10. Following this Advisory Opinion and the departure of Spain from Western Sahara, Morocco organized the ‘Green March’ into Western Sahara where 300, 000 unarmed Moroccans accompanied by the Moroccan Army armed with heavy weapons crossed into and occupied Western Sahara. 11. SADR has been a full member of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) since 1982 and a founding member of its successor, the African Union (AU). It ratified the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights in 1986 and submitted its initial report to the Commission in January 2003. 12. The AU has long defended the principle of Sahrawi independence. At the 13th Session of the Council of Ministers of the OAU held in Addis-Ababa from 27 August to 6 September, 1969, resolution CM/RES/206(XIII), “reaffirmed the legitimacy of the war waged in the so-called Spanish Sahara” and “requested Spain to enforce Resolution 2428 (XXIII) through which the United Nations’ General Assembly recognized the inalienable right of the Saharawi people to self-determination”. 13. At its 14th Session held in Addis-Ababa in February, 1970, the Council of Ministers of the OAU upheld Resolution 206 of the previous session through the adoption of a new resolution, i.e. CM/RES/209(XIV). 14. At the 15th Session of August, 1970, the Council of Ministers, per Resolution CM/RES/234(XV), “earnestly requested Spain to immediately comply with the relevant provisions of the United Nations resolutions dealing with the right to self-determination of the people of the so-called Spanish Sahara”. 15. Resolution CM/RES/272(XIX) which was adopted in June, 1972 called for the exercise of the “right to self-determination and independence “of Western Sahara. 16. In 1991, the United Nations Security Council adopted the Settlement Plan signed by Morocco and the Polisario Front. Under this plan, the United Nations Mission for the 5|Page