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Article

20 Jun 2008

Author:
Western Sahara Resource Watch

29 parliamentarians protest unethical phosphate shipment from W.Sahara

29 parliamentarians from UK, Norway and New Zealand…sent a letter to the shipping company Gearbulk, urging the company to stop their phosphate shipments from occupied Western Sahara…"The Gearbulk phosphate shipment is in the interest of Morocco, an illegal occupier, and clearly lends legitimacy to the illegal Moroccan occupation of the territory…”, the letter reads...other shipping companies have announced that they regret having made similar shipments, and have promised to never do it again…[also refers to Kerr-McGee (now part of Anadarko), Yara, Arnesen Shipbrokers, R-Bulk, Jinhui Shipping] [includes full version of the letter]