Sahara: UN Security Council extends for another year MINURSO mandate

The UN Security Council decided on Thursday to extend the MINURSO mandate for another year, until 31 October 2025, reaffirming support for Moroccan autonomy initiative offering lasting & peaceful solution to the Sahara regional conflict.

The new resolution 2756 was adopted with an overwhelming majority. Twelve members of the Council voted in favor, two abstained (Russia and Mozambique), while Algeria, a non-permanent member chose not to vote for the resolution to avoid humiliation as it failed to serve its own geopolitical agenda because it is the main party to the Sahara regional conflict.

For the Security Council, the realistic, serious and credible autonomy plan offered by Morocco for the Sahara under its sovereignty is the benchmark and the only doable solution to the Sahara regional conflict

Algeria has been called back by the Council to the roundtable talks to advance the UN-led political process engaged to find a last solution to the Sahara issue. The United States, the penholder on the Sahara at the Security Council, has rejected a proposal submitted by Algeria’s delegate to UN for extending MINURSO mandate to include human rights monitoring.

The amendment was also rejected by France, another permanent member of UN Security Council with veto power. The penholder also ditched another amendment put forward by Russia which did not support the Algerian proposal, reflecting the deep crack between Moscow and Algiers.

Algeria uses constantly its non-permanent seat at UN Security Council to undermine Morocco’s territorial integrity derailing UN debates and unveiling its advocacy for separatism threatening regional peace and stability.

This year, Algeria, which is sitting at the Security Council, finds itself in an extremely uncomfortable position as everybody knows that it is the main stakeholder in the Sahara issue, fueling a proxy conflict against neighboring Morocco.