Abstract

RIQUELME CORTADO, Rosa. Morocco before the (De)Colonization of Western Sahara. Anu. Mex. Der. Inter [online]. 2013, vol.13, pp.205-265. ISSN 1870-4654.

The Western Sahara conflict is an issue of decolonization whose solution lies in the exercise by the autochthonous population of its right to freely determine its future via referendum supervised by the United Nations, the independence being one of the options. This is such a basic point that it should be beyond discussion. Yet the UN has bowed to Morocco's delaying tactics aimed at securing a referendum that would favor its wishes for annexing the territory by manipulating the Saharan people's right to self-determination. Morocco's position on this issue enjoys support from important members- and non members- of the UN Security Council.

Keywords : Western Sahara; self-determination; Moroccan initiative for negotiating an autonomy statute for the Sahara region; Security Council; human rights; permanent sovereignty over natural resources; economic activities by administerings Power in Non-Self-Governing Territories.

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