The Ministry of the Royal Household, Protocol, and Chancellery announced that King Mohammed VI will deliver a speech to the Moroccan people this Friday, October 31.
The address comes following the UN Security Council’s adoption of a resolution recognizing Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as the genuine and credible political solution to the Western Sahara regional dispute. The speech will be broadcast on national radio and television starting at 9:00 p.m.
The vote is historic as paragraph four of the resolution recalled the growing cohort of international support for Morocco’s Autonomy Proposal, with many countries — most notably including permanent UNSC members France, the UK, and the US — having recently embraced the Moroccan plan as the most credible basis for a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution.
Eleven Member States voted in favor of the vote, including the UK, France, and the US, while three abstained from voting, and none voted against.
Morocco’s position has been strengthening for years, as over 120 countries have continued to express support for the Moroccan Autonomy Plan as the most viable path to a political resolution of the dispute.
