Question of Western Sahara

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 1815Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 2000.

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Election Verification Morocco Negotiation Plebiscites Self-Determination of Peoples Treaties Voter Registration Western Sahara Western Sahara Question

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Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;5

Again notes with satisfaction 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 James Baker III, the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, and urges the parties to implement those agreements fully and in good faith;

Commends the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy for their efforts in reaching those 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;

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

Notes with satisfaction the progress achieved in connection with the implementation of the settlement plan, and in this respect calls upon the two parties to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General, his Personal Envoy and his Special Representative in implementing the various phases of the settlement plan;

Urges the two parties to implement faithfully and loyally the Secretary-General’s package of measures relating to the identification of voters, the appeals process and the revised implementation timetable;

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 that is impartial and free of all constraints, 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 resolutions 1131 (1997), 1238 (1999) and 1263 (1999);

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-fifth session;

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

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