The Fourth Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted, on October 11, a resolution reiterating its support for the political process conducted under the exclusive auspices of the United Nations (UN) for the settlement of the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara and reaffirming the definitive burial of the referendum.
The resolution calls on all relevant parties to fully cooperate with the United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) and his Personal Envoy to achieve a political solution to this regional dispute based on the resolutions adopted by the Security Council since 2007. It thus supports the political process based on the 19 Security Council resolutions since 2007, with a view to achieving a “just, lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution” to the dispute over the Moroccan Sahara.
The document praises the efforts undertaken regarding the Moroccan Sahara, calling on all parties to cooperate with the Secretary-General and each other to achieve a “mutually acceptable political solution”.
This resolution, similar to its predecessors and those adopted by the Security Council over the past two decades, does not mention the referendum, which is dead and buried by the United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG), the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), and the Security Council alike.
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) also praises in this resolution the relevant parties’ demonstration of political will to work in an atmosphere conducive to dialogue, on the basis of efforts and developments undertaken since 2006, ensuring the implementation of Security Council resolutions since 2007.
It should be noted that the only new development in the political process since 2006 was the presentation by Morocco of the Autonomy Plan on April 11, 2007.
In this respect, the resolution supports the Security Council’s resolutions since 2007, which have established the pre-eminence of the Moroccan Autonomy Plan, which is regarded by the Executive Body and the entire international community as a serious and credible initiative for the definitive 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 2654, adopted at the end of October 2022, which set out the parameters for a solution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara, notably a realistic, pragmatic, lasting, and compromising political solution.
Resolutions 2440, 2468, 2494, 2548, 2602, and 2654 established the round-table process and defined, once and for all, its four participants, namely Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, and the “polisario”. Resolutions 2440, 2468, 2494, 2548, 2602, and 2654 mention Algeria, along with Morocco, on five occasions, reaffirming Algeria’s role as the main party to this regional dispute.
These Security Council resolutions also welcome the measures and initiatives taken by Morocco to promote and protect human rights in its Southern provinces and the role played by the National Human Rights Council Commissions (CNDH) in Laâyoune and Dakhla, as well as Morocco’s interaction with the mechanisms of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
The resolutions also reiterate the request of the UN executive body for the registration and census of the population in the Tindouf camps and demand the deployment of the necessary efforts to this end.
This resolution by the Fourth Committee (4C) of the General Assembly (UNGA) makes no reference to the so-called imaginary war that Algeria and its “polisario” puppet claim exists in the Moroccan Sahara. This resolution follows the Security Council’s lead in exposing the lies and allegations made by Algeria and the “polisario” about the situation in the Moroccan Sahara, which is characterized by calm, stability, and all-round development.