Question of Western Sahara

A/RES/55/141View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 18 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 2001.

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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?

9 subjects

Appellate Procedure Dispute Settlement Morocco Negotiation Plebiscites Self-Determination of Peoples Voter Registration Western Sahara Western Sahara Question

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11 operative paragraphs

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

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

Takes note 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 James Baker III, the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, and urges the parties to implement those agreements fully and in good faith;

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 as well as the continued efforts of the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy;

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 and in overcoming the difficulties that remain despite the progress so far achieved;

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

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 the relevant Security Council resolutions, including resolutions 1301 (2000) and 1309 (2000);

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-sixth session;

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

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