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Question of Western Sahara

A/RES/61/125No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 39Implementation of the Declaration on Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 2007.

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

This group bundles related documents that are not individually ordered.

iGrouped automatically by matching titles within the same organ.

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 topics
Detained PersonsDispute SettlementHuman Rights in Armed ConflictsInternational ObligationsNegotiationPeacebuildingReport PreparationSelf-Determination of PeoplesWestern SaharaWestern Sahara Question

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2007.

  • 2007A/62/128Question of Western Sahara report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;Error: Reference source not found
2
Underlines Security Council resolution 1495 (2003), in which the Council expressed its support of the peace plan for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara as an optimum political solution on the basis of agreement between the two parties;
3
Underlines also that the parties reacted differently to this plan;
4
Continues to support strongly the efforts of the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy to achieve a mutually acceptable political solution to the dispute over Western Sahara;
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 provide for those efforts;
6
Calls upon all the parties and the States of the region to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy;
7
Reaffirms the responsibility of the United Nations towards the people of Western Sahara;
8
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 the people unaccounted for, and calls upon the parties to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law to release without further delay all those held since the start of the conflict;
9
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-second session;
10
Invites the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-second session a report on the implementation of the present resolution.

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