Page 5 circumstances (lack of experience and scarcity of financial resources) that impact negatively on the efforts deployed by the relevant institutions of the State concerned with the promotion of the provisions of the African Charter and despite Morocco‟s occupation of a large chunk of Western Sahara territory and its illegal exploitation of its natural resources, the Sahrawi State has responded to these contents for the development and prosperity of its people as well as promotion of human rights. 6. For the purpose of preparing this report, a media gathering was held on 24 March2011 during which all participants were reminded of the obligation of the Sahrawi Republic to be submitting such reports. 7. On 16 October 2011, the Sahrawi Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a session to validate this report. All the Departments of the Ministries and Non-Governmental Organizations concerned participated in that session and made their inputs to the report. The Participating Ministries The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Social Welfare, Ministry of Women‟s Affairs, Ministry of Youth and Sports, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Civil Service, Training and Employment. Civil Society Organizations The National Sahrawi Women‟s Association, the Sahrawi Youth Association, the Sahrawi Jurists Association, Physicians Association, the Journalists and Writers Association, Society of Guardians of Sahrawi Detainees and Missing Persons and the Sahrawi Bar Association. 8. The report of the Sahrawi Republic to the African Commission on Human and peoples Rights is being submitted at a time: