Several countries, including Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Peru, and Gabon, have renewed their support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan before the UN Fourth Committee in New York.
This comes amid continued international momentum behind Morocco’s position on Western Sahara, with a growing international community viewing the Autonomy Plan as a basis for reaching a peaceful, lasting, and mutually acceptable solution to the dispute over Western Sahara.
Burkina Faso’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, Saïdou Zongo, stated that the Autonomy Plan constitutes a “basis for a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable” settlement of the dispute.
Zongo also recalled his country’s support for UN Security Council Resolution 2797, calling on all parties to the dispute to work toward the implementation of the resolution.
The Burkinabe official also commended Morocco’s efforts to develop the country’s southern provinces through investments.
Côte d’Ivoire has renewed the same remarks, commending the growing international momentum in support of the Moroccan Autonomy Plan.
Côte d’Ivoire’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, Tiémoko Moriko, said his country commends the international momentum supporting Morocco’s Autonomy Plan, reaffirming its full support for and backing of the proposal.
Moriko recalled that the Moroccan Autonomy Plan enjoys the support of around 130 countries, including three permanent members of the UN Security Council, including France and the US.
Peru, which has recently joined the growing consensus in supporting Morocco’s Autonomy Plan, also called on the parties to the dispute to engage in talks in line with UN Security Council Resolution 2797, which recognized Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as a basis for negotiations.
Gabon’s representative to the UN echoed the same remarks, describing Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as a serious and credible basis for resolving the regional dispute over the Sahara.
She said the autonomy proposal “constitutes a serious and credible basis for reaching a negotiated solution that respects the territorial integrity of Morocco.”
Several countries also reaffirmed their support for Morocco’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, including Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, and Kuwait.
The support comes weeks before the UN Security Council vote on a new resolution extending the mandate of the peacekeeping operation in Western Sahara, MINURSO.
The vote follows the historic Resolution 2797 of October 2025, which constituted a breakthrough and a breaking point in the dispute and recognized Morocco’s Autonomy Plan as the only feasible political solution to end the dispute.
