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Question of Western Sahara

A/RES/40/50No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1986.

What else is in this group?

52 documents · 1977–2025
Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 2025).
  • 2025A/RES/80/89Question of Western SaharaCompare with earlier document
  • 2024A/RES/79/98Question of Western SaharaCompare with earlier document
  • 2023A/RES/78/85Question of Western SaharaCompare with earlier document
  • 2022A/RES/77/133Question of Western SaharaCompare with earlier document
  • 2021A/RES/76/89Question of Western SaharaCompare with earlier document

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What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
CeasefiresMoroccoPlebiscitesWestern SaharaWestern Sahara Question

What does this mandate say?

9 operative paragraphs
1
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;
2
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, which establishes ways and means for a just and definitive political solution to the Western Sahara conflict;
3
Again requests, to that end, the two parties to the conflict, the Kingdom of Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberaci6n de Saguia et-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;
4
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 United Nations to promote a just and definitive solution of the question of Western Sahara;
5
Invites 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 exert every effort to persuade 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 negotiate, in the shortest possible time and in conformity with resolution AHG/Res. l 04 (XIX) and the present resolution, the terms of a cease-fire and the modalities for organizing the said referendum;
6
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. I 04 (XIX);
7
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 as a matter of priority and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-first session;
8
Invites the Secretary-General of the Organization of African 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;
9
Invites the Secretary-General to follow the situation in Western Sahara closely with a view to the implementation of the present resoluticn and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-first session.

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