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Briefing from ROAPE Volume 33 Number 108
Open Letter to His Majesty Mohamed VI
Your Majesty,
I feel the duty to address you, with the greatest respect and sincerity, as an old doctor who has spent most of his professional life in relieving the sufferings of others, both in Italy and in Africa, and as an old university professor who, over a forty year period, has taught many young people, also in four African countries. I wanted to address you, the Head of State of a nation for which I feel strong ties for various reasons, to express my viewpoint - I would not dare to call it my advice - concerning the dramatic events that have been happening in the territory of Western Sahara ...
I feel the duty to address you, with the greatest respect and sincerity, as an old doctor who has spent most of his professional life in relieving the sufferings of others, both in Italy and in Africa, and as an old university professor who, over a forty year period, has taught many young people, also in four African countries. I wanted to address you, the Head of State of a nation for which I feel strong ties for various reasons, to express my viewpoint - I would not dare to call it my advice - concerning the dramatic events that have been happening in the territory of Western Sahara ...