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The United States assured the UN on Tuesday that the new Administration of Joe Biden will support a negotiated two-state solution in the Middle East, which implies a viable state for Palestine, and announced that it was renewing US relations with the Palestinian leadership, and restoring “credible engagement” with the Palestinians. The remarks were made […]
Tunisia, President of the UN Security Council in January, called on the global body to send peacekeeping forces to Libya to support the fragile ceasefire agreed between various factions fighting for the control of the oil-rich North African country. Tarek Ladeb, Tunisia’s ambassador to the UN, told reporters that he hoped the Security Council’s upcoming […]
The United Nations Security Council held, on Monday, at the request of Germany, a closed doors briefing on the latest developments of the Sahara issue. According to diplomatic sources, quoted by MAP, this meeting was an opportunity for the United States to explain, for the first time before the Security Council, the validity and accuracy […]
The United States officially transmitted Tuesday, December 15, the presidential proclamation recognizing Morocco’s sovereignty over its Sahara to the UN. The United States officially and solemnly transmitted the presidential proclamation on the recognition of Morocco’s sovereignty over its Saharan regions to all the decision-making bodies of the United Nations. Kelly Craft, US Representative to the […]
Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN has briefed the Security Council on the latest developments in the Southern Moroccan border post of Guerguarat and the action carried out by the Moroccan army against the polisario mercenaries’ obstruction of traffic flow with Mauritania. The Moroccan action has ended the obstructions of the polisario militiamen and restored […]
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 […]
Several members of the UN Security Council on Tuesday welcomed the inter-Libyan dialogue held in Bouznika and its outcome, considering it a “positive step” towards the rapid resumption of the political process and a way out of the crisis in Libya. “The outcome of the mediation talks held in Switzerland and Morocco are positive steps […]
The Security Council, expressing concern about security and humanitarian challenges in West Africa — as well as the potential of the COVID-19 pandemic to exacerbate existing fragilities —adopted a presidential statement calling for national, regional and international support for countries of the region. In a statement issued by Christoph Heusgen (Germany), Council President for July, […]
Morocco warned the UN Security Council about the deteriorating security, political and economic conditions in Libya which foreign intervention will further worsen. Speaking at a virtual meeting of dozen foreign ministers on Libya, Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita reiterated Morocco’s position in support of the UN Skhirate agreement, noting that multiplying initiatives will be counterproductive. […]
The UN General Assembly on Thursday elected Kenya to fill an African seat on the Security Council in 2021-2022. Kenya will replace South Africa in January. The seat was viewed by another candidate, Djibouti, which lost in a second round of vote. In a departure from previous years when African countries used to choose a […]