Overview
- The Council extended the Western Sahara mission to October 31, 2026 and set Morocco’s 2007 autonomy proposal under Moroccan sovereignty as the negotiating baseline.
- The resolution passed with 11 votes in favor and 3 abstentions, and Algeria did not participate in the vote.
- It urges negotiations without preconditions and cites the Sahrawi right to self-determination, yet it does not call for a referendum.
- The United States led the drafting as Russia and China abstained, and U.S. representative Mike Waltz hailed the vote and pressed parties to engage on Morocco’s plan.
- Morocco celebrated as King Mohammed VI declared a “new chapter,” invited dialogue with Algeria, and appealed to Sahrawis in Tindouf, while Algeria criticized the text and the Polisario said it would not enter talks that exclude a referendum.