After 34 years of operations in Western Sahara without achieving its objectives, is it time for MINURSO to retire? The UN mission is scaling back with an unprecedented decision, causing panic within the Polisario.
The UN Fifth Committee approved earlier this week the MINURSO’s budget for 2019/20. The approved budget is higher than the one allocated to the peacekeeping mission in the previous year. This decision comes amid the United States’ UN cuts.