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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...