Western Sahara: Human Rights
Commons · Question 53617 · Tabled 20 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Lake
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make representations to the UN Security Council to (a) give the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara the legal mandate to (i) monitor and (i
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 12 Jun 2025
The UK believes there is an urgent need to resolve this long-held dispute. That is why the Foreign Secretary announced on 1 June that Morocco's autonomy proposal is the most credible, viable and pragmatic basis for a lasting resolution of the Western Saha...