The Spanish capital, Madrid, is hosting on Friday and Saturday, November 13 and 14, 2026, the fiftieth session of the European Coordination Conference for Support and Solidarity with the Sahrawi People, known by the acronym "EUCOCO," with the participation of political delegations, human rights activists, and solidarity organizations from Europe and Africa. This event is one the Polisario Front is counting on to re-present its positions regarding the Western Sahara conflict on the international stage.
The Front's delegation is led by Bucharaya Hamudi Beyun, who serves as Prime Minister of the republic declared by the Polisario, alongside a number of the Front's officials and representatives to European institutions, most notably Fatma Mehdi, in charge of cooperation, Omar Mansour, the Front's representative to the European Union, and Abdellah Arabi, its representative in Spain.
The delegation also includes representatives from the Sahrawi Red Crescent, trade union organizations, and bodies concerned with the file of detainees and missing persons, as well as officials in charge of natural resources and legal issues.
The conference program includes sessions and workshops discussing developments in the political path of the conflict, the humanitarian situation in the Tindouf camps, human rights, and legal disputes related to the exploitation of natural resources in the Sahara region.
This session is being held in light of the continued divergence between the position of Morocco, which considers the autonomy initiative under its sovereignty as the basis for resolving the conflict, and the position of the Polisario Front, which adheres to the option of self-determination and demands a referendum on the future of the region.
The conference also coincides with the 51st anniversary of the signing of the Madrid Accords in November 1975, an occasion that participating organizations are using to demand that Spain assume its historical responsibilities toward the Sahrawi cause.
According to the published program, a press conference for the Sahrawi delegation is scheduled for Friday morning at the "Lara" center in Madrid, before the start of the conference sessions, while organizations supporting the Polisario have called for a solidarity march on Saturday.
Despite the international nature of the meeting, its expected outcomes remain political positions and recommendations issued by the participating bodies, and do not represent binding decisions for the United Nations or an automatic shift in the legal and political status of the conflict.
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