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Sahara: Latest UN Resolution Calls for Realistic, Pragmatic & Lasting Solution

Moroccan Secretary of State to Foreign Affairs Mounia Boucetta said on Monday that UN resolution 2468, adopted lately by the Security Council on the Sahara, calls for a realistic, pragmatic and enduring solution based on compromise and thwarts unrealistic and unilateral solutions. Speaking at the question time at the House of Representatives on the Sahara […]

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Sahara: Polisario, Algeria & South Africa Get Hard Slap at UN

The UN Security Council has dealt a hard blow to the Polisario thugs, the Algerian and South African leaders, with the adoption last Tuesday of resolution 2468 with a large majority. In this resolution, the Council underlined, once again, the importance of respecting fully its commitments in order to maintain the momentum of the political […]

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Sahara: EU supports compromise-based political solution

The European Union reiterated on Thursday its support for the United Nations efforts to reach a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution to the Sahara issue, based on compromise . Commenting on Security Council Resolution 2468 on the Sahara adopted on April 30, an EU spokeswoman said “the EU supports the efforts of the […]

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Sahara: Algeria & Polisario Upset by Latest UN Resolution

As expected, Algeria and the Polisario were displeased with Sahara resolution 2468 adopted last Tuesday by the UN Security Council with a large majority of 13 votes in favor and two abstentions (Russia and South Africa). According to sources close to the UN, the Polisario and its Algerian sponsors were very upset by this resolution, […]

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Omar Hilale: Polisario Must Understand the world has Changed

The polisario and its mentors must understand that the world has changed and that the era of separatism is bygone, said, on Tuesday in New York, Morocco’s ambassador to the UN Omar Hilale, affirming that autonomy remains the only solution to the Sahara regional conflict. Speaking to journalists at the UN headquarters following the adoption […]

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USA Welcomes Resolution 2468 on Sahara

The United States has welcomed the adoption on Tuesday by the UN Security Council of Resolution 2468 that renews for six months the MINURSO mandate, and underlined the importance of reaching a “realistic, pragmatic, and sustainable solution” to the Sahara issue through negotiations. At the end of the vote on the resolution Tuesday, Rodney Hunter, […]

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Sahara: Security Council Lauds New Momentum Given by Geneva Roundtable Meetings

The UN Security Council has lauded the new momentum given by the two roundtable meetings on the Sahara issue, held in Geneva at the initiative of the UN Secretary General’s personal envoy Horst Köhler, and commended Morocco’s serious commitment to the UN political process. In Resolution 2468, adopted Tuesday by 13 votes and 2 abstentions, […]