Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington, Member of the House of Lords (Crossbench) asked the UK Government about the “efforts they are making in respect of Morocco’s international human rights obligations in regard to the citizens of Western Sahara; and what steps they have taken in respect of neutralising the Moroccan wall and associated weaponry”.
In her answer on behalf of the UK Government, Baroness Warsi, Senior Minister of State, Department for Communities and Local Government & Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Conservative), stated that they “encourage concrete progress towards improving human rights in Western Sahara in discussions with the parties to the dispute over the territory, and at the UN Security Council”. She added that “The Minister for the Middle East and North Africa, my right Hon. Friend Mr Robertson, discussed human rights in Western Sahara during his visit to Morocco in March”
Regarding the Moroccan Military Wall in Western Sahara, the Baroness noted that “Demining teams from the UN peacekeeping operation in Western Sahara (MINURSO), the Moroccan Army and Polisario continue to co-operate to clear unexploded ordnance on both sides of the Moroccan wall”.