The United States and the United Nations are coordinating their efforts in support of the UN-led political process engaged to reach a lasting solution to the Sahara conflict in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 2797.
This resolution, adopted in October 2025, has endorsed the Autonomy plan for the Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty. It calls upon the four parties to the Sahara conflict (Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania and Polisario) to engage in discussions without preconditions, taking as basis Morocco’s Autonomy Proposal, with a view to achieving a final and mutually acceptable political solution.
U.S. Presidential advisor Massad Boulos has conferred lately with the U.N. undersecretary-general for political and peacebuilding affairs Rosemary DiCarlo on their joint engagement and commitment to regional peace and security.
They discussed the Sahara issue and stressed “the need to advance a lasting and mutually acceptable resolution consistent with UN Security Council Resolution 2797”, said Mr. Boulos in a post on his X account.
The American-UN meeting on the Sahara comes few days after the telephone conversation Boulos had with Algerian president Abdelmajid Tebboune. These exchanges take place ahead of the UN Security Council meeting on the Sahara scheduled for October 31, 2026.
In early February 2026, the U.S. convened delegations from Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, and the Polisario Front for talks in Madrid. US Permanent Representative to the UN Mike Waltz and Boulos had attended the meeting, which was co-chaired by UN Sahara envoy Staffan de Mistura.
Following the Madrid meeting, the U.S. hosted another quadripartite meeting in Washington on the Sahara on February 23 and 24, with de Mistura co-chairing the talks.
However, the outcome of these meetings remained unclear amid reports citing reluctance of Algeria and Polisario to comply with UN Security Council resolution 2797.
Now, Spain, former colonial power of the Sahara, with its move granting citizenship to Sahrawis born under Spanish rule, throws a spanner in the mix by adding a twist to the UN-backed Autonomy plan.
