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Rabat – The UN’s General Assembly reaffirmed on Friday the centrality of its political process to reach a resolution for the dispute over Western Sahara within the framework of the Security Council, echoing a resolution adopted by the UN’s 4th committee last month.
The General Assembly called on all parties involved to “fully cooperate” with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his personal envoy Staffan de Mistura to reach a political solution based on Security Council resolutions.
The text additionally expressed support for the resolutions adopted by the Security Council since 2007, many of which hailed Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as a “serious and credible” initiative to bring the dispute to an end.
Previous Security Council resolutions also welcomed measures taken by Morocco to protect human rights in its southern provinces, and urged Algerian and Polisario authorities to conduct a census of the refugees in the Tindouf camps, as well as to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian assistance to them.
The UN has also repeatedly called on Algeria to engage in the political process, as Algiers has continued to shift the blame for the process’ stagnation on Morocco.
The UN-led talks are supported by several other countries, including the EU, Qatar, and Spain. Doha and Madrid have also expressed their support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the southern regions and the country’s Autonomy Initiative.
