UN warns of security risks in Western Sahara as peacekeeping mission ends

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Guterres also confirmed the end of the peacekeeping mission on Sunday, after the UN Security Council (UNSC) failed to renew its mandate on Friday.

Ele pediu a todos os envolvidos que “exercessem máxima contenção e se abstenham de ações que pudessem aumentar ainda mais as tensões ou minar a estabilidade regional”.

November 1 marked the start of the “liquidation phase” of the peacekeeping mission, with assets transported back to troop-contributing countries, Guterres said.

A ONU estabeleceu a Missão para o Referendo no Saara Ocidental (MINURSO) em 1991 para monitorar um cessar‑fogo e preparar um referendo sobre o futuro do território.

Morocco has considered Western Sahara its territory since 1975, when Spain withdrew from the desert region in northwest Africa, roughly the size of Britain.

O Front Polisário, um movimento apoiado pela Argélia que atua em nome do povo indígena Sahrawi, busca estabelecer um estado independente chamado Sahrawi Republic.

At the UNSC on Friday, the US proposed a resolution to support the principle of self-determination in the Western Sahara. Washington’s draft would have extended the mission for a year, removed “referendum” from its name and made Morocco’s autonomy proposal the only basis for further talks.

Russia vetoed the resolution, despite support from 11 of the 15 UNSC members, including fellow permanent members France and the United Kingdom.

The council then defeated a competing Russian resolution, leaving the mission to expire without a new mandate.

Morocco’s royal palace said the fact the mission was not renewed was a “significant development” in withdrawing the Western Sahara issue from the UNSC’s consideration.

No sábado, o Ministério das Relações Exteriores da Argélia, no entanto, expressou “deep regret” sobre a não renovação, culpando a “excessive bias” do US em relação à posição do Marrocos.

The Polisario Front said in a statement that it was “concerned at the deadlock in the Security Council meeting”.

Falando após o voto de sexta-feira, o Embaixador dos EUA na ONU, Mike Waltz, disse que era realmente lamentável que em 2026 o veto fosse usado para “preservar a letra R [no nome da Missão] para referendo”.

He added Washington’s proposal “would have moved the 50-year conflict forward” and that the status quo is unacceptable.

Russia’s UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, said at the same meeting that Moscow opposed the draft because it favoured one side.

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