UN Spokesperson denies official partition proposal for Sahara
General, Farhan Haq denied claims that Staffan de Mistura’s partition proposal for the Sahara was tabled as an official motion. During a press conference, Haq said there was no official proposal on the table.
Morocco Says UN Proposal To Partition W.Sahara 'Unacceptable'
Morocco's Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said Monday that a recent proposal by a United Nations envoy to partition the disputed territory of Western Sahara was "unacceptable", citing past rejections of similar plans.
U.N. Proposes Dividing Western Sahara to End Territorial Dispute
The U.N. is pushing for a plan to split Western Sahara as a possible solution to the long-standing conflict in the region.
UN Envoy Proposes Western Sahara Partition Plan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.N. envoy for Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, has floated the idea of dividing the territory between Morocco and the Polisario front as a solution to the near five-decades-old dispute, according to remarks seen by Reuters.
UN envoy proposes partitioning Western Sahara
The U.N. envoy to Western Sahara is suggesting that dividing the territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front could be one way to settle the decades-long conflict.
Sahara partition proposal: What else did de Mistura say?
UN Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura suggested partitioning the Moroccan Sahara between Morocco and the separatist Polisario in a plan to Secretary-General António Guterres, suggesting a division based on borders used during Mauritania’s control of the region from 1976 to 1979.
U.N. envoy proposes partition as solution to Western Sahara conflict
In a closed U.N. Security Council briefing, de Mistura proposed partition, with the southern part becoming independent and the rest integrated into Morocco under internationally recognized sovereignty.
Polisario Front slam UN plan to divide Western Sahara
A SCHEME by a United Nations envoy to divide Western Sahara is a “non-starter, the Polisario Front said on Thursday. The UN envoy to Western Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, put forward a proposal to divide the territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front as a way to settle the decades-long conflict.
De Mistura proposes dividing Sahara between Morocco and Polisario; both reject
The U.N. envoy for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, proposed a partition of the Sahara territory between Morocco and the Polisario Front, according to remarks he told UNSC Wednesday and seen by Reuters.
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UN Envoy Staffan de Mistura accumulates failures in Moroccan Sahara mission, experts say
The U.N. envoy for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura presented a detailed report last Tuesday on his mission to revive the United Nations’ political process in Morocco’s Sahara. Nearly three years into ...
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Morocco rejects UN proposal to partition W. Sahara
In a closed session of the UN Security Council last week, Western Sahara envoy Staffan de Mistura proposed dividing the territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front in ...
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UN deflects comment on Moroccan autonomy red lines
The UN avoided commenting on the «red lines» of the Moroccan autonomy plan for the Sahara, emphasized on Monday by Foreign ...
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Sahara: De Mistura to hold closed door session with UNSC
UN special envoy on the Sahara Staffan de Mistura is expected to present tomorrow his observations on recent diplomatic developments on the Sahara since the adoption of resolution 2703 on October 30, ...