UN Chief Antonio Guterres dedicated a significant part of his report to the Security Council on the Sahara to the visit paid by his Personal Envoy Staffan de Mistura to Laâyoune and Dakhla, in the Moroccan Saharan provinces on September 5-7. In the report which has just been officially published on the United Nations’ website, […]
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Sahara: Washington reiterates its “full support” for de Mistura to advance the UN process
US Under-Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met on Friday with the UN Secretary-General’s personal envoy for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, to whom she expressed the “full support” of the United States for the process policy under the aegis of the United Nations. “Deputy Secretary Sherman emphasized full U.S. support for the Personal Envoy’s efforts […]
UN Security Council holds briefing on Sahara this April
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 […]


