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e-298 (Foreign policy)
E-petition
Initiated by YASMINE MEHDI from Gatineau, Quebec
Original language of petition: French
Petition to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
Whereas:
- There are an estimated 100,000 Canadians of Moroccan origin, and that the Moroccan claim to Western Sahara is an intrinsic value shared by each of them, regardless of age, religion or political views;
- The Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic is not a state recognized by the international community or by Canada, and its flag is not included in any United Nations document; and
- The 2007 Western Sahara Autonomy Proposal by Morocco is a serious and credible plan, recognized as such not only by all the permanent members of the UN Security Council, but also by the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and by a number of countries in the international community.
We, the undersigned Canadian citizens of Moroccan origin , call upon the Minister of Foreign Affairs to take down the flag of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic from Canada’s Global Affairs website, because leaving it up could be interpreted as an implicit recognition of an entity that is not officially recognized by the UN or by Canada, and to support the Moroccan autonomy proposal as outlined in the document entitled “Moroccan Initiative in the Western Sahara,” presented to the United Nations Security Council in 2007, and which has since been described as serious and credible in all the annual resolutions of said Council.
- Open for signature
- May 10, 2016, at 12:56 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- September 7, 2016, at 12:56 p.m. (EDT)
