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==States recognizing the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic==
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The SADR is [[diplomatic recognition|recognized]] by '''81 states'''. States that do not recognize the Sahrawi republic may, however, recognize the Polisario Front as the legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people, but not its exile government as a state (for example, [[#List of states supporting Sahrawi claims on Western Sahara|a number of European countries]]). Since the end of the Cold War the general evolution relative to diplomatic recognition has been towards withdrawal of recognition of the SADR to adopt more ambiguous diplomatic positions, such as recognition of the Polisario Front as a legitimate representative, without recognizing SADR or supporting self-determination.
The SADR is [[diplomatic recognition|recognized]] by '''81 states'''. States that do not recognize the Sahrawi republic may, however, recognize the Polisario Front as the legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people, but not its exile government as a state (for example, [[#List of states supporting Sahrawi claims on Western Sahara|a number of European countries]]). Several states have withdrawn their recognition of the SADR (close to 20 countries), mostly because of Moroccan pressures and negotiations.


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Western Sahara, formerly the Spanish colony of Spanish Sahara, is a disputed territory claimed now by the Kingdom of Morocco and the Polisario Front. Its legal status remains, according to the United Nations (UN), as a non-decolonized territory, included in the UN List of Non-Self-Governing Territories.

Since the Madrid Accords of 1975-76, parts of the territory have been administered by Morocco as the Southern Provinces, and others by Mauritania. Another section of the territory, the Free Zone, is administered by the Polisario Front as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). A UN-monitored cease-fire has been in effect since September, 1991.

In order to resolve the sovereignty issue, the UN has attempted to hold a referendum through the mission United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), and is holding direct talks between the kingdom of Morocco and the Polisario Front. The UN recognizes neither Moroccan nor SADR sovereignty over Western Sahara.

Positions of the parties

Kingdom of Morocco

The official position of the Kingdom of Morocco beginning in 1963 is that all of Western Sahara is an integral part of the Kingdom. The Moroccan government refers to Western Sahara only as the "Sahara", "Moroccan Sahara", "Saharan provinces", or the "Southern Provinces".[citation needed] Western Sahara is the historical birthplace of one of the most successful Arab ruling dynasties, the Almoravids. In 1958, the Moroccan Army of Liberation fought Spanish colonizers and almost liberated what was then Spanish Sahara.[citation needed] The fathers of many of the Polisario leaders are among the veterans of the Moroccan Southern Army; for example, the father of Mohammed Abdelaziz, the Polisario leader. Morocco is supported in this view by a number of former Polisario founders and leaders. The Polisario Front is considered by Morocco to be a Moroccan separatist movement, referring to the Moroccan origins of most of its founding members, and its self-proclaimed SADR to be a puppet state used by Algeria to fight a proxy war against Morocco.

Polisario Front

The Polisario Front is a national liberation movement that opposes Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara. The Polisario began as a movement of disaffected students who felt torn between the divergent Spanish and Moroccan influences on the country. The original goal of the Polisario, which was to end Spanish colonialism in the region, was achieved, but their neighbours (Morocco and Mauritania) invaded the territory after Spain withdrew. The Polisario engaged in guerrilla warfare with occupying forces, while evacuating the Sahrawi population to the Tindouf refugee camps due to the Royal Moroccan Air Force bombing the refugee camps on Sahrawi land with Napalm and White phosphorus.[1][2]

The Polisario Front has called for the right of self-determination of the people of Western Sahara to be decided through a referendum. Although the SADR is not recognised as a state by the UN, Polisario is considered a direct participant in the conflict, as the legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people (recognized by the UN[citation needed]).

The Polisario Front argues that Morocco's position is due to economical interests (fishing, phosphate mining, and the potential for oil) and political reasons (stability of the king's position and the Makhzen in Morocco and the positioning of the Moroccan Army). The Polisario Front proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in Bir Lehlou (Western Sahara), on February 27, 1976.

