UN Security Council Endorses Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara, Sidelines Sahrawi Self-Determination
The UN Security Council renews its mission in Western Sahara while largely endorsing Morocco’s autonomy proposal, sidelining the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination—a setback for true decolonization and a sign of geopolitical bias that undermines international law.
The United Nations Security Council recently renewed the mandate of MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) for another year, officially anchoring its peace efforts on Morocco's autonomy plan. This move effectively shifts the focus from an unbiased referendum that could deliver a fair destiny to the Sahrawi people toward tacit acceptance of Moroccan sovereignty claims. Despite longstanding tensions and competing claims, the council voted eleven in favor, three abstentions—including significant players such as Algeria—and zero against extending MINURSO's mission until October 31, 2026. Notably absent from the vote was Algeria itself, which decried this resolution as...
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