The United Nations envoy to Western Sahara has proposed dividing the territory between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front in order to
resolve the decades-old conflict, AFP learned Thursday.
“I have discreetly revisited and expanded with all concerned on the concept of a partition of the Territory,” Staffan de Mistura said during a closed session of the UN Security Council on Wednesday, according to remarks seen by AFP.Western Sahara is largely controlled by Morocco but the Algeria-backed Polisario Front has campaigned for independence for the territory since before colonial ruler Spain pulled out in 1975.
The Polisario is calling for a referendum on self-determination under the aegis of the UN, which had been planned when a ceasefire was signed in 1991 but never implemented. De Mistura, a 77-year-old Italian-Swedish diplomat, has been Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ personal envoy for the territory for the past three years.
“Such an option could allow for the creation on the one hand of an independent state in the southern part, and on the other hand the integration of the rest of the Territory as part of Morocco, with its sovereignty over it internationally recognized,” De Mistura told the Security Council, according to the remarks.
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