Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 53617

Western Sahara: Human Rights

Tabled: 20 May 2025

Answered: 12 June 2025

Question

Ben Lake

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the UN Security Council to (a) give the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara the legal mandate to (i) monitor and (i

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer

The UK believes there is an urgent need to resolve this long-held dispute. That is why the Foreign Secretary announced on 1 June that Morocco's autonomy proposal is the most credible, viable and pragmatic basis for a lasting resolution of the Western Saha...

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