UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has voiced hope that “all Member States” support the United Nations’ efforts aimed at reaching a final solution to the Sahara issue. “We hope that all Member States support the UN’s effort”, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General, Stéphane Dujarric, said Tuesday in his daily press briefing in New York. Thirty-seven African countries attended the Marrakech ministerial conference to confirm their support to the UN-led process to settle the regional dispute over the Sahara. The meeting was also a chance to highlight the African Union decision 693, adopted last July in Nouakchott at a summit. The decision states clearly that the Sahara should be tackled only within the UN framework, barring the road to adversaries of Morocco’s territorial integrity within the African Union who sought to create a parallel mechanism.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 27, 2019 14:26 UTC