Vestsahara-konference på Christiansborg
FN-forbundet inviterer til konference om Vestsahara, en af verdens længstvarende og ofte oversete konflikter.
Agenda for the Western Sahara Conference Tuesday the 29th of September 2026 in the Danish Parliament (Proviantsalen, Christiansborg, Copenhagen) 13.00 - 17.00
The conference will be in English.
Aim: To inform and influence the Nordic public and politicians on the conflict in Western Sahara in order to provide an improved basis for an upcoming meeting in the UN Security Council.
13.00-13.10 Welcome by Finn Reske Nielsen, president of the Danish UN Association and Trine Pertou Mach, MP from Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten).
13.10-13.25 Background of the Western Sahara conflict by Kurt Mosgaard, former force commander of MINURSO.
13.25-13.30 Video from the Tindouf refugee camps.
13.30-13.50 International Law and Western Sahara by Astrid Kjeldgaard-Pedersen, professor of international law at the Copenhagen University.
13.50-14.00 Questions and answers (Kurt Mosgaard and Astrid Kjeldgaard-Pedersen).
14.00-14.15 The UN Security Council and Denmark - responsibilities and priorities by Finn Reske-Nielsen (Danish UN Association) and Mogens Lykketoft (former Foreign Minister of Denmark).
14.15-14.35 The EU, Morocco and Western Sahara resources by Erik Hagen from Western Sahara Resource Watch (Norway).
14.35-14.55 Questions and answers (Finn Reske-Nielsen, Mogens Lykketoft and Erik Hagen)
14-55-15.25 Coffee and cake
15.25-15.40 How could a road map for peace look like? By Dr. Sidi Mohamed Omar, Polisario ambassador to the UN (confirmed).
15.40-16.10 Voices on the Western Sahara conflict by Morten Nielsen from Global Action, Christian Juhl (the Danish UN Association and former member of Folketinget) and Sebastian Peter Haile Von Massow from the University of Copenhagen (Ph.D. from the European University Institute, Florence) including open dialog.
16.20-16.50 The upcoming UN Security Council resolution - what should it aim for. We will ask Trine Pertou Mach. and Cornelius Wiesener from the University of Copenhagen (assistant professor at the Centre for Law and Security). Perhaps some additional Danish politicians.
16.50-17.00. Ending of the conference by Klaudia Zielinska, former chair of the Malmö UN Association and Trine Pertou Mach, MP from Red-Green Alliance (Enhedslisten).
Chair of the meeting: Lave K. Broch, the Danish UN Association
The entrance to the Provianthuset is marked with the number 2 on the map below.
