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The United Nations General Secretariat has issued the official text of the historic Resolution 2797 of the UN Security Council regarding the Moroccan Sahara, which thwarts Algeria's attempt to distort the interpretation of this resolution and clearly affirms its responsibility as an active party.
The unprecedented delay in the publication of this resolution is attributed to Algeria's objection to the Arabic translation of the term "parties," as it appeared in the blue document distributed by the American penholder, and its demand to the General Secretariat to replace it with "the two parties."
Algeria's continuous and intrusive efforts on the work of the Security Council Secretariat caused a 24-day delay in publishing the resolution, which sparked criticism and condemnation among Security Council members, and speculation and questions from the press and public opinion, who wanted to see the official version of the resolution.
The Algerian maneuver was only seeking to distort Resolution 2797, in a desperate attempt to disavow its direct responsibility in fabricating and continuing this regional conflict, by insisting with the United Nations General Secretariat on limiting the upcoming negotiations to Morocco and the phantom entity "Polisario."
After more than three weeks of its obstruction by Algeria, the Security Council acknowledged the right, through the publication of the resolution, in six official languages, with a reference to "the parties" and not "the two parties," thus enshrining the four active parties in the political process, with the obvious presence of Algeria as a major party in this regional conflict.
This transparency afforded by the issuance of Resolution 2797 puts a final end to the Algerian attempts to change the framework set by the Security Council for the political process. It dispels the linguistic ambiguity that aims to change its form and standards.
The official text issued on the United Nations website confirms, without ambiguity, that Algeria remains a major party in this regional conflict, and that no maneuver, or translation, will be able to hide this reality that the Security Council has enshrined.
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