UN 4th Committee: More Countries Reaffirm Support for Morocco’s Sahara Position
Gabon and the Commonwealth of Dominica reiterated their support for Morocco’s position alongside Guatemala, Senegal, Qatar, and Jordan earlier this week.
Rabat – More countries continue to reaffirm their unwavering support for Morocco’s territorial integrity and sovereignty over its southern provinces in Western Sahara.
This week, both Gabon and the Commonwealth of Dominica reiterated in New York their full support for the Moroccan Autonomy Plan as a “serious, credible, and realistic” solution to end the dispute.
“Dominica fully supports the autonomy plan presented by the Kingdom of Morocco to resolve the Sahara conflict and views it as the realistic and pragmatic basis for stability and peace in the region,” Dominica’s permanent representative to the UN, Philbert Aaron, said on Tuesday during the fourth committee of the UN General Assembly.
Aaron added that over 107 countries have backed Morocco’s autonomy initiative, expressing his country’s “full support” for the UN-led political process to reach a realistic, pragmatic, and mutually acceptable political solution to end the dispute.
The representative also reiterated his country’s call for continued engagement from Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania, and the Polisario Front in the UN-sponsored roundtable discussions by Security Council Resolution 2703.
Gabon’s representative to the UN reiterated the same position on Monday, stressing that his country supports Moroccan territorial integrity and national sovereignty.
The diplomat also reiterated his country’s “strong support” for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan, which offers “reassuring” prospects for not only breaking the current deadlock but also leading to a political solution that is both acceptable and credible for the regional dispute.
Morocco has received the same support from its international allies like Senegal, Jordan, Guatemala, and Qatar.
“Senegal unambiguously reaffirms its recognition of the Kingdom of Morocco’s full sovereignty over Western Sahara,” the Senegalese UN representative stated earlier this week.
He reiterated Senegal’s “consistent” support for the Moroccan Autonomy Plan, which has been deemed “serious and credible” by the UN Security Council since 2007.
Jassim Al-Thani, Qatar’s representative to the UN, also renewed his country’s support for Morocco’s autonomy initiative, describing it as a “constructive initiative” and an “objective” basis for a realistic and sustainable solution to the regional dispute over the Western Sahara.
