The UN Security Council held, in New York, closed-door consultations on the Moroccan Sahara issue. According to the same sources, a large number of the Security Council members expressed support to the Morocco-proposed autonomy initiative, considering the initiative as a serious, credible and pragmatic solution to put a definitive end to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara. They all reiterated their support for de Mistura’s efforts to relaunch the UN-led political process, enshrined in all Security Council resolutions since 2007. The roundtable process was reaffirmed in resolution 2654, and in those that preceded it since 2018, as the only framework for the political process. The polisario’s renunciation of the ceasefire and its unacceptable violations of MINURSO were exposed by the UN Secretary General in his report to the Security Council last October.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 21, 2023 16:59 UTC