UN demands restoration of Western Sahara mission

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UN demands restoration of Western Sahara mission

UNITED NATIONS: In a divisive vote, the United Nations Security Council on Friday extended for a year its peacekeeping mission in disputed Western Sahara and demanded urgent restoration of its full functionality after Morocco expelled international civilian staff.

Rabat’s retaliation against the mission, k**wn as MINURSO, came after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon referred to Morocco’s 1975 annexation of Western Sahara after colonial power Spain’s withdrawal as an “occupation“. The UN has said the expulsions have crippled the mission. The US-drafted resolution asked Ban to report back within 90 days on whether the mission’s functionality had been restored.

It does **t threaten any punitive measures against Morocco if the mission remains understaffed.

Several council members said the resolution should have gone further in demanding the restoration of MINURSO’s full strength.

Highlighting the disappointment at its contents, the text received 10 yes votes, just one more than the required minimum, along with two against and three abstentions.

Venezuela and Uruguay opposed it, while Russia, New Zealand and Angola abstained.

“It should **t have been like this,“ New Zealand’s UN Ambassador Gerard van Bohemen told the 15-nation council.

“The resolution should have stated the reality, that the expulsion of the civilian component has seriously compromised the mission and its ability to discharge its mandate.

“US Ambassador Samantha Power said the weeks of haggling over the wording of the resolution on MINURSO’s extension, one of council’s most heated annual battles, was even more difficult this time.

“This year’s mandate renewal was challenging and contentious,“ she said. “That is an understatement.“ The Sahrawi people’s Polisario Front independence movement wants a referendum on the idea of an independent Western Sahara.

Morocco has said it would only grant auto**my. While the resolution does **t explicitly call for a referendum, it “reaffirms“ previous resolutions calling for a plebiscite.



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