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The latest report by the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, on the issue of the Moroccan Sahara, issued in anticipation of the UN Security Council's discussion of its next resolution during this October, reiterated the call for realism and the spirit of consensus in the face of separatist maneuvers.
In this document, the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, Staffan de Mistura, responded to separatist maneuvers, recalling the need for an approach based on realism and the spirit of consensus, in accordance with Resolution 2703 adopted by the Security Council in October 2023. This position, which was reaffirmed at a pivotal moment in the UN process, is consistent with the Kingdom's constants and the momentum that the issue of the Moroccan Sahara is experiencing, as evidenced by the growing international support for the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative, which is described as the optimal and most realistic option for resolving this regional dispute. The Personal Envoy's reminder of the centrality of the standards set by the latest Security Council resolutions consecrates the supremacy of the Moroccan Autonomy Initiative, and thus confirms that the separatist option is null and void, especially at a time when the recent international dynamics supporting the Moroccan Sahara constitute an important turning point that indicates the beginnings of reaching a political solution consistent with the Kingdom's constants. The Moroccan Autonomy Initiative, which Morocco presented in 2007 to the United Nations Secretary-General, is the most realistic, serious, and credible proposal for reaching a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable political solution to the regional dispute over the Moroccan Sahara. This initiative, which is supported by many Security Council resolutions, falls within the core of the political process that takes place under the exclusive auspices of the United Nations and responds to the calls of the international community to find a settlement based on realism and the spirit of consensus.
