On the eve of the UN Security Council meeting dedicated to discussing MINURSO’s mandate, the Polisario Front sent a letter to the Council’s president expressing its firm rejection of the U.S. draft resolution, describing the text as a «serious and unprecedented deviation» from the principles of international law.
The United States has submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council supporting Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara, increasing pressure on the Polisario Front and Algeria to resume negotiations. While the text is backed by Western powers, Algeria is counting on a possible Russian veto, despite recent diplomatic tensions between Algiers and Moscow.
Risking the ire of Algeria and the Polisario, Staffan de Mistura has called for the resumption of the Round Table process, which has been stalled for several years. The UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara also urged Algiers to take a constructive role by encouraging the Polisario Front to pursue a political and diplomatic resolution to the conflict.
Although the special adviser to President Donald Trump for Africa was dropped from Massad Boulos’s Algerian agenda in July, the Polisario only officially learned on Sunday, via Staffan de Mistura, of the U.S. proposal to resolve the Sahara dispute.
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