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November 3, 2025

U.N. Security Council Backs Morocco's Plan for Western Sahara
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The United Nations Security Council has adopted a U.S.-backed resolution
supporting Morocco's autonomy plan for Western Sahara as the basis for
negotiations on the territory's political future. Morocco has occupied
Western Sahara for 50 years. Ten countries joined the United States in
supporting the measure. Russia, China and Pakistan abstained. Algeria
did not cast a vote. The Polisario Front, the Sahrawi liberation
movement seeking independence, denounced the vote, saying it would not
take part in "any peace process or negotiations based on proposals that
aim to legitimize the Moroccan military occupation." Click here to see
our coverage of Western Sahara over the years.


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