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The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President José Singer Weisinger (Dominican Republic): The members of the Security Council expressed their full support for the Personal Envoy of the…

Ladies, Gentlemen, thank you all for coming, I am very pleased to be here, I will read a short statement and then I am happy to provide you with some of my impressions from our meetings held here in Geneva. I will not be…

The full text of resolution 2440 (2018) reads as follows: “ The Security Council, “ Recalling and reaffirming all its previous resolutions on Western Sahara, “ Reaffirming its strong support for the efforts of the Secretary…

On 03 October 2018, the UNSG published his report on the situation in Western Sahara

Kofi Annan was a guiding force for good. It is with profound sadness that I learned of his passing. In many ways, Kofi Annan was the United Nations. He rose through the ranks to lead the organization into the new millennium…

Secretary-General António Guterres (right) meets with Diane Corner, Team Leader for the recently completed Independent Review of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). 13 August 2018 United…

Press Release Laâyoune, 2 July 2018 After visits to Algiers, Nouakchott, Rabouni and Rabat, the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara, former German President Horst Koehler, paid a three day visit to…

The Security Council extended on 27 April 2018 MINURSO mandate until 31 October 2018

Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on Western Sahara The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about recent increased tensions in the vicinity of Guerguerat in the Buffer Strip in southern…

New Head of MINURSO arrives in Laayoune Laayoune, 3 January 2018 On 28 December, Colin Stewart, Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Western Sahara and Head of MINURSO, arrived in Laayoune. He…

MINURSO issued the first edition of its newsletter "MINURSO IN FOCUS"

On 14 November 2017, MINURSO organized a farewell military parade in honor of the outgoing SRSG Kim Bolduc following the completion of her mandate. The event took place at the Mission’s HQ in Laayoune, Western Sahara, and was…