Western Sahara: UN Committee Backs Western Sahara's Decolonisation Status in 152-Vote Decision
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Western Sahara: UN Committee Backs Western Sahara's Decolonisation Status in 152-Vote Decision
Nairobi -- The United Nations General Assembly's Fourth Committee has reaffirmed Western Sahara's status as a decolonisation issue, with 152 countries, including Morocco, voting in favour of an annual resolution amid a decades-long dispute over the territory's political future.
UN Fourth Committee Adopts Sahara Resolution Consecrating Resolution 2797
October has once again emerged as a defining month in the long diplomatic history of Morocco’s Western Sahara dispute. On Thursday, the Fourth Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted its annual resolution on the question by 152 votes in favor, including Morocco’s, against two and with seven abstentions.
A UN committee adopted a resolution reaffirming the legal nature of the conflict between Morocco and the Polisario Front in Western Sahara as a matter of decolonization of the former Spanish colony.
On 15 October 2026, the Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (Special Political and Decolonization Questions) adopted draft resolution A/C.4/81/L.4 on the question of Western Sahara by an overwhelming majority of 152 votes in favour, with only two against, namely, the United States and Israel, with seven abstentions (including France, the United Kingdom, Brunei, Cameroon, Honduras, Liberia and Maldives). This article [...] sho…
By Mehenna H. – The camouflet is historic for the Rabat regime. Meeting in plenary session, the Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, responsible for special political questions and decolonization, adopted a draft resolution categorically reaffirming the inalienable right of the people to ... Read more
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