceful resistance.
December 2009: The Moroccan Authorities expelled the Saharawi activist , Aminatou Haida, to Spain for having announced her Saharawi Nationality upon entering the territory, and she returned back in the occupied El Auin city with pride and dignity after a month of hanger strike in Lanzarore, followed by strong International solidarity and pressure which made the Moroccan Government to reverse its decision.
October 10th, 2010: In an unrepresented incident in the history of people's resistance, more than 30.000 Saharawi set about 8 thousands tents in the region of Gdeim Izik, east of the capital El Aiun, in a peaceful protest camp against the deteriorating political and social situation under the Moroccan military occupation of their country.
November 8th, 2010: Moroccan forces brutally dismantled the camp of Gdeim Izik by burning the camp and destroying the belongings of the innocent people. Some of these people had been killed and many others wounded. After that the Moroccan Forces launched a large scale of campaign of abduction and detentions among those people, including human right activists.
