New York (UN) April25,2013(SPS) - The United Nations Security Council has adopted Thursday a resolution on Western Sahara reiterating its call for a "just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution, which will provide for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara," and stressing the "importance of improving human rights situation" in the occupied Sahrawi territories.
The Security Council also decided to extend the mandate of the UN Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 30 April 2014.
In the resolution 2099, the UN decision-making body stressed the "importance of improving the human rights situation in Western Sahara," and called for the development and implementation of "independent and credible measures to ensure full respect for human rights" of Sahrawi people.
iven the importance of the issue, the Security Council reiterated in another paragraph of the resolution the need "to enhance the promotion and the protection of human rights in Western Sahara."(SPS)
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