Sahrawi Youth Union Explained

Sahrawi Youth Union
Unión de la Juventud de Saguía el-Hamra y Río de Oro
اتحاد شبيبة الساقية الحمراء ووادي الذهب
Formation:1984
Type:Network for Sahrawi refugee youth
Headquarters:Sahrawi refugee camps
Location Country:Algeria
Language:Hassānīya, Spanish
Sec Gen:Ali Mohamed Salem
Affiliations:IFM – SEI
IUSY

Sahrawi Youth Union (;), also known by its Spanish acronym UJSARIO, is the youth organization of the Polisario Front.

Organization

UJSARIO was founded in 1984 through the merger of Unión de Estudiantes Saharauis (Sahrawi Students' Union or UESARIO) and the Polisario Front Youth. It operates from the Sahrawi refugee camps in Tindouf, Algeria, organizing youth and students within the exile community, and promoting the interest of the youth within the POLISARIO and the Sahrawi republic.

The work of UJSARIO is divided in different national areas:

It has extensive international contacts with other youth political or cultural movements, especially in Spain, like the Spanish Youth Council or the Spanish Youth Organization. It is a full member of the Arab Youth Union, General Union of Arab Students, the World Federation of Democratic Youth,[1] the International Falcon Movement - Socialist Educational International,[2] the International Union of the Socialist Youth,[3] the African Youth Union, the Pan African Youth Movement and the Youth for Development and Cooperation (YDC). It campaigns for a free Western Sahara, and tries to organize international youth exchanges and opportunities for refugee Sahrawis to study abroad.

From late 2005 to 31 December 2013 the General Secretary was Musa Salma.[4] [5] followed by Zain Sidahmed (2014 – 2017)[6] and Mohamed Said Daddi (2017 – 2022).[7] The current SG is Ali Mohamed Salem since May 2022.[8] In April 2012, Teceber Ahmed Saleh, member of the UJSARIO delegation, was elected as one of the African vicepresidents of the IUSY Presidium for the 2012–2014 term, at the IUSY World Congress held in Asunción, Paraguay.[9] [10]

Since 2006, UJSARIO organizes jointly with not-for-profit organizations a "Religious Dialogue for Peace" forum in the refugee camps, with presence of imams, priests, bishops and professors from Algeria, Austria, Canada, Great Britain, South Africa, Spain, Turkey and the United States.[11] [12]

In May 2013, UJSARIO and the Ittihaida Youth (the Moroccan party Socialist Union of Popular Forces youth) presented a joint resolution in the framework of the International Union of Socialist Youth World Council defending a peaceful, just, permanent and mutually-accepted solution that enables the self-determination of Western Sahara. At the same time, both organizations supported the UN mission to organize a referendum in Western Sahara.[13]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: WDFY African Member Organizations . 2011-02-06 . 2015-01-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150128113321/http://www.wfdy.org/african-member-organizations/?language=en . dead .
  2. http://www.ifm-sei.org/uploads/files/IC2009%2015%20membership%20fees%20update.pdf IFM-SI memberfees situation 2009
  3. Web site: IUSY World Congress 2010 - Booklet . 2011-02-06 . 2012-10-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121013220856/http://issuu.com/iusy/docs/worldcongress2010booklet . live .
  4. News: Celebración del VII Congreso Nacional de la UJSARIO . UJSARIO-Dakhla . 2009-12-14 . 2010-10-16 . es . 2011-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708071335/http://ujsariodajla.blogspot.com/2009/12/celebracion-del-vii-congreso-nacional.html . live .
  5. http://www.arso.org/secr.nat03.htm 11ème Congrès du Front POLISARIO - 11th Congress of the Frente POLISARIO - 11º Congresso del Frente POLISARIO
  6. News: January 1, 2014 . Eighth Congress of Sahrawi Youth Union elects new Secretary General . en . Sahara Press Service . live . January 1, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200129183234/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/spsarchive/en/node/22953 . January 29, 2020.
  7. News: December 12, 2017 . 9ème congrès de l’UJSARIO: Mohamed Saïd Daddi élu secrétaire général . fr . Sahara Press Service . live . December 12, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171213064140/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/fr/articles/2017/12/11/12686.html . December 13, 2017.
  8. Web site: May 24, 2022 . El Décimo Congreso de la UJSARIO elige a Ali Mohamed Salem como Secretario General de la organización . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220524135941/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/es/articles/2022/05/24/39805.html . May 24, 2022 . May 24, 2022 . Sahara Press Service . es.
  9. News: UJSARIO elected as vice-president of the International Union of Socialist Youth. Sahara Press Service. 2012-04-23. 2012-04-25. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140103091119/http://www.spsrasd.info/en/content/ujsario-elected-vice-president-international-union-socialist-youth. 2014-01-03.
  10. Web site: New IUSY Presidium 2012-2014. IUSY. 2012-04-25. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130926115814/http://www.iusy.org/es/component/content/article/13-presidium/207-new-iusy-presidium-2012-2014. 2013-09-26.
  11. News: Religious Dialogue for Peace is a message of Solidarity with the Saharawi people, says Prime Minister. SPS. 26 November 2012. 20 November 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610195053/http://www.spsrasd.info/en/content/religious-dialogue-peace-message-solidarity-saharawi-people-says-prime-minster. 10 June 2015.
  12. News: Prophet David (Peace Be Upon Him), subject of 8th forum of Religions' Dialogue for Peace. SPS. 18 November 2013. 20 November 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924122259/http://www.spsrasd.info/en/content/prophet-david-peace-be-upon-him-subject-8th-forum-religions-dialogue-peace. 24 September 2015.
  13. Web site: IUSY World Council 2013. IUSY. 16 May 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130616041221/http://iusy.org/en/component/content/article/13-presidium/291-iusy-world-council-2013. 16 June 2013.