Saharawi Arabic Democratic Republic
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PROCLAMATION OF THE FIRST GOVERNMENT OF THE SAHARAWI
ARAB DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Bir Lahlou, 27 February 1976
In the name of the Saharawi people, and in pursuance
of their will, the flag of the
Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic has been raised over
the land of Saguiat el-Hamra and
Rio de Oro.
The birth of an African State with deep roots in the
history of our people, with a
civilisation which spread over the entire Maghreb was
so proclaimed. The strength of
this state arises out of the faith of its sons in
their right to life and freedom, and
its principal arm is their determination and
perseverance in the struggle.
A new page has been started on which is written the
struggle of our people who are
today defying the colonialism of the neighbour
"brothers", for by their heroic
struggle they brought the previous page of the foreign
enemy's colonialism to an end.
Today the Saharawi people have decided to publicly
take an important step: to set up
the fundamental institutions arising out of
revolutionary legality, essential to succeed
in the present struggle for liberty and to exercise
truly democratic power.
In carrying out the will of our people the POLISARIO
Front, with the unanimous
agreement of the Provisional National Saharawi
Council, decided to constitute a
government which will assume responsibilities for the
continuation of the battle,
raising the flag of the liberation struggle always
higher until final victory, which
will guarantee peace and security for our people and
open before them and brother Arabs
and Africans the way to unity and liberation.
On this occasion we renew our commitment to the
principles of the United Nations
Charter and the Organisation of African Unity, in
particular those concerned with
defending the rights of man, territorial integrity and
established frontiers, as a
guarantee of African and international peace and
security.
We want to draw the attention of the United Nations
Organisation, the Organisation of
African Unity and the Arab League to their historical
responsibility towards a peaceful
people, victims of an attempt at extermination, a
veritable genocide.
We put this responsibility before a1l the peoples of
the world, for it is their duty to
assist the victims of aggression, so that the
imperialist plot will fail.
At this historical moment when the government of the
Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic
has been constituted on national soil and proclaimed
at the same time in Algiers,
Tripoli, Tananarive, Conakry, Bujumbura, we hold out a
friendly hand to the brother
peoples of Morocco and Mauritania, to ask them to
support our liberation struggle and
understand that the future belongs to peoples. We call
on them to spare innocent blood
by demanding that this war, imposed on us by their
regimes to serve foreign interests
and personal ambitions, be brought to an end.
We hold out the hand of friendship to all the peoples
and States of the world, asking
them to support our just struggle and recognize the
Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic.
We state on this occasion our sincere desire to
establish friendly relations and
cooperation with all States on the basis of mutual
respect and national sovereignty.
We are determined to continue the struggle until final
victory, whatever the sacrifices
may be. For as long as this aggression lasts, until
our people have completed the
liberation of their national territory, there will be
neither peace nor stability in
this region.
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