Question of Western Sahara

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1988.

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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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8 subjects

Ceasefires Morocco Negotiation Plebiscites Self-Determination of Peoples Special Missions Western Sahara Western Sahara Question

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10 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the question of Western Sahara:

Reaffirms that the question of Western Sahara is a question of decolonization which remains to be completed on the basis of the exercise by the people of Western Sahara of their inalienable right to self-determination and independence;

Reaffirms also that the solution of the question of Western Sahara lies in the implementation of resolution AHG/Res.104 (XIX) of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity, in which ways and means were established for a just and definitive political solution to the Western Sahara conflict;

Again requests, to that end, the two parties to the conflict, the Kingdom of Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberaci6n de Saguia el-Hamra y de Rio de Oro, to undertake direct negotiations, in the shortest possible time, with a view to bringing about a cease-fire to create the necessary conditions for a peaceful and fair referendum for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, a referendum without any administrative or military constraints, under the auspices of the Organization of African Unity and the United Nations;

Welcomes the efforts of the current Chairman of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity and the Secretary-General of the lJ nited Nations to promote a just and definitive solution of the question of Western Sahara, in conformity with General Assembly resolution 40/50;

fakes note of the joint decision of the current Chairman of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity and the Secretary- General of the United Nations to send a technical mission to Western Sahara in order to collect the relevant technical information to assist them in discharging the mandate entrusted to them under General Assembly resolutions 40/50 and 41/16 and the present resolution;

Invites the current Chairman of the Assembly of Head~ ,if State and Government of the Organization of African Unity and the Secretary-General of the United Nations to continue to exert every effort to persuade the two parties to the conflict, the Kingdom of Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberaci6n de Saguia e)-Hamra y de Rio de Oro, to negotiate, in the shortest possible time and in conformity with resolution AHG/Res.104 (XIX), General Assembly resolution 40/50 and the present resolution, the terms of a cease-fire and the modalities for organizing the said referendum;

Appeals to the Kingdom of Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberaci6n de Saguia e)-Hamra y de Rio de Oro to display the political will necessary to implement resolution AHG/Res.104 (XIX), General Assembly resolutions 40/50 and 41/16 and the present resolution;

Reaffirms the determination of the United Nations to co-operate fully with the Organization of African Unity with a view to implementing the relevant decisions of that Organization, in particular resolution AHG/ Res.104 (XIX);

Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and People~ to continue to consider the situation in Western Sahara as a matter of priority and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-third session;

Invites the Secretary-General of the Organization of Afncan Unity to keep the Secretary-General of the United Nations informed of the progress achieved in the implementation of the decisions of the Organization of African Unity relating to Western Sahara;

l 2 Invites the Secretary-General to follow the situation 111 Western Sahara closely with a view to the implementation of the present resolution and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-third session.

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26 For the text. see resolution .18/40. par.i I 27 A/42/681, annex, para,. 50 and , I 28 See Official Record.\(?/ the <iencral ·1\\t'111l1/1 Fr1r11 ,,'c,')nd .\'n,wn. Supplement No. 23 (A/4212.1). chap IX 2q A/42/601

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