Algiers, 14 December 2020 (SPS) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres underlined Saturday that the settlement of the conflict in Western Sahara isn’t dependent on the individual recognition of States, but on the implementation of UN resolutions.
“We have been very clear, for us (UN), concerning Western Sahara, everything remains unchanged. The solution to the (conflict) in Western Sahara doesn’t depend on the recognition of States individually. It depends on the implementation of the Security Council’s resolutions, of which we are the guardians,” said Guterres on the sidelines of the UN Climate Summit.
UN Secretary General replied to a question on the decision of the outgoing US president Donald Trump to stand out of the consensus within the Security Council on the settlement of this decolonization issue.
On Friday, the spokesman of the UN Secretary General, Stéphane Dujarric, affirmed that the Secretary General’s position is “unchanged,” and remains “convinced that a solution to the issue of Western Sahara is possible in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions.” (SPS)
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