Question of Western Sahara

A/RES/62/116View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 40 Implementation of the Declaration on Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 2008.

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 · 2008

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2008	A/63/131	Question of Western Sahara report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/62/116

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Dispute Settlement Negotiation Peacebuilding Report Preparation Self-Determination of Peoples Western Sahara Western Sahara Question

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;2

Supports strongly Security Council resolution 1754 (2007), by which the Council called upon the parties to enter into negotiations without preconditions in good faith, taking into account the developments of the last months, with a view to achieving a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution, which will provide for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara;

Welcomes the ongoing negotiations between the parties held on 18 and 19 June and on 10 and 11 August 2007 in the presence of the neighbouring countries under the auspices of the United Nations;

Commends the efforts undertaken by the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy for the implementation of Security Council resolution 1754 (2007) and encourages the parties to continue to show political will and a spirit of cooperation in supporting those efforts and to create a propitious atmosphere for dialogue and the success of the negotiations;

Calls upon the parties to cooperate with the International Committee of the Red Cross and calls upon them to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law;

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 sixty-third session;

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

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