Morocco has petitioned the UN Security Council to denounce a passage on the Morocco’s Western Sahara in a 2024 informational report, arguing that it violates the expected neutrality of UN documents.
Morocco’s Permanent Representative to the UN Omar Hilale, sent a letter to the Security Council faulting the wording of a paragraph on the Moroccan enclave in the informational report presented
to the General Assembly for 2024, deemed biased.
The Moroccan response illustrates its desire to uphold a rigorous interpretation of the parameters defined by the United Nations for a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution.
The document, adopted on May 30, presents, according to Rabat, an unbalanced interpretation of the positions expressed on this issue.
Mr. Hilale’s letter rejects the “singling out” of two parties in the section on the Western Sahara, emphasising that since 2018, UNSC resolutions have systematically mentioned four actors: Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, and Polisario.
He criticises a formulation that, according to him, reflects only the national position of the drafter and that of a non-permanent member of the UNSC, obscuring the broader consensus.
The diplomat points out that neither the UN General Assembly resolutions nor the reports of the Secretary-General make such a distinction between the parties.
He emphasises that this wording departs from the tradition of neutrality and factuality in UN reports and undermines the credibility of the UNSC’s work vis-à-vis the UN General Assembly.
The letter also highlights the broad international support for the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative as a basis for a settlement, backed by 116 countries, including the United Kingdom, as well as several
current and former members of the UN Security Council.
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