Mauritania

Before signing the Madrid Accords and after the withdrawal of the last Spanish forces, in late 1975 Mauritanian army forces invaded the southern part of Western Sahara, while Moroccan army forces did the same from the north. Claims on Western Sahara had increased since the 1960s, fuelled by Mokhtar Ould Daddah. In April 1976, Mauritania and Morocco partitioned the country into three parts, Mauritania getting the southern one, renamed Tiris al-Gharbiya. Mauritania waged four years of war against Polisario guerrillas, conducting raids on Nouakchott, attacks on the Zouerate mine train and a coup d'état that deposed Ould Daddah. Mauritania finally withdrew in the summer of 1979, after signing the Argel Accord with the Polisario Front, recognizing the right of self-determination for the Sahrawi people, and renouncing any claims on Western Sahara. The Moroccan Army immediately occupied the former Mauritanian territory. Mauritania recognized the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic on February 27, 1984.

Algeria

Algeria has been supporting the independence of Western Sahara diplomatically since 1975, because of the reminder of their own national liberation war. In 1976, Algeria got involved directly in the conflict, but after a military confrontation at Amgala against the Moroccan Army, the Algerian role became that of an indirectly involved party through political and military support to the Polisario front. Morocco argues that the Algerian position is due to the Sand War of 1963[citation needed]. Algeria recognized the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic on March 6, 1976.

United Nations

Western Sahara was first placed, by Moroccan demand [citation needed], on the UN list of territories to be decolonized in 1965 when it was still a Spanish colony. It has retained that status since then due to the persistence of the conflict.[3] The UN has been involved since 1988 to find a solution to the conflict through self-determination. In 1988, the kingdom of Morocco and the Polisario Front agreed to settle the dispute through a referendum under the auspices of the UN, that would allow the people of Western Sahara to choose between independence or integration with Morocco. In 1991, a ceasefire was agreed between the parties, contingent on the referendum being held the following year. Due to disputes over voter qualification, the vote has still not been held, and Morocco has made it clear in 2000 that henceforth it will not consider any option leading to the independence of the territory,[citation needed] and instead, is now proposing autonomy within Morocco. Lately, the UN has argued for negotiations between Morocco and Polisario Front to overcome the deadlock, culminating in the Manhasset negotiations.

Although Morocco claims that no recognition is required, Moroccan sovereignty over the territory is supported by the Arab League[4][5] and by some other states as a policy of deliberate ambiguity.

States recognizing the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

The SADR is recognized by 81 states. States that do not recognize the Sahrawi republic may, however, recognize the Polisario Front as the legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people, but not its exile government as a state (for example, a number of European countries). Several states have withdrawn their recognition of the SADR (close to 20 countries), mostly because of Moroccan pressures and negotiations.

List

The following is a list of state governments that actually recognize Western Sahara as a sovereign nation, with the exiled Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as its legitimate government. The vast majority of recognitions took place during the Cold War. Since the 1990s and the 1991 cease-fire agreement, many states have suspended or frozen relations with the SADR, some stating they are pending the outcome of the referendum on self-determination.

