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UN Council backs Morocco plan for Western Sahara

The U.N. Security Council approved a U.S.-sponsored resolution endorsing Morocco’s plan for Western Sahara, offering its strongest backing yet despite a divided vote. Russia, China and Pakistan abstained; Algeria did not vote. The text names Moroccan autonomy as a basis for talks and omits a referendum, prompting praise from King Mohammed VI and protests and objections from the Polisario Front and Algeria, which stressed it doesn’t recognize Moroccan sovereignty. The measure renews the peacekeeping mission, urges parties to seize an unprecedented opportunity for peace, and asks the secretary-general to review the mandate within six months.

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