Dodoma, Tanzania's capital, hosted last weekend the 39th Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit. By the end of this meeting, participants «called for the unconditional implementation of all UN resolutions and AU decisions on Western Sahara, which will lead to a positive, peaceful and permanent solution that meets the aspirations of the people of Western Sahara». They also «noted the resolutions of the SADC Solidarity Conference» with the Polisario, held in March in South Africa and asked the United Nations to «implement them». Expecting the Front to attend the upcoming Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), scheduled for the end of August in Yokohama, the summit urged «African Union Member States and other partners to ensure that the SADR is not excluded from participating in continental and international events».
