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Seminar report and presentations Geopolitics, Food Security, Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights: Implications for Western Sahara Bååtska Rummet, Munkbron 17, Gamla Stan, Stockholm Wednesday 19th May 2010, 14:00 – 17:00 Organisers Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI) Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) Riksdagens tvärpolitiska nätverk för Västsahara International Commission of Jurists (ICJ-Swedish Section) VästsaharaAktionen Summary Report: Seminar on the Perils of Peak Phosphorus Presentations: Peak Phosphorus – The next inconvenient truth. Dr Arno Rosemarin, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) New Policy Regimes to Achieve Food Security in Africa. Dr Kjell Havnevik, Nordic Africa Institute Brief Overview on Western Sahara Natural Resources. Mr Sören Lindh, VästsaharaAktionen Respect for Human Rights and Relevant Legal Aspects in Western Sahara. Ms Cecilia Asklöf, International Commission of Jurists – Swedish Section. How Investors can Facilitate Corporate Responsibility through Active Engagement – Western Sahara as a Case Study. Dr Magnus Furugård, GES Investment Services InternationalTRANSCRIPT
Western Saharaand
Exploitation of Natural Resources
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Western Sahara Action Members
ABFAfrikagruppernaBroderskapsrörelsenBrödet & fiskarnaCUFDiakoniaEmmaus BjörkåEmmaus StockholmFärnebo FolkhögskolaFöreningen VästsaharaGrön UngdomGävle BiståndsgruppSolidaritetskommittén vid Jakobsbergs folkhögskolaKDU
Kommittén för Västsaharas kvinnorKRISSKvinnor för fred och frihetLiberala UngdomsförbundetLiberala kvinnorNätverket för ett fritt VästsaharaPraktisk Solidaritet S-kvinnornaSSUStiftelsen Global KunskapSvenska Kvinnors VänsterförbundUng VänsterÖrnsköldsviks FN-förening
Morocco all out for colonial exploitation!
Increased and more efficient phosphate extraction
Intensified oil exploration, preparing production (?)
Mineral strategy: iron, copper etc, gold/silver,
”mobile metalls” - detailed exploration
EU supported 10 year development plan for fishery
Giant greenhouses for vegetables
Energy supply for El Aaiùn - Dakhla (diesel ==>solar)
Three export oriented economic free zones coming
…
Large scale fishing takes over!
The daily food on our tables
Ongoing exploitation …
Oil exploration blocks 1999
Oil exploration blocks 2008
Mineral strategy - map from 2008
Exploitation of energy for Europe …
Morocco markets uranium from
phosphate deposits
ARGUMENTS USED
• Buy now - it will be more expensive later …
• Demand will increase.
• One solution is long-term extraction of uranium from phosphates.
• Morocco holds 75 % of phospate world reserves.
Picture from presentation by Office Nationale de L’Electricité
Even the Sahara sand …!
All this going on, while …
The dividing line
Students with ”minor” injuries after beatings and torture
The price of resistance
Some global rules of the road …
Produce vital, scarce commodities in a secure political environment
Exploit and trade these resources while respecting international law
Do not buy stolen goods
Put the real owners of resources in the driver’s seat
In short: end occupation, realise the referendum!