Spain was the colonial power of Western Sahara until 1975 . The territory remains in the UN as a Non-Self-Governing Territory , that is, pending a process of decolonization. The UN itself has repeatedly defended that the people of Western Sahara have the right to self-determination . It is not a recent or exclusive interpretation of the Frente Polisario.
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Spain was the colonial power of Western Sahara until 1975 . The territory remains in the UN as a Non-Self-Governing Territory , that is, pending a process of decolonization. The UN itself has repeatedly defended that the people of Western Sahara have the right to self-determination . It is not a recent or exclusive interpretation of the Frente Polisario.