UN Documents for Western Sahara: Security Council Letters

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19 February 2024 S/2024/177 It transmitted the letter from the Polisario Front on the situation concerning Western Sahara.
14 September 2021 S/2021/787 This was a letter by Morocco informing of the outcome of general legislative, commune-level and regional elections, also referencing Western Sahara territories.
24 May 2021 s/2021/494 This was a letter by Morocco condemning political support provided by South Africa to the Polisario
17 May 2021 S/2021/475 This was the letter dated 17 May 2021 from the Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council transmitting a letter form the Polisario Front calling on the Security Council to protect the Sahrawi civilians and ensuring their physical and moral safety.
31 March 2021 S/2020/1075 This contained the explanations of vote on resolution 2548.
16 January 2020 S/2020/45 This letter included a complaint from the Polisario Front about what they see as Moroccan violations of Military Agreement No. 1 as well as some dissatisfaction with statements made by the Spokesman for the Secretary-General during his daily press briefing on 13 January 2020.
9 December 2019 S/2019/932 This letter contains a complaint from Morocco about a forthcoming meeting organised by the Polisario in Tifariti.
4 October 2019 S/2019/795 A letter from the Polisario Front, transmitted by Namibia, calling for the immediate appointment of a new personal envoy to move the political process forward.
16 September 2019 S/2019/746 This was a letter from the Secretary-General of the Polisario Front calling for the Council to reinvigorate the stalled political process.
22 July 2019 S/2019/590 In this letter, transmitted by Namibia, the Polisario Front brought recent protests that resulted in several arrests and one death to the attention of the Security Council.
10 January 2019 S/2019/35 This was a letter from Morocco to the president of the Council denouncing actions by Polisario.
8 January 2019 S/2019/23 This was a letter from Polisario letter transmitted by Namibia.
22 November 2017 S/2017/1003 This was a letter from the Secretary-General expressing his intention to appoint Colin Steward (Canada) as his Special Representative for Western Sahara and head of MINURSO.
25 May 2017 S/2017/462 This was a letter from the Secretary-General expressing his intention to appoint Horst Köhler as his new Personal Envoy for Western Sahara.
19 October 2015 S/2015/804 This was a letter from the Secretary-General of the Polisario regarding drilling by an Ireland-based mining company in Western Sahara.