United Nations personnel have already been hampered in their task because key equipment has been delayed at Moroccan ports. Observers from the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Committee of the Red Cross are virtually barred from the area. In addition. Morocco has yet to withdraw any of its 130.000 troops and is reported to be moving into the territory some 170.000 civilians who it says are of West Saharan origin. Immigrants from Morocco already far outnumber those of the indigenous Saharawls who remained in the country when Morocco took control. Mr. Speaker. we should call on the King of Morocco to respect the timetable of the peace plan and stop all obstruction of the U.N..
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