On 16 September, MINURSO observed Mexico’s national day by raising the Mexican flag at the Mission HQ in Laayoune.

In Western Sahara, MINURSO operates in an environment with huge solar and wind power potential.

Today, as many as nine out of ten people breathe polluted air, leading to some 7 million premature deaths each year, of whom 600,000 are children.

Unless we act decisively, this number could double by 2050.