SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS WOLFGANG WEISBROD-WEBER OF GERMANY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN WESTERN SAHARA, UN News, 15.06.12
Solidariteitsgroep Westelijke Sahara on Facebook: «Morocco was trying to block the appointment of Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber as head of the UN mission in Western Sahara. A letter of appointment was sent to the UN Security Council, on which Morocco is six months into a two year elected term. But Morocco objected. After more than a month's delay, on June 15 Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber was finally named SRSG of the MINURSO mission. But the status of envoy Christopher Ross is less clear.»
Innercity Press: As Weisbrod-Weber Gets W. Sahara, Ladsous' Water Down, Eritrea Water Up? Matthew Russell Lee, 15.06.12
Comment on Facebook by Pedro Pinto Leite (IPJET (International Platform of Jurists for East Timor + International Association of Jurists for Western Sahara): «Good news! Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber knows that the questions of East Timor and Western Sahara are like two drops of water - he served, from 2006 to 2008, as Chief of Staff for the United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). That's why Morocco tried unsuccessfully to stop his appointment...»
LE SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL NOMME M. WOLFGANG WEISBROD-WEBER DE L’ALLEMAGNE À LA TÊTE DE LA MISSION DES NATIONS UNIES AU SAHARA OCCIDENTAL (MINURSO), ONU News, 15.06.12
Nuevo representante de la ONU Sahara Occidental y nueva derrota marroquí en Naciones Unidas, Carlos Ruiz Miguel, blog Desde el Atlantico, 15.06.12
