Keywords: Staffan De Mistura


Moroccan Sahara Dispute: Algeria Warns UN Security Council Ahead of Key Resolution

Algeria has renewed its opposition to any United Nations Security Council decision that it believes would recognise Morocco’s sovereignty over the Moroccan Sahara, as diplomatic discussions continue ahead of an expected resolution on the long-running regional dispute. Addressing the UN General......

Moroccan Sahara: Polisario Challenges Staffan de Mistura’s Position on Future Talks

Disagreements over the framework for future negotiations on the Moroccan Sahara are adding pressure to the United Nations-led political process, after the Polisario Front reportedly threatened to reconsider its cooperation with UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy Staffan de Mistura. The movement’s......

Moroccan Sahara: UN Envoy Presses Polisario to Respond to Morocco’s Autonomy Plan

The search for a political settlement to the Moroccan Sahara issue is entering a critical diplomatic phase, with United Nations envoy Staffan de Mistura urging the Polisario Front to engage constructively with Morocco’s autonomy initiative ahead of the next Security Council resolution on the mandate......

US Weighs Future of MINURSO as UN Security Council Deadline Approaches

Officials Follow the Moroccan Sahara File The consultations are taking place with the involvement of senior figures in the US administration. Massad Boulos, senior adviser to President Donald Trump on African affairs, and Michael Waltz, the US ambassador to the United Nations, are among the officials......

Moroccan Sahara: Staffan de Mistura Holds Talks With Mauritania’s UN Representative

United Nations efforts to revive political discussions on the Moroccan Sahara issue continued with a meeting between UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy Staffan de Mistura and Mauritania’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Cheikhna Ould Nenni, as diplomatic consultations focused......

UN report places autonomy proposal at centre of new Moroccan Sahara talks

A new report by UN Secretary-General António Guterres describes a new phase in the political process over the Moroccan Sahara, with Morocco’s autonomy proposal playing a central role in the negotiations held during 2026. The UN Security Council has also continued to support an UN-led political......

UN outlines transition framework as Western Sahara talks move toward autonomy negotiations

The United Nations says the political process over Western Sahara has entered a potentially decisive phase, with negotiations moving beyond the exchange of long-standing positions toward discussions on a transitional framework and a possible detailed autonomy arrangement. In his latest report, UN Secretary-General......

Morocco’s Sahara autonomy plan faces a decisive October at the UN Security Council

October is set to become a pivotal month for the United Nations’ handling of the Moroccan Sahara dispute, with the Security Council preparing three separate meetings on the political process and the future of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). The timing......

Ecuador backs Morocco’s autonomy plan in Western Sahara diplomacy

Ecuador has renewed its backing for Morocco’s autonomy initiative for Western Sahara, adding its voice to the diplomatic debate unfolding at the United Nations in New York. Speaking before the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee on Friday, Ecuador’s representative said Quito considers......