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Algeria refuses to vote on UN Security Council Resolution to Extend Peacekeeping Mission in Western Sahara

November 1, 2024
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UNITED NATIONS — Algeria refused to vote on a UN Security Council resolution Thursday, protesting its omission of human rights monitoring in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. The resolution, which extends the mandate of the UN peacekeeping force in the region for another year, garnered support from 12 member states, while Russia and Mozambique chose to abstain. Algeria, a supporter of the Polisario Front—one of the key parties in the nearly 50-year conflict—expressed its discontent over the lack of emphasis on human rights.

Morocco annexed Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony in 1975, sparking a conflict with the Algerian-backed pro-independence Polisario Front. The region is believed to have considerable offshore oil deposits and mineral resources and is slightly larger than the United Kingdom.

The UN brokered a 1991 ceasefire and established a peacekeeping mission to monitor the truce and help prepare a referendum on the territory’s future. Disagreements over who is eligible to vote have prevented the referendum from taking place, and Morocco insists it will now only support autonomy for the Western Sahara.

The Polisario Front renewed armed conflict in 2020, ending a 29-year truce, and tensions have escalated.

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Algeria’s UN Ambassador Amar Bendjama tried unsuccessfully to get two amendments inserted into the US-drafted resolution, and lashed out at the United States for reportedly not including its requests including for the UN mission known as MINURSO to monitor human rights in Western Sahara in the resolution.

US deputy ambassador Robert Wood said the resolution makes clear the Security Council’s support for Staffan de Mistura, the secretary-general’s personal envoy to Western Sahara, “as he intensifies efforts to advance an enduring and dignified resolution for Western Sahara without further delay.”

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Wood said it is “more urgent than ever to reach a political solution for Western Sahara,” noting that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently reiterated that the US views Morocco’s autonomy proposal “as serious, credible, and realistic and one potential approach to satisfy the aspirations of the people of Western Sahara.”

Earlier this month, UN envoy de Mistura proposed dividing Western Sahara as one potential way to satisfy both sides and give residents a chance to decide under who they want to live, but he told the council that both Morocco and the Polisario Front showed “no sign of willingness to explore it further.”

 

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