  • Fifteen have Sahrawi embassies (Twenty-three have ambassadorial level relations with the SADR).
Foreign Relations of the SADR (June 2010)
State Date of recognition AU OIC AL &
AMU 		Embassy Relations
 Algeria 1976-03-06 AU Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC Arab League
AL
AMU 		Embassy[6]
 Angola 1976-03-11[7] AU Embassy[8][9]
 Antigua and Barbuda 1987-02-27
 Barbados 1988-02-27
 Belize 1986-11-18 Embassy (Non-resident)[10] Embassy based in Panama City (Panama)
 Bolivia 1982-12-14[11] Embassy (Non-resident)[12] Embassy based in Caracas (Venezuela)
 Botswana 1980-05-14 AU
 Burundi 1976-03-01[13] AU Froze recognition 5 May 2006 33 and reinstated them 2008-06-16 [14]
 Cambodia 1979-04-10
 Chad 1980-07-04 AU Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC Relations suspended 9 May 1997; Relations resumed 17 July 2007 [7].
 Costa Rica 1980-10-30
 Cuba 1980-01-20[15] Embassy[16][17]
 Dominica 1979-09-01
 Dominican Republic 1986-06-24
 Ecuador 1983-11-14 Embassy (Non-resident)[18][19] Embassy based in Caracas (Venezuela). Withdrawn 19 June 2004[20]; Relations resumed 8 February 2006[21].
 Ethiopia 1979-02-24 AU Embassy[22]
 Ghana 1979-08-24 AU
 Grenada 1979-08-20
 Guatemala 1986-04-10
 Guyana 1979-09-01
 Haiti 2006-11-23 Embassy[23][24]
 Honduras 1989-11-11
 Iran 1980-02-27[25][26] Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC
 Jamaica 1979-09-04
 Laos 1979-05-07
 Lesotho 1979-10-09[27][28] AU Embassy (Non-resident)[29] Embassy based in Pretoria (South Africa)
 Libya 1980-04-15[30] AU Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC Arab League
AL
AMU
 Mali 1980-07-04 AU Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC
 Mauritania 1984-02-27[31] AU Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC Arab League
AL
AMU
 Mauritius 1982-07-01 AU Embassy (Non-resident)[32] Embassy based in Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania)
 Mexico 1979-09-08[33] Embassy[34]
 Mozambique 1976-03-13 AU Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC Embassy[35]
 Namibia 1990-06-02[36] AU Embassy (Non-resident)[37] Embassy based in Luanda (Angola)
 Nicaragua 1979-09-06 Embassy established January, 2010[38] Suspended 21 July 2000,[8] but re-established 12 January 2007[39]
 Nigeria 1984-11-12[40] AU Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC Embassy[41][42][43]
 North Korea 1976-03-16
 Panama 1978-06-23[44] Embassy[45][46] Panama was the first American country to recognise the SADR, and has also the oldest Sahrawi embassy on that continent.
 Papua New Guinea 1981-08-12
 Paraguay 2000-02-09[47] Froze relations 25 July 2000, but reinstated them 11 August 2008[48]
 Rwanda 1976-04-01 AU
 Saint Lucia 1979-09-01
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1987-02-25
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2002-02-14[49]
 Sierra Leone 1980-03-27 AU Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC
 South Africa 2004-09-15[50][51][52] AU Embassy[53]
 Suriname 1982-08-11
 Syria 1980-04-15 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC Arab League
AL
 Tanzania 1978-11-09[54] AU Embassy established June, 2005.[55]
 Timor-Leste 2002-05-20[56] Embassy[57] The Sahrawi Republic was the first country to establish relations with Timor-Leste or East Timor.
 Trinidad and Tobago 1986-11-01[58]
 Uganda 1979-09-06 AU Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC Embassy[59]
 Uruguay 2005-12-28[60][61]
 Vanuatu[62] 1980-11-27 Vanuatu later recognized the SADR.[63]
 Venezuela 1982-08-03 Embassy[64]
 Vietnam 1976-03-02[65]
 Zambia 1979-10-12[66] AU Embassy[67]
 Zimbabwe 1980-07-03[68] AU Embassy (Non-resident) Embassy based in Maputo (Mozambique)

States suspending relations with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

The relations of the SADR are subject to continuous fluctuation, depending on different factors and the diplomatic activity of Morocco, Algeria, France, Spain and Polisario.

A number of states that once recognized the SADR have either suspended or definitely cancelled their recognition. For example, the government of the Seychelles withdrew its diplomatic recognition of the SADR on 17 March 2008.[69] The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which recognized SADR on 28 November 1984, ceased to exist in April 1992. "Cancellation" of recognition by Serbia and Montenegro on October 28, 2004, is due to international law inadmissible.[70] For an overview on the list of these states click here: Foreign relations of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

The following is a list of state governments that have, at one point, formally recognized Western Sahara as a sovereign nation. For various reasons (mostly economical or political pressions from Morocco) the relations with the SADR were either suspended, frozen or permanently canceled.

