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Western Sahara: Self-determination of States

Commons · Question 51141 · Tabled 9 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 15 May 2025

Question

Asked by Alex Sobel

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

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 15 May 2025

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...