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Members of the UN Security Council will convene this month for a briefing on the Sahara issue. The Security Council’s monthly forecast for April indicates that both the Special Representative for the Sahara and head of MINURSO, Russian Alexander Ivanko, and the UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for the Sahara Staffan de Mistura will brief the […]
The steadfast efforts made by King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, in support of the Palestinian cause were hailed during the open quarterly debate held Wednesday at the UN Security Council. Speaking on behalf of the Arab Group, the permanent representative of Egypt said the Group highly commends the continued efforts deployed by […]
The Permanent Representative of Morocco to the UN Omar Hilale has sent a letter to the President and members of the Security Council in which he exposed the baseless allegations of an agent of the polisario and Algeria, the so-called Saultana Khaya. “Concerning the so-called Saultana Khaya, it is necessary to ask since when do […]
The UN Security Council adopted resolution 2605 (2021) extending by one year the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), in which it commends the active role of Morocco in peacebuilding in the African country. Morocco, Chair of the Central African Republic Configuration of the UN […]
The UN Security Council decided on Friday to extend the MINURSO mandate for another year, until 31 October 2022, reaffirming the pre-eminence of the Moroccan autonomy initiative for a lasting & peaceful resolution of the Sahara regional conflict. The resolution passed by the Council welcomed once again the “serious and credible” efforts made by Morocco […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has submitted to the Security Council his annual report on the situation in the Sahara, highlighting the diplomatic and economic achievements accomplished in the Moroccan southern provinces. This report is sent to the Council ahead of its planned debate on the Sahara in October. During this month, the Security Council members […]
The Sahrawi Movement for Peace (MSP) denounced the repeated violations of the ceasefire in the Sahara by the Algeria-backed Polisario in a letter addressed on April 19 to the UN Secretary General, who referred the document to the UN Security Council. In this letter, the opposition movement to the polisario expressed its “concern over […]
The UN Security Council has ended its briefing on the Sahara territory without a statement as the UN mission in the Sahara continues business as usual giving a cold shower to the Polisario and its mentor Algeria who have seen their propaganda about an imaginary war in the territory collapse on the UN rock. UN […]
The UN Security Council has denounced the blockade by the Polisario armed militias last fall of the Guerguarate crossing point that hampered the movement of people and goods between Morocco and Mauritania. This came during the Security Council’s semi-annual consultation meeting on the Sahara which was held on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, behind closed […]
The next UN Security Council meeting on the Sahara issue will take place at a regional context in which Morocco has strengthened its foothold on the ground and internationally while Algeria and its creation the Polisario have reaped but military and diplomatic defeat. Head of the UN mission in the Sahara, the MINURSO, will brief […]