On October 31, 2024, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2756, extending the mandate of MINURSO until October 31, 2025, and urging all concerned parties to reach a final solution over the Sahara issue.
The Resolution 2756 was adopted by the Security Council with 12 votes in favor, 2 abstentions, and Algeria’s non-participation.
One of the highlights during the vote was the UN Security Council’s rejection of amendments proposed by Algeria to the draft resolution.
In a statement published by the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Kingdom has welcomed the adoption of thisResolution (2756), which comes in a context marked by the irreversible trajectory set by His Majesty Mohammed VI,King of Morocco, on the issue of the Kingdom’s territorial integrity, through the growing support of permanent Security Council members and influential countries for Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative, and the continued withdrawal of recognition of the pseudo “sadr.”
This resolution adopted on 31st October 2024, preserves all Morocco’s achievements, while introducing new importantelements for the issue’s future development within the United Nations.
In fact, the new text enshrines the framework, the parties and the aim of the political process. As such, the Council re-established that roundtable talks are the only framework for a political solution to the regional conflict over the Moroccan Sahara.
Moreover, the resolution clearly identifies the parties to the dispute, notably Algeria, which is mentioned in the resolution as many times as Morocco. Similarly, the Security Council reaffirms that the political solution can only be realistic, pragmatic, lasting and based on compromise, cardinal elements of the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative, whose pre-eminence has been reaffirmed.
The resolution 2756 also enshrines two important developments that bolster the Kingdom’s position: In the first addition, the Council “welcomed the recent momentum and urged for building on it.”
As a result, the Council endorses the international momentum on the Moroccan Sahara issue under the impetus of HM the King, Mohammed VI, in favor of Morocco’s sovereignty over the Sahara and the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative, noting that from now on, UN action can only be part of this momentum.
In the second addition, the Security Council called the other parties “to avoid acts which could compromise the political process,” noting that the Council thus echoes the Kingdom’s clear official position, stressing that there can be no political process without respect for the ceasefire.
Algeria’s non-participation in the vote on the resolutiondemonstrates the isolation of this country’s position within the Security Council and the international community in general. It also blatantly reveals its contradictions: it claims to defend international legality, Security Council resolutions and UN efforts, while refusing to support these same efforts on this issue and clinging to an obstructionist logic.
Algeria has been isolated within the Security Council, even by its closest allies who abstained. It is isolated in Africa, Europe, and across the world, confirming the decline and decay of its outdated theses.
During the adoption of the resolution, several Council members reiterated their support for the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative, praising the momentum the Moroccan Sahara issue has gained in recent years at the UN and on the ground, thusemphasizing the need to strengthen it.
A strong and clear message was sent to Algeria, which was vehement in its criticisms during the debate and suffered a painful historical failure with the rejection of its biased amendments on human rights.