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The Moroccan government expressed satisfaction with the latest UN Security Council resolution, which renewed the mandate of MINURSO for one year, until 31 Oct.2021, saying the text is clear, firm, and consistent, and highlights Algeria’s responsibility in the Sahara dispute. Resolution 2548, adopted by the UN Security Council, Friday, on the Moroccan Sahara, contains three […]
The United States reaffirmed on Friday, following the adoption of UN Security Council resolution N° 2548 on the Moroccan Sahara, that the Moroccan autonomy initiative is “serious, credible and realistic” for the settlement of this regional dispute. “We consider the Moroccan autonomy plan as serious, credible and realistic, and it represents a potential approach to […]
The Security Council renewed on Oct. 30 the mandate of the United Nations’s mission to the Sahara (MINURSO) for another year, while stressing the relevance of Morocco’s autonomy plan as a political, mutually acceptable solution to the over four-decade dispute. In resolution 2548, the Council also urged the UN chief to appoint an Envoy to […]
The United Nations has made clarifications regarding the presence of two elements of the MINURSO, at the site of the pseudo-congress of the Polisario, indicating that their presence was part of routine monitoring and reaffirming the neutrality of the UN mission in the Sahara. The clarification was made Monday by Stéphane Dujarric, the spokesman for […]
Algeria’s foreign ministry obstinately denied the veracity of the reports warning of imminent terrorist attacks and kidnappings in the Polisario-administered camps of Tindouf in southwestern Algeria. Spain, Canada and the UN mission in the Sahara MINURSO have all warned of the unsafety of visiting Tindouf due to risks of terrorist attacks. The same area in […]
The threat of terrorist attacks against foreigners in Tindouf and the risk of unrest in Algeria more generally, were corroborated by a new warning note issued Tuesday (Dec. 3) by the federal government of Canada. After the warning issued on November 27 by the Spanish authorities against any trip in the Tindouf camps, and the […]
Less than a week after the Spanish Foreign Ministry issued a travel warning recommending not to go to the Polisario-run Tindouf camps, Algiers launched a security alert to the attention of the members of the MINURSO. In a correspondence to the members of the UN mission in the Sahara, the Algerian government warns about the […]
The US reiterated its support for Morocco’s Sahara autonomy initiative one week ahead of a planned visit to Morocco by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “The Sahara issue is a priority for Moroccans and we are engaged together with the UN to advance a political solution,” a senior US official said. “Our position remains steady,” […]
The UN Security Council reiterated on Wednesday its “concern” over the Polisario’s violations of military agreements in the Sahara, and urged the separatist movement to respect the “commitments” it made in this regard to the former UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy Horst Köhler. The Security Council reaffirms, in resolution 2494 adopted on Wednesday, “the importance of […]
As was expected, the UN Security Council extended the UN mission in the Sahara (MINURSO) for another year while lauding Morocco’s autonomy initiative to end the over four-decade dispute. Resolution 2494, adopted by a sweeping majority at the Security Council, Wednesday oct. 30, restored the tradition of extending the MINURSO by one year after an […]