Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 74744

Western Sahara: Self-determination of States

Tabled: 3 September 2025
Answered: 17 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Andy Slaughter

LabourHammersmith and Chiswick

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of the UN Secretary General’s designation of Western Sahara as a non-self-governing territory in

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
Western Sahara is a UN Non-Self-Governing Territory with no defined Administering Power. The UK has endorsed Morocco's autonomy plan as the most credible, viable and pragmatic basis for a lasting solution of the Western Sahara conflict and welcomed Morocc...

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