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U.N. Security Council Adopts Resolution Backing Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara

The measure resets talks around autonomy, renewing the peacekeeping mission for a year with a six-month mandate review.

FILE - An archway in the entrance of Dakhla carries an image of Morocco's King Mohammed VI, in Western Sahara, on Dec. 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)
FILE - A Sahrawi refugee woman stands at the door of her home in the Boujdour refugee camp, Algeria, on Oct. 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
The United Nations logo adorns a window at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 18, 2025. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
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Overview

  • Eleven members voted in favor as Russia, China and Pakistan abstained and Algeria did not vote, clearing adoption of the U.S.-drafted text.
  • The resolution states that genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty could be the most feasible solution and makes the autonomy plan the basis for negotiations.
  • The council renewed MINURSO’s mandate for one year and asked the U.N. secretary-general to deliver a strategic review within six months.
  • The text drops explicit reference to a U.N.-backed referendum, drawing objections from Algeria and the Polisario Front, which argue the Sahrawi people must decide their future.
  • U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz urged rapid talks, Morocco’s king called for support from Sahrawi refugees, and Polisario said the vote does not recognize Moroccan sovereignty as it weighs its response.