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Sahara Drafts Fail at UN
The Security Council failed to pass two draft resolutions on Western Sahara. Russia vetoed the US draft, which supported Morocco’s sovereignty and would have ended the peacekeeping mission. A Russian draft to extend the mission’s mandate for one year failed to secure the nine votes required: three countries voted in favour, one against, and 11 abstained. The mandate of the mission, which has helped prepare a referendum on the territory’s future for 35 years, expires on Saturday unless it is renewed at the last minute. Morocco welcomed the failure to extend it and said it remained committed to the ceasefire, while the Polisario Front is demanding a referendum that includes the option of independence.
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