To resolve a conflict half a century old, Morocco has presented a draft statute of expanded autonomy . This unprecedented document draws directly from several European governance models in order to restart peace negotiations.
Mired in a major budgetary crisis and confronted with new diplomatic balances, the UN mission in Western Sahara sees its future threatened. A profound reassessment of its security role seems inevitable before October.
The American ambassador to Morocco firmly denounced the recent actions of Polisario on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. By reiterating his unconditional support for the autonomy plan, Duke Buchan demands a swift political solution under Moroccan sovereignty.
Mauritania is actively encouraging dialogue between Morocco and the Sahrawis to resolve the Western Sahara conflict . Nouakchott stresses the urgent need for a political solution to address the severe economic and social consequences affecting the entire Maghreb.
In April 2007, Morocco had submitted to the United Nations an initiative for the negotiation of an autonomy status for the Sahara region , presented as a "realistic compromise" to break the political deadlock. The official document details the democratic principles, the guaranteed rights and the constitutional framework that would govern the future autonomous region.
The United States has welcomed a major advance at the UN Security Council on the Western Sahara issue. Speaking after an important vote on Friday, October 31, the US ambassador stressed the need to seize this opportunity to accelerate the peace process.
The United Nations Security Council is expected to adopt a new resolution on the Western Sahara tonight, marking a notable evolution in its approach to the negotiation process. The text renews the mandate of the UN mission while redefining the basis of the discussion, placing the Moroccan initiative at the center of future talks.
Morocco continues its efforts to clear the areas adjacent to the roads of explosives and remnants of past conflicts, in order to strengthen public safety and the protection of human lives. In this sense, a new operation to destroy the remnants of cluster bombs and mines took place in the El Argoub area, near Dakhla.
At the UN, Morocco rejected the Algerian demand to expand the powers of MINURSO to include human rights monitoring in the Sahara.
A group close to the Polisario claims that the Royal Air Force has targeted its camels and livestock in the Saharan areas and holds MINURSO responsible for any escalation that could result.
Nicolas de Rivière, France’s permanent representative to the United Nations, reiterated France’s "historic, clear and constant support for the Moroccan autonomy plan" considered the optimal political solution to resolve the dispute over the Sahara after the adoption of the resolution renewing the MINURSO mandate on Monday at the Security Council in New York. Without failing to congratulate Paris for its adherence to this adoption.
After accusing Morocco of being behind his departure from the United Nations Mission for the Organization of a Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) in 2017, American diplomat Christopher Ross is back on the attack. He has always supported the Polisario, Algeria’s protégé, against the kingdom.