The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) has declared, “There is no official representation of the polisario either at the UN Office in Geneva or at the Swiss Federal Council.”
In a note verbally addressed to the Moroccan Embassy in Berne, the FDFA added, “The polisario office in Geneva does not enjoy any privileges or immunity in Switzerland.”
FDFA added that the polisario representative in Switzerland has been instructed again to avoid using names and titles that would suggest that it is an officially recognized representative of that entity.
The communication refuted the legitimacy of the representative who had self-identified as belonging to the polisario in Switzerland, in portraying himself as the ambassador representing this separatist entity in that country, and at the UN and other international organizations in Geneva.