Question of Western Sahara

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1998.

What else is in this group?

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?

6 subjects

Dispute Settlement Morocco Negotiation Plebiscites Western Sahara Western Sahara Question

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;4

Takes note with satisfaction of the agreements2 reached between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberación de Saguia el-Hamra y de Rio de Oro for the implementation of the settlement plan1 during their private direct talks under the auspices of Mr. James Baker III, the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, and urges the parties to implement those agreements fully and faithfully;

Urges the two parties to continue their cooperation with the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy and to refrain from undertaking anything that would undermine the implementation of the settlement plan and the agreements reached for its implementation;

Commends the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy for their efforts in reaching these agreements as well as the two parties for the cooperation they have shown, and urges them to continue this cooperation in order to facilitate the speedy implementation of the settlement plan;

Reaffirms the responsibility of the United Nations towards the people of Western Sahara, as provided for in the settlement plan;

Reiterates its support for further efforts of the Secretary-General for the organization and the 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 approved the settlement plan for Western Sahara;

Takes note of Security Council resolution 1131 (1997);

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 positive ongoing implementation of the settlement plan, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-third session;

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

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