On 14 July MINURSO Celebrated the national day of France by raising the national flag at the Mission headquarters in Laayoune next to the UN flag.

France has been a member of the United Nations since its founding in 1945 and holds a permanent seat on the Security Council. The country is the sixth-largest contributor to the peacekeeping operations budget and the second-largest troop contributor among the permanent Security Council members.

« Bastille Day » is the common name given in English-speaking countries to France's national day celebrated in commemoration of the storming of the Bastille pon 14 July 1789, a fortress prison in Paris where political prisoners were detained.  The commemoration has come to signify France’s fundamental commitment to defending Human Rights.