Russia Vetos US-Drafted Resolution on Western Sahara
The 3-1 vote with 11 abstentions blocked a U.S. plan to end the mission and back Morocco’s sovereignty claim.
- On Friday, Russia vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution that would have ended the United Nations' 35-year peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara and replaced it with a new political body.
- The United Nations established the mission in 1991 to monitor a ceasefire and prepare a referendum on the territory's future, which never occurred due to disagreements over voter eligibility.
- In an Oct. 22 letter, Polisario Front representative Sidi Omar called the U.S. proposal an 'extremely dangerous, unprecedented departure' and warned it would 'trigger further tension and instability.'
- A 3-1 vote with 11 abstentions by the Security Council defeated a rival Russian-drafted resolution to extend the existing mandate, leaving the mission's mandate to expire on Saturday.
- While Britain and France back Morocco's sovereignty plan, Russia and China continue advocating for a referendum including independence as an option for the mineral-rich North African territory.
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Russia, US veto rival UN Western Sahara resolutions, leaving peacekeeping mission in limbo
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 - Russia and the United States vetoed each other's Western Sahara resolutions at the Security Council on Friday in a dispute over Morocco's autonomy plan that leaves the UN peacekeeping mission there without a renewal a day before its mandate expires. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The conflict in Western Sahara and Morocco's aspirations over the territory entered a new phase this Friday: the UN mission to find a solution for the former colony of Spain came to an end after the US and Russia failed to reach an agreement on the renewal of its mandate, which expires on Saturday, October 31. At a meeting of the Security Council, Russia vetoed the U.S. resolution to transform that mandate; and the U.S. vetoed the Russian altern…
Resolution on Western Sahara gets 11 votes in favor, 3 abstentions, and 1 against with Russia's veto
United Nations, 30 Oct (EFE).- The United States voted this Friday against a resolution submitted last minute by Russia to extend the mandate of the UN mission in Western Sahara (Minurso), after Moscow previously vetoed a US proposal. The text presented by Russia received the vote [...] Entry Russia vetoes the U.S. resolution to renew the UN mission in the Sahara was first published in HolaNews.
The U.S. sought to shore up Rabat's autonomy plan by setting it as a unique framework for a solution to the conflict
The resolution proposed by the US consolidated Morocco’s autonomy proposal under Moroccan sovereignty as the axis of negotiations to resolve the conflict. More information: The US asks the UN to replace the Sahara referendum with a consultation of the Saharawis on the Moroccan autonomist plan
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