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.
By urging the United Nations to reduce the MINURSO’s mandate to six months, instead of one year, Russia has offered the Polisario and Algeria a precious gift. Details.
Three days before the expiry of the MINURSO’s mandate, United States Ambassador to the United Nations has held talks with three members of the Security Council.
Voting on the UN draft resolution on Western Sahara has been postponed by the U.S. after Russia stated that the text lacks «balance».
After five days of negotiations between members of the «Western Sahara Friends Club», the draft resolution on the Sahara will be soon voted. The document meets some of Morocco’s demands.
France has been able to amend parts of the draft resolution on the Sahara. However, the document still does not condemn the Polisario’s military incursions into the buffer zones.
The draft resolution submitted last night to the UN Security Council is worrying to Morocco. The document failed to make reference to the Polisario’s military incursions into the buffer zones.