  • 24 nations have recognized the SADR, then suspended or frozen relations.
State Date of recognition AU OIC AL &
AMU 		Embassy Date of suspension of relations
 Albania[71] 1987-12-29 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC Relations suspended November 11, 2004; Last European country to recognize the SADR
 Afghanistan 1979-05-26 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC Relations suspended 11 July 2002[citation needed]
 Benin 1976-03-11 AU Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC Relations suspended 21 March 1997[citation needed]
 Burkina Faso 1984-03-04 AU Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC Relations suspended 5 June 1996[citation needed]
 Cape Verde 1979-07-04 AU Froze relations 27 July 2007 [9]
 Colombia[citation needed] 1985-02-27
 El Salvador 1989-07-31 Relations suspended April 1997[citation needed]
 Equatorial Guinea 1978-11-03 AU Relations suspended May 1980[citation needed]
 Guinea-Bissau 1976-03-15 AU Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC Relations suspended 2 April 1997; Relations resumed 30 May 2009 [72], but suspended 30 March 2010 [73].
 India 1985-10-01 Relations canceled 26 June 2000[citation needed]
 Kenya 2005-06-25 AU Relations suspended 22 October 2006[citation needed]
 Kiribati 1981-08-12 Relations suspended 15 September 2000[citation needed]
 Liberia 1985-07-31 AU Relations suspended 5 September 1997[citation needed]
 Madagascar 1976-02-28 AU Froze relations 4 July 2005[74]. Madagascar was the first country on recognising the SADR, hours before the proclamation.
 Malawi 1994-11-16 AU Relations suspended 16 September 2008[citation needed]
 Nauru 1981-08-12 Relations suspended 15 September 2000[citation needed]
 Peru 1984-08-16 Relations canceled October 1996[citation needed]
 Republic of the Congo 1978-06-03 AU Relations suspended 13 September 1996[citation needed]
 São Tomé and Príncipe 1978-06-22 AU Relations suspended 23 October 1996[citation needed]
 Seychelles 1977-10-25 AU Relations suspended 17 April 2008[69]
 Solomon Islands 1981-08-12 Relations suspended January 1989[citation needed]
 Swaziland 1980-04-28 AU Relations suspended 4 August 1997[citation needed]
 Togo 1976-03-17 AU Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC Relations suspended 18 June 1997[citation needed]
 Tuvalu 1981-08-12 Relations suspended 15 September 2000[citation needed]

List of states supporting the right of self-determination of the Sahrawi people

Some states, although not recognizing the SADR for various reasons, have expressed explicit support to "the right of self-determination of the Sahrawi people", which is the position of the Polisario Front. In addition, members of the EFTA trade bloc have made statements excluding the Western Sahara from the Moroccan-EFTA free trade agreement.[75]

States expressing support for SADR claims and/or the Sahrawi people right on self-determination
State Date of support Notes
 Algeria[6][76][77][78][79] African Union member

Arab League Arab League member

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC member

 Angola[8][80][81] African Union member
 Australia[82]
 Austria[83][84] European Union EU member
 Belgium[85] European Union EU member
 Belize[86][87][88]
 Benin[89] African Union member

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC member

 Bolivia[11]
 Botswana[90][91][92] African Union member
 Burundi[93] African Union member
 Chad[94] African Union member

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC member

 Chile[95][96][97]
 Colombia[98]
 Costa Rica[99][100]
 Cuba[16][101][102][103][104][105]
 Cyprus[106] European Union EU member
 Denmark[107][108][109] European Union EU member
 Dominica[91]
 East Timor[110][111][112]
 Ecuador[18][113][114]
 El Salvador[115]
 Ethiopia[22][116] African Union member
 Finland[117] European Union EU member
 Germany[118][119] European Union EU member
 Ghana[120] African Union member
 Haiti[121]
 Iceland[122]
 Iran[26] Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC member
 Ireland[123] European Union EU member
 Italy[124][125] European Union EU member
 Jamaica[126]
 Lesotho[27][127][128] African Union member
 Libya[30][129][130] African Union member

Arab League Arab league member

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC member

 Mali[131] African Union member

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC member

 Mauritius[132] African Union member
 Mexico[33][133][134]
 Mozambique[135][136][137] African Union member

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC member

 Namibia[91][92][138][139][140][141] African Union member
 Nicaragua[142][143][144]
 Nigeria[41][132][145][146][147][148] African Union member

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC member

 Norway[149][150]
 Panama[45][151][152][153][154]
 Paraguay[155][156]
 Peru[157]
 Republic of the Congo[158][159] African Union member
 Russia[160][161][162] United Nations permanent member of the UNSC
 Rwanda[163] African Union member
 Saint Kitts and Nevis[164]
 Saint Lucia[132][165]
 São Tomé and Príncipe[166] African Union member
 Slovakia[167] European Union EU member
 South Africa[50][168][169][170][171] African Union member
 Spain[172][173] European Union EU member
 Suriname[174] Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC member
 Sweden[175] European Union EU member
 Tanzania[55][176][177][178] African Union member
 Uganda[59][179][180][181][182] African Union member

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OIC member

 United Kingdom[183][184][185][186] United Nations permanent member of the UNSC

European Union EU member

 Uruguay[60][187]
 Venezuela[64][188][189][190]
 Vietnam[191]
 Zambia[67][192] African Union member
 Zimbabwe[92][193][194] African Union member

States supporting Moroccan claims on Western Sahara

States expressing support for Moroccan claims and/or the Moroccan autonomy plan.

