Rabat – Morocco has expressed satisfaction with the UN Security Council’s adoption of Resolution 2756, which renews the MINURSO mandate in Western Sahara through October 31, 2025.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized that the decision comes amid robust international support for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara, with influential countries and permanent Security Council members showing heightened support for the Moroccan Autonomy Plan.
“The resolution… preserves all Morocco’s achievements, while introducing new important elements for the issue’s future development within the UN,” the statement from the ministry said, adding that the council re-established that roundtable talks are the only framework for a political solution to the regional dispute,
The ministry added that “the resolution clearly identifies the parties to the dispute, notably Algeria, which is mentioned in the resolution as many times as Morocco,” noting that this reaffirms the council’s reaffirmation that a political solution can only be realistic, pragmatic, and lasting.
The text emphasized that the international community has been monitoring the momentum achieved by Morocco and welcomes it, urging it to build.
The ministry also welcomed the ongoing trend of nations retracting recognition of the self-proclaimed “SADR,” marking a significant advance in Morocco’s territorial strategy under the leadership of King Mohammed VI.
On Thursday, the UN Security Council voted on the new resolution, extending the mandate of MINURSO by one year until October 2025.
The resolution received 12 votes in favor, while two abstained. Russia, a permanent member, and Mozambique (a non-permanent member) are the two countries that abstained from the vote. Algeria, a non-permanent member, boycotted the vote.
At the session, Algeria proposed a few hostile amendments to the draft solution, which the UN Security Council rejected.
An Algerian representative interrupted the Security Council vote on the resolution to request their inclusion. One amendment had to do with human rights in the Sahara, whereas the other had to do with the peacekeeping mission.
The new resolution has once again shattered Algeria’s hope to distance itself from the dispute, calling upon all the parties to “negotiate under the Secretary-General’s auspices without preconditions and in good faith.”
It further encouraged the “continuation of consultations between his Personal Envoy and Morocco, Frente Popular para la Liberación de Saguía el-Hamra y de Río de Oro (Frente POLISARIO), Algeria and Mauritania to build on progress achieved.”
The UN Security Council also reaffirmed its commitment to assist the parties to achieve a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution.
