ZAGREB, Dec 12 (Hina) - Two Croatian army officers, Major RobertGlavina and Captain Karlo Pilka, on Sunday morning left Zagreb forWestern Sahara where they will stay for the next 12 months as unarmedmilitary observers of the United
Nations Mission for the Referendum inWestern Sahara (MINURSO).
ZAGREB, Dec 12 (Hina) - Two Croatian army officers, Major Robert
Glavina and Captain Karlo Pilka, on Sunday morning left Zagreb for Western
Sahara where they will stay for the next 12 months as unarmed military
observers of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
(MINURSO).The two officers will replace Major Goran Karlovic and Lieutenant
Hidajet Cobo. They will be overseeing the cease-fire between the forces of
Morocco, which since 1975 has had administrative control of the former Spanish
colony, and the Frente POLISARIO, which fights for the independence of Western
Sahara.
The MINURSO was established in line with a UN Security Council decision
in 1991 and its task is to oversee the implementation of peace agreements,
separate the confronted sides and carry out preparations for the organisation
of free elections under UN protection.