Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 51141

Western Sahara: Self-determination of States

Tabled: 9 May 2025

Answered: 15 May 2025

Question

Alex Sobel

Labour (Co-op) — Leeds Central and Headingley

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question 27839 on Western Sahara: Politics and Government, whether he supports a referendum on self-determination for the people

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer

The UK supports UN-led efforts to reach a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution, based on compromise, which will provide for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara. The UK also supports the work of Staffan de Mistura, P...

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