Western Sahara Campaign archive

The archives of the Western Sahara Campaign document the conflict in Western Sahara and Britain and Europe's response to it. The collection comprises the organisational and campaign material of the Western Sahara Campaign including: lobbying material; correspondence with MPs and MEPs; press releases...

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Date(s) of creation: 1974-2012
Level: Collection
Format: Archive           

Reference number: WSC
Summary: The archives of the Western Sahara Campaign document the conflict in Western Sahara and Britain and Europe's response to it. The collection comprises the organisational and campaign material of the Western Sahara Campaign including: lobbying material; correspondence with MPs and MEPs; press releases; newsletters and United Nations Security Council reports. The collection also contains material from international human rights organisations, photographs and slides of refugee camps, press cuttings and reference material regarding the Western Sahara conflict. In English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Italian, Welsh, Dutch, Danish
Main author: Western Sahara Campaign
Other authors: Sahara Action Committee
Extent: 21 boxes
Admin history: The Western Sahara Campaign is a UK based organisation working to generate political support in order to advance the Saharawi people's right to self-determination and to promote their human rights. The Sahara Action Committee was formed in London in the late 1970s after the occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco in 1975. This led to the establishment of the Western Sahara Campaign in 1982, which was formally launched in 1983. It set up an office in London and for some years in Leeds, with a part-time co-ordinator. The Western Sahara Cam ... View more
Acquisition: Donated to SOAS Library in November 2007, January 2013, and May 2013
Accruals: Expected
Arrangement: The collection is divided into fifteen sections: minutes, press releases; communications with the British government; campaign work; WSC newsletters and publications; administrative papers; photographs; papers relating to the European Union; papers relating to the United Nations; papers relating to Human Rights; papers relating to Western Sahara resources; press cuttings; material from related organisations, external publications, and the records of the Sahara Action Committee. Within each section the original arrangement of the papers has been ... View more
Access status: Open
Language: English
Arabic
Multiple languages
Finding aids: Handlist available
Related material: The collection includes some material by War On Want, a British campaign group whose archive SOAS Library also holds [Ref: WOW]. The material can be located in series 11, 12 and 13.
Format: Archive           
Subjects:
Access Points - Person, Corporate & Family Names:
Name Code Person, Corporate or Family Name Type of Entity
GB/NNAF/C205427 Western Sahara Campaign Corporate
GB/SOASNAF/C329 Western Sahara Resource Watch Corporate
GB/SOASNAF/C502 Sahara Action Committee Corporate
GB/SOASNAF/C503 Polisario Front Corporate
Access Points - Places:
Place Code Place Name
7729887 Northern Africa
7729885 Western Africa
6255148 Europe
2542007 Morocco
2378080 Mauritania
2635167 United Kingdom
2461445 Western Sahara