As MINURSO approaches its 35th anniversary, its relevance in the Western Sahara issue is being called into question. Originally established to organize a referendum that never materialized ...

Indeed, MINURSO has not been able to conduct a population census in the Tindouf camps, nor has it organized a referendum in Western Sahara—an option that the UN abandoned in 2001. The mission ...

MINURSO (the U.N. mission for the Western Sahara) observers take note of a Moroccan drone strike on ... More a civilian vehicle on January 1st, 2024. The Moroccan army has come under attack in the ...

Q: What is your reaction to Resolution 2468 on the Sahara, which the Security Council adopted on Tuesday and which highlights the Moroccan autonomy proposal? A: France is pleased by the adoption of ...

He proposed no new ideas for resolving the impasse other than promoting the UN’s peacekeepers known as Minurso, or Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. The referendum idea harks back to 1991, ...

As Morocco cosies up to the Trump Administration, the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) seeks to redefine its role amid financial insecurity. Thirty-four years ...

He breaks down MINURSO (the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) and provides to the reader the background, proposed goals, and the state of the political situation ...

Today, the best way to find MINURSO officials in Western Sahara is to visit one of Laayoune or Dahkla’s bars, where MINURSO vehicles are ever-present. An even greater waste of money at a cost of ...

Morocco annexed Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony believed ... mission charged with carrying out the referendum, known as MINURSO, until Oct. 31, 2023. The resolution calls on the parties ...

UN personnel working for United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSCO ... needs assessment undertaken jointly by MINURSO and the Critical Incident Stress Management ...

and the UN established the United Nations Mission for a Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). The referendum was meant to finally resolve the territorial dispute between Morocco and the Polisario ...

Nineteen persons from the Territory will similarly board MINURSO's (the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) Antonov 26 aircraft this afternoon for the 90 minute flight to Tindouf, Algeria ...