The Madrid Accords were a series of behind-the-scenes meetings between Spain, Morocco, and Mauritania to partition the territory of Spanish Sahara held in 1975. In spite of promises and an International Court of Justice ruling to the contrary, the Saharawi people were denied any right to self-determination in return for Spain's complete withdrawal from the territory, they would receive 35% of the phosphate income from region. Spanish Sahara was the name used for the modern territory of Western Sahara when it was ruled by Spain, created from the Spanish territories of Rio de Oro and La Aguera in 1924. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The International Court of Justice (known colloquially as the World Court or ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. ... Sahrawi and Saharawi are terms most commonly used for the natives of the Morocco-administered Western Sahara. ... In chemistry, a phosphate is a polyatomic ion or radical consisting of one phosphorus atom and four oxygen. ...
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Under the accords, Spain was given a 35 percent stake in the Bu Craa phosphate mine, which remains a source of tremendous profit--and in imperialist interest in who controls this country.
In 1975, the same year the MadridAccords were signed, the Moroccan monarchy launched the "green march" in an attempt to crush the independence movement.
According to the pact, Sahrawis in occupied Western Sahara, in the liberated zones, and in the refugee camps would vote in a referendum on two choices: integration of their country with Morocco or independence.
As for Religious Education, the Accords state that they "respect the basic right of parents regarding the moral and religious education of their children in school." Religious Education has therefore been present, and since 1999, the Catholic Church has appointed its own 18,000 R.E. teachers, even though they are paid by the state.
The publishers, based at the Calatrava Christian Bookshop in central Madrid which was founded in 1873, say the details have been removed because of "pressure and protests" from many evangelicals, who believe that the inclusion of a homosexual group in a church guide is entirely inappropriate.
According to government statistics, at least four men were also murdered by their partners in 2003, while the Women's Institute registers a total of 12.
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