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Western Sahara: UN Security Council Adopts Resolution in Favor of Morocco
Western Sahara: UN Security Council Adopts Resolution in Favor of Morocco
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Western Sahara: UN Security Council Adopts Resolution in Favor of Morocco 01.11.2025, Sputnik Africa
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Western Sahara: UN Security Council Adopts Resolution in Favor of MoroccoThe autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty, proposed in 2007, is enshrined as the only credible basis for resolving the Western Sahara dispute.🟠11 countries voted in favor, while three abstained (Russia🇷🇺, China🇨🇳, Pakistan🇵🇰). 🟠Algeria🇩🇿 chose not to participate in the vote.🟠Submitted at the initiative of the US, the text also provides for a one-year extension of the UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO).🔊 For Algeria, this document falls "below the expectations and legitimate aspirations of the people of Western Sahara, represented by the Polisario Front," stated the Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amar Bendjama.He added: "This people, who for over 50 years have resisted to have, and and be the only ones to have a say in their own destiny."👉 Morocco considers this region an integral part of its territory with autonomy. Algeria, for its part, supports the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people and refuses any recognition of Moroccan sovereignty.
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Western Sahara: UN Security Council Adopts Resolution in Favor of Morocco
The autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty, proposed in 2007, is enshrined as the only credible basis for resolving the Western Sahara dispute.
🟠11 countries voted in favor, while three abstained (Russia🇷🇺, China🇨🇳, Pakistan🇵🇰). 🟠Algeria🇩🇿 chose not to participate in the vote.
🟠Submitted at the initiative of the US, the text also provides for a one-year extension of the UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO).
🔊 For Algeria, this document falls "below the expectations and legitimate aspirations of the people of Western Sahara, represented by the Polisario Front," stated the Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amar Bendjama.
He added: "This people, who for over 50 years have resisted to have, and and be the only ones to have a say in their own destiny."
👉 Morocco considers this region an integral part of its territory with autonomy. Algeria, for its part, supports the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people and refuses any recognition of Moroccan sovereignty.
