Security Council resolution 658 (1990) [Western Sahara]

Resolution 658 (1990) of 27 June 1990

The Security Council,

Recalling its resolution 621 (1988) of 20 September 1988, by which it decided to authorize the Secretary-General to appoint a Special Representative for Western Sahara and to request the Secretary-General to transmit to it as soon as possible a report on the holding of a referendum for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara and on ways and means to ensure the organization and supervision of such a referendum by the United Nations in co-operation with the Organization of African Unity,

Recalling also that, on 30 August 1988, the Kingdom of Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberación de Saguía el-Hamra y de Río de Oro gave their agreement in principle to the proposals of the United Nations Secretary-General and the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity in the framework of their joint mission of good offices,

Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the situation concerning Western Sahara (S/21360),

1. Expresses its full support to the Secretary-General in his mission of good offices, pursued jointly with the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity, with a view to settling the question of Western Sahara;

2. Approves the report of the Secretary-General, transmitted to the Security Council in accordance with resolution 621 (1988) with a view to settling the question of Western Sahara, which contains the full text of the settlement proposals as accepted by the two parties on 30 August 1988 as well as an outline of the plan provided by the Secretary-General in order to implement those proposals;

3. Calls upon the two parties to co-operate fully with the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the current Chairman of the Organization of African Unity in their efforts aimed at an early settlement of the question of Western Sahara;

4. Welcomes the intention of the Secretary-General to dispatch, in the immediate future, a technical mission to the territory and to neighbouring countries, in particular to refine the administrative aspects of the outlined plan and to obtain the necessary information for the preparation of a further report to the Security Council;

5. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Security Council as soon as possible a further detailed report on his implementation plan, containing, in particular, an estimate of the cost of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), on the understanding that this further report should be the basis on which the Security Council would authorize the establishment of MINURSO.

Adopted unanimously at the 2929th meeting.