Question of Western Sahara

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1994.

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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

Dispute Settlement Election Verification Plebiscites Western Sahara Western Sahara Question

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General;

Pays tribute to the Secretary-General and to his Special Representative for their action with a view to settling the question of Western Sahara by the implementation of the settlement plan;

Reiterates its support for further efforts of the Secretary-General for the organization and supervision by the United Nations, in cooperation with the Organization of African Unity, of a referendum for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, in conformity with Security Council resolutions 658 (1990) and 690 (1991) by which the Council adopted the settlement plan for Western Sahara;

Endorses the contents of the letter dated 4 August 1993 from the President of the Security Council to the Secretary-General 1/ in which the members of the Council, inter alia, fully supported the efforts of the Secretary-General to make swift progress on the preparations for holding a referendum in accordance with Council resolution 809 (1993), noted that the Identification Commission had begun its preparatory work, welcomed the reaffirmation by the two parties of their commitment to the implementation of the peace plan in its entirety, in particular their encouraging responses to the compromise proposal of the Secretary-General concerning the interpretation and application of the criteria, and shared his hope that direct talks between the two parties will soon resume;

Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with 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, bearing in mind the ongoing referendum process, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session;

Invites the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution.

S/26239.

A/48/23 (Part V), chap. IX.

A/48/426.

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