Algeria highlighted in Geneva its humanitarian role in hosting Sahrawi refugees displaced from a Non-Self-Governing Territory, Western Sahara, for over five decades, refuting the false claims of the Moroccan regime, which sought to lecture on "sustainable solutions" while claiming a "moral baseline."

Speaking through its Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Mr. Idriss Latreche, on Tuesday evening before the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Algeria advocated for the Sahrawi people's right to self-determination, dismantling the allegations of the Moroccan occupation.

In responding to the false claims made by the representative of Morocco (the occupying power in Western Sahara), Algeria expressed surprise at "the attempt by the party bearing primary and total responsibility for this situation—the Moroccan occupation—to lecture the esteemed Committee on sustainable solutions," considering that "transitioning from complete denial to claiming a moral baseline reflects opportunism in its grossest form, and the international community is neither oblivious to the facts nor ignorant of the root causes in occupied Western Sahara."

The Algerian representative demanded that sending "the wrong message at the wrong time" be avoided, calling for "not blurring the lines between humanitarian considerations and political realities, as they are inseparable conditions."

Mr. Latreche emphasized three compelling facts,...

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