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UN Security Council Endorses Talks on Morocco’s Western Sahara Autonomy Plan

The US-drafted measure deems the 2007 proposal the most practicable path, renews MINURSO for a year, and orders a strategic review within six months.

Mohammed VI, à Laâyoune, lors de la célébration de la Marche verte. Dix ans plus tard, l’ONU entérine la position marocaine sur le Sahara occidental.
La région désertique est revendiquée par le Maroc et par le Front Polisario, le mouvement indépendantiste sahraoui soutenu par l’Algérie.
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Overview

  • The Council adopted Resolution 1122 with 11 votes in favor, none against and three abstentions by Russia, China and Pakistan, as Algeria declined to participate.
  • The text asks Secretary-General António Guterres and envoy Staffan de Mistura to convene negotiations on the basis of Morocco’s 2007 autonomy offer, which it says could be the most realizable solution.
  • MINURSO’s mandate is extended for one year and the Secretary-General must deliver a strategic assessment of the mission within six months.
  • Morocco celebrated the vote as a turning point, while Algeria and the Polisario rejected it, with Polisario insisting any plan would need validation through a Sahrawi referendum.
  • The resolution was drafted by the United States and reflects a notable shift away from language centered on an independence referendum toward treating Moroccan autonomy under sovereignty as the primary reference for talks.