 On Wednesday, the Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution renewing its support for the ongoing political process under the exclusive supervision of the United Nations to settle the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, and reaffirming the final acceptance of the referendum option.
The resolution calls on all parties to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and his Personal Envoy in order to reach a political solution to this regional conflict, based on the resolutions adopted by the Security Council since 2007, and thus supports the political process on the basis of the 19 Security Council resolutions adopted since 2007, with the aim of reaching a “just, lasting and acceptable to the parties” political solution to the Moroccan Sahara issue .
The resolution praised the efforts made in this direction, calling on all parties to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General and among themselves, in order to reach a “political solution acceptable to the parties.”
This resolution, like previous resolutions and those adopted by the Security Council over two decades, did not include any reference to the referendum that was endorsed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the General Assembly, and the United Nations Security Council.
In this resolution, the United Nations General Assembly also welcomed the parties’ pledge to continue to demonstrate political will and work in an atmosphere conducive to dialogue, in light of the efforts made and developments that have occurred since 2006, thus confirming the implementation of Security Council resolutions issued since 2007.
It should be noted that the only new development that has occurred in the political process since 2006 is the autonomy initiative presented by Morocco on April 11, 2007.
In this regard, the resolution supports Security Council resolutions issued since 2007, which established the supremacy of the autonomy initiative presented by Morocco, which was welcomed by the executive body and the international community as a serious and credible initiative for the final settlement of this regional dispute within the framework of the Kingdom’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The resolution also supports the recommendations of Resolutions 2440, 2468, 2494, 2548, 2602, and Resolution 2654 adopted at the end of October 2022, which define the criteria for resolving the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, represented by a political, realistic, practical, lasting solution based on the spirit of consensus.
It is worth noting that Resolutions 2440, 2468, 2494, 2548, 2602, and 2654 established the series of round tables and determined, once and for all, the four participants, namely Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, and “Polisario.” Resolutions 2440, 2468, 2494, 2548, 2602 and 2654 also referred to Algeria, like Morocco, five times, reaffirming Algeria’s role as a major party in this regional dispute.
On the other hand, the Security Council resolutions welcome the measures and initiatives taken by Morocco to promote and protect human rights in its southern provinces, the role played by the committees of the National Council for Human Rights in Laayoune and Dakhla, as well as Morocco’s interaction with the mechanisms of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
It also renews the request of the United Nations Executive Board to register and count the population of the Tindouf camps, with the need to make the necessary efforts to achieve this goal.
Also, this resolution of the Fourth Committee of the General Assembly does not in any way refer to the so-called imaginary war that Algeria and its “Polisario” creation claim is taking place in the Moroccan Sahara. Thus, after the Security Council, the General Assembly, in turn, refutes the lies and slanders of Algeria and the Polisario regarding the situation in the Moroccan Sahara, which is characterized by calm, stability and development in all fields.
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