Question of Western Sahara

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 18 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 1982.

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52 documents · 1977–2025

Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2025).

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/89	Question of Western Sahara	1,012	–
2024	A/RES/79/98	Question of Western Sahara	1,000	–
2023	A/RES/78/85	Question of Western Sahara	992	–
2022	A/RES/77/133	Question of Western Sahara	982	–
2021	A/RES/76/89	Question of Western Sahara	972	–

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What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Ceasefires Plebiscites Self-Determination of Peoples Western Sahara Western Sahara Question

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the efforts of the Organization of African Unity with a view to promoting a just and definitive solution to the question of Western Sahara;

Remains convinced that only negotiation between Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberaci6n de Sa guia el-Hamra y de Rio de Oro could create the objective conditions for the return of peace in north-west Africa and would guarantee the fair conduct of a general, free and orderly referendum on self-determination in Western Sahara;

Appeals, to that end, to the two parties to the dispute, Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberaci6n de Sa guia el-Hamra y de Rfo de Oro, to enter into negotiations with a view to achieving a cease-fire in accordance with General Assembly resolution 36/46 and the decisions of the Organization of African Unity;

Reaffirms the determination of the United Nations to co-operate fully with the Organization of African Unity in the fair and impartial organization of the referendum;

Requests, to that end, the Secretary-General to take the necessary steps to ensure that the United Nations par ticipates effectively in the organization and conduct of the referendum and to report to the General Assembly and the Security Council on this subject and on the measures re quiring a decision by the Council;

Urges the Secretary-General to co-operate closely 7. with the Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity with a view to the implementation of the pertinent decisions of the Organization of African Unity and of the present resolution;

Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with 8. regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to consider the situation in Western Sahara as a matter of priority and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session.

24 See also sect. I, footnote 7, and sect. X.B.6, decision 37/411.

21 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirtv-seventh Session,

" Official Records of the General Assembly. Thirty-seventh Session. Fourth Committee, 17th meeting, paras. 64-66.

Supplement No. 23 (A/37/23/Rev.1), chap. IX.

22 Ibid., Thirty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/37/23/Rev. I),

2• Ibid., Thirtv-seventh Session, Fourth Committee. 20th meeting, chap. XXVIII.

paras. 2-8.

23 A/AC. 100/722, sect. IV.

27 See A/36/534, annex II, resolution AHG/Res.103 (XVIII)

VII.

28 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/37/23/Rev. I), chap. VII.

29 A/37/501.

30 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/37/23/Rev. I), chap. X.

ll A/37/538.

32 See E/CN.4/1983/4-E/CN.4/Sub.2/1982/43 and Corr.I, chap. XXI.

"Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session, Fourth Committee, 14th meeting, paras. 17-19.

'4 Ibid .. 23rd meeting, paras. 22-37.

" Ibid .. 15th-18th meetings.

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