No state recognizes the sovereignty of Morocco over Western Sahara, although many states have expressed support for Moroccan claims, or endorsed the Moroccan autonomy initiative for the territory.

However, some international organizations, as the Arab League and the Organization of the Islamic Conference, have recognized the sovereignty of Morocco over its Southern Provinces.[195][196][197] Some UN member states have expressed explicit support of Morocco's territorial integrity, in reference to Western Sahara as Moroccan provinces, others have endorsed or complemented the Moroccan proposal of autonomy for the territory, as being credible and serious.[198] Morocco and Sudan[199] are the only countries to make a public declaration of Moroccan sovereignty over the region, but Sudan has since withdrawn that declaration. Morocco's old allies, France and the United States, have provided the kingdom with economic, diplomatic, and military aid, throughout the conflict. Saudi Arabia provided much economic aid as well.[200]

China (PRC)

Morocco and the PRC maintain close relations, that have been improving steadily in the past decades. China has shown strong support for Morocco's territorial integrity on numerous occasions, and has welcomed the proposals put forth by Morocco in the peace negotiations.[201][202]

France

France enjoys close relations with Morocco. It is the kingdom's leading trade partner and the leading source of public development aid and private investments. The country claims neutrality on the Western Sahara issue, despite its military involvement in the Western Sahara War on the side of Morocco and Mauritania (see Operation Lamantin). In 2009 [203][204] and 2010 [205][206], France used the threat of its veto power to block the establishment of Human Rights monitoring by the MINURSO in Western Sahara. France has been a major backer of the Moroccan autonomy plan and in the EU negotiated the concession of the advanced status to Morocco[207].

United States

Main article: Morocco – United States relations § American policy on Western Sahara conflict
Photo of Former Assistant Secretary of State, David Welch (2005-2008) who in 2007 expressed strong support for Morocco and its autonomy plan in the conflict over Western Sahara, calling the plan a "serious and credible" solution.[208]

While President Barack Obama has yet to announce publicly his stance on the conflict over Western Sahara, President William Jefferson Clinton set a precedent[citation needed] which President George Walker Bush followed. Both Presidents Clinton and Bush sided with Morocco[citation needed] and maintained the position that, “Genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty [is] the only feasible solution.” [209]

Barack Obama administration disassociated itself from the Moroccan autonomy in 2009, reversing the Bush-backed support to the Moroccan plan, and returning to a pre-Bush position in the issue, where the option of an independent Western Sahara is on the table again.[210]

In April 2009, 229 members of the U.S. House of Representatives, a clear majority and more than 50 more than signed the letter in 2007, called on President Barack Obama to support Morocco’s peace plan and to assist in drawing the conflict to a close. The signers included Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Republican Minority Leader John Boehner. In addition to noting that Western Sahara has become a recruiting post for Radical Islamists, the letter affirmed that the conflict is “the single greatest obstacle impending the security and cooperation necessary to combat” terrorism in the Maghreb.[211] The letter referenced UN Security Council Resolution 1813 (2008), and encouraged President Obama to follow the policy set by President Clinton and followed by President Bush stating, “Genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty [is] the only feasible solution.”[211] The Congressmen expressed concerns about Western Sahara's viability. They referenced a UN fact-finding mission to Western Sahara which confirmed the State Department’s view that the Polisario proposal, which ultimately stands for independence, would lead to a non-viable state.[211] In closing, the letter stated, “We remain convinced that the U.S. position, favoring autonomy for Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty is the only feasible solution. We urge you to both sustain this longstanding policy, and to make clear, in both words and actions, that the United States will work to ensure that the UN process continues to support this framework as the only realistic compromise that can bring this unfortunate and longstanding conflict to an end.” [211] Commenting on a 2004 free trade agreement with Morocco, US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick stated in a letter to Congressman Joe Pitts, in response to his questioning, "the United States