Overview
- Members approved the resolution 11–0 with three abstentions (China, Russia, Pakistan), Algeria declined to participate, and MINURSO was extended to October 31, 2026.
- The text urges talks without preconditions using Morocco’s 2007 plan as the base while referencing Sahrawi self-determination, and it drops explicit language calling for a referendum.
- Morocco welcomed the move; King Mohamed VI hailed a “new chapter” and said Rabat will update and refine its autonomy offer as crowds celebrated in major cities.
- Algeria criticized the resolution as unbalanced and outside UN decolonization doctrine, and the Polisario said it will not accept outcomes that bypass a referendum, arguing the text does not impose autonomy.
- The United States led the drafting and pushed autonomy as the most feasible outcome, with a tougher initial proposal softened to avoid vetoes as Russia and China abstained.