Resolution 2797 adopted by UN Security Council end of October 2025 on Sahara has been a crowning achievement for Morocco’s diplomatic efforts, says “Geopolitical Desk” media platform, specialized in international relations.
The 15-member Security Council endorsed the Sahara resolution with 11 votes in favor to none against, with 3 abstentions (China, Pakistan and Russian Federation). Algeria did not participate in the vote.
Adopted with near unanimity, an endorsement widely interpreted as recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara territory, the UNSC resolution will also reshape North Africa’s political dynamics, says the analysis of “Geopolitical Desk”.
On the evening of 31 October, Morocco erupted in celebration from Tangier to Lagouira following adoption by the UN Security Council of resolution endorsing Moroccan Autonomy plan under the Kingdom’s sovereignty.
The timing of the UNSC Sahara vote was significant, says Geopolitical Desk report, explaining that it came just days before the 50th anniversary of the Green March, a unique peaceful march which enabled Morocco to retrieve its southern provinces that were under Spanish dominion
Morocco’s foreign minister Nasser Bourita spoke of the Security Council’s “complex composition,” a reference to clashing global agendas among permanent and non-permanent members.
According to diplomatic sources, only six states initially backed the U.S.-sponsored text. But the final count reached eleven after a round of urgent outreach in which King Mohammed VI personally contacted world leaders, staying engaged until the decisive hours, says Geopolitical Desk.
The UNSC resolution 2797 reaffirmed that forthcoming consultations between Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and the Polisario will proceed based on Morocco’s autonomy plan under the Kingdom’s sovereignty.
Talks are expected to take place in the United States, although Algeria and the Polisario rejected the resolution.
In his address made following the adoption of the UN Security Council resolution, King Mohammed VI said: “After fifty years of sacrifices, and with the help and guidance of the Almighty, we are starting a new chapter in the process of consolidating the Moroccanness of the Sahara, and closing, once and for all, this fabricated conflict, within the framework of a consensual solution based on the Autonomy Initiative”.
