THE SWEDISH SOCIALIST PARTY RECOGNIZE THE SAHARAWI REPUBLIC

The Saharawi Women express their joys for the decison taken by the Swedish Social-Democratic Party at the end of its Congress demanding their government to stablish diplomatic relations with the Saharawi Republic, which is a state member of the continental organization: the African Union.
This is not new for us because the swedish women´s organizations have always supported the jst struggle of the saharawi people and also had strenghthen the relationship and the ties with the women of Western Sahara whom are, as they say, an example of emancipation in the arab and muslim world.
At the Party Congress of the Social Democratic Party in Sweden, there were a number of motions pleading for strong Party action to support the struggle for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara.
The party ended up demanding a Swedish recognition of Western Sahara shoud the party win the coming 2010 elections.The Party Executive had recommended Congress accept some of the demands for stronger actions, including an extended mandate for MINURSO to monitor the human rights situation in the territory, but was hesitant to exclude Western Sahara from all EU-Morocco agreements, and said no to demands for recognition.After a tough debate late Thursday 29th, however, the Congress accepted most demands in the motions, including that the Party, if they are elected to Government, will recognize the SADR, and work for a recognition within the EU.- Today's decision is historic, said Jytte Guteland, chairperson of SSU, the Youth League of the Social Democratic Party. It is a first step towards a Swedish recognition of Western Sahara, which for long has been an issue between us and the Party.- This is something we have worked for within all sections of the Party, said Johan Buser, International Leader of the SSU. Now we have to win the elections. If so,Sweden will be the first member state of the EU to recognize Western Sahara. It shows that SSU's commitment to an issue can be decisiveSSU is one of 26 member organisations of the Swedish Western Sahara Action.