Question of Western Sahara.

1992/18.
Question of Western Sahara

The Commission on Human Rights. Having considered in depth the question of Western Sahara, Recalling the inalienable right of all peoples to self-determination and independence in accordance with the principles set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Recalling its earlier resolutions, the latest of which is resolution 1991/5 of 15 February 1991, Recalling also that, on 30 August 1988, the Kingdom of Morocco and the Frente Popular para La Liberación de Saguia el-Hamra y de Río de Oro gave their agreement in principle to the proposals of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the current Chairman of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African Unity, in the framework of their joint mission of good offices, Recalling further Security Council resolution 621 (1988) of 20 September 1988, Recalling Security Council resolution 658 (1990) of 27 June 1990, approving the report of the Secretary-General (S/21360), dated 18 June 1990, which contained the full text of the settlement proposals as accepted by the two parties, as well as an outline of the Secretary-General's plan for the implementation of those proposals, Recalling also Security Council resolution 725 (1991) of 31 December 1991, Noting with satisfaction the paragraph relating to Western Sahara in the report of the Tenth Ministerial Conference of the Non-Aligned Countries, held at Accra from 2 to 7 September 1991 (A/46/726, annex, para. 64), Having examined the relevant chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration of the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (A/46/23, chap. VIII), Having also examined the report of the Secretary-General (A/46/589),

1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General;

2. Welcomes the unanimous adoption by the Security Council of resolution 690 (1991) on 29 April 1991 in which the Council approved the report of the Secretary-General (S/22464 and Corr.1) submitted to it on 19 April 1991 and decided to establish, under its authority, a United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara;

3. Also welcomes the entry into force of the cease-fire in Western Sahara on 6 September 1991, in accordance with the proposal of the Secretary-General accepted by the Kingdom of Morocco and the Frente Popular para La Liberación de Saguia el-Hamra y de Río de Oro;

4. Takes note with satisfaction of resolution 725 (1991), adopted unanimously by the Security Council;

5. Endorses the call by the Security Council upon the two parties to continue to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General in the implementation of his plan as described in his report of 18 June 1990 and amplified in his report of 19 April 1991;

6. Pays tribute to the Secretary-General for his action with a view to settling the question of Western Sahara by the implementation of his peace plan;

7. Expresses its full support for the efforts of the Secretary-General for the organization and supervision by the United Nations, in cooperation with the Organization of African Unity, of a referendum for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, in accordance with the objectives mentioned in his report of 19 April 1991;

8. Recalls that the General Assembly has requested the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to consider the situation in Western Sahara, bearing in mind the ongoing referendum process, and to report thereon to the Assembly at its forty-seventh session;

9. Decides to follow the development of the situation in Western Sahara and to consider the question at its forty-ninth session, as a matter of high priority, under the agenda item entitled "The right of peoples to self-determination and its application to peoples under colonial or alien domination or foreign occupation".

47th meeting
28 February 1992
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. IX.]