Question of Western Sahara

A/RES/57/135View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 19 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 2003.

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 · 2003

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2003	A/58/171	Question of Western Sahara report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/57/135

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

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

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;Error: Reference source not found

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 provide for those efforts;

Takes note of the agreementsError: Reference source not found reached between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberacion de Saguia el-Hamra y de Rio de Oro for the implementation of the settlement planError: Reference source not found 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 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 supervision by the United Nations, in cooperation with the African Union,⁶ 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;

⁶On 8 July 2002, the Organization of African Unity ceased to exist and, in its place, the African Union came into force on 9 July 2002.

Notes the fundamental differences between the parties in implementing the main provisions of the settlement plan;

Supports the efforts undertaken by the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy to reach a political solution to the dispute on Western Sahara which will provide for self-determination for the people of Western Sahara;

Urges, in this regard, the two parties to continue their cooperation with the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy with a view to reaching a mutually acceptable political solution to this dispute;

Takes note of the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, including resolutions 1349 (2001) of 27 April 2001 and 1359 (2001) of 29 June 2001 as well as resolution 1429 (2002) of 30 July 2002;

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 people unaccounted for, and calls upon the parties to abide by their obligation 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, bearing in mind the implementation of the settlement plan, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session;

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

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