The Sahrawi people who are an Arab, African and Muslim people who decided to declare war of liberation in 1973, under the leadership of the Frente POLISARIO, to liberate thehomeland from colonialism and subsequently from occupation, thus continuing the long resistance, whichhas never stopped during thehistory of our people to defend theirfreedom and dignity, proclaim:Their resolve to continue to struggle for the recovery of the sovereignty of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) over the entire national territoryand achievement of total independence;Their attachment to the principles of justice and democracy as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (of 10December 1948), in the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (of 26 June 1981) and in International Agreements to whichthe SADRis party;Their conviction that liberty and human dignity are only possible in a society where law is sovereign and where conditions for social development are created in conformity with the values of the said society, its civilisation, religion and national culture as well as the demands of the modern world;Their determination to create democratic institutions thatguarantee freedoms and fundamental human rights, economic and social rightsandrights of the family, the basic unit of society;Their awareness of the need to build the Grand Maghreb, to concretise African Unity, Arab Unity and to establish international relations based on cooperation, harmony, mutual respect and the achievement of peace in the world.