| By 1999 the UN had identified about 85,000 voters, with nearly half of them in the Moroccan-controlled parts of Western Sahara or Southern Morocco, and the others scattered between the , Mauritania and other places of exile | 2—4, quoted in , footnote 15 and 17 |
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| One such artist is Mohamed Sayad, a Sahrawi artist that has been transforming the refugee camp landscape by creating works of art amongst the devastation in camps that have existed for four decades | They are of mixed Arab-Berber descent, but claim descent from the , an Arab tribe that migrated across the desert in the 11th century |
His father, , initially supported the referendum idea in principle in 1982, and signed contracts with Polisario and the UN in 1991 and 1997.
24| According Isidoros "lies appear to play some peculiar importance in this report" | Polisario accepted this voter list, as it had done with the previous list presented by the UN both of them originally based on the Spanish census of 1974 , but Morocco refused and, as rejected voter candidates began a mass-appeals procedure, insisted that each application be scrutinized individually |
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| The Beni Hassan then were at constant war with the nomadic Berbers of the | It initiated guerrilla warfare and, in 1979, Mauritania withdrew due to pressure from Polisario, including a bombardment of its capital and other economic targets |
The number was highly politically significant due to the expected organization of a referendum on self-determination.
3| Political leadership of trade agreement signatories such as the United States US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement and Norway European Free Trade Association trade accord have made statements as to these agreements' non-applicability — although practical policy application is ambiguous | By "eligible voter" the UN referred to any Sahrawi over 18 years of age that was part of the Spanish census or could prove their descent from someone who was |
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| Benin, which had recognized Sadr on 11 March 1976 | Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information |
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