Question of Western Sahara

A/RES/59/131View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 20 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 2005.

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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Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2005

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2005	A/60/116	Question of Western Sahara report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/59/131

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Detained Persons Disappearance of Persons Dispute Settlement Human Rights in Armed Conflicts International Obligations Peacebuilding Self-Determination of Peoples Western Sahara Western Sahara Question

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;6

Underlines Security Council resolution 1495 (2003), in which the Council expressed its support of the peace plan for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara as an optimum political solution on the basis of agreement between the two parties;

Continues to support strongly the efforts of the Secretary-General in order to achieve a mutually acceptable political solution to the dispute over Western Sahara;

Commends the Secretary-General for his outstanding efforts and the two parties for the spirit of cooperation they have shown in the support they provide for those efforts;

Calls upon all the parties and the States of the region to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General;

Reaffirms the responsibility of the United Nations towards the people of Western Sahara;

Calls upon the parties to cooperate with the International Committee of the Red Cross in its efforts to solve the problem of the fate of the people unaccounted for, and calls upon the parties to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law to release without further delay all those held since the start of the conflict;

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 and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session;

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

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