A project of “ partition » of Western Sahara, which Morocco and the Polisario Front supported by Algeria have been fighting over for half a century, was submitted to the UN Security Council. He was “ categorically » rejected yesterday (Thursday October 17) by the Sahrawi separatists.
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The concept of a partition of Western Sahara has been reactivated discreetly ” by Staffan de MisturaUnited Nations envoy, during a closed-door security council, according to information collected by Agence France Presse. According to the diplomat, this project “ would create an independent state in the southern part, and integrate the rest of the territory as part of theMorocco over which its sovereignty will be recognized internationally. »
A project which had not been put on the table since the beginning of the 2000s, when the former special envoy of the UN Secretary General, James Becker, proposed this partition which had been rejected by Rabat and by the Front Polisario.
The current UN envoy Staffan de Mistura noted that once again the two parties have not expressed the slightest “ sign of will » to go further in the consultations. The Polisario Front said Thursday evening, on X, “ its total and categorical rejection of any proposal which does not guarantee the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination and independence, or which does not respect the territorial integrity of Western Sahara “.
Khadija Mohsen-Finan (Paris 1 University): “It’s an old idea that Staffan de Mistura brought out because he was faced with an impasse”
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