The UN Security Council has adopted a new resolution urging renewed negotiations over Western Sahara, backing Morocco’s autonomy proposal as the most practical path toward resolving the territory’s five-decade conflict with the Algeria-backed Polisario Front.
The U.S.-drafted resolution, passed on Friday, calls on both sides to “engage in serious discussions” based on Morocco’s 2007 plan offering limited self-rule under Moroccan sovereignty. The decision also extends the mandate of MINURSO, the UN peacekeeping mission in the region, for another year.
The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on Friday stating that genuine autonomy for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty …
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Western Sahara, a vast desert roughly the size of Britain, has been Africa’s longest-running territorial dispute since Spain withdrew in 1975.
Russia, China, and Pakistan abstained, while Algeria chose not to vote. Following the resolution, U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz said Washington would “make every effort to facilitate progress” toward regional peace, but Algeria’s envoy criticized the text for “ignoring the Polisario Front’s proposals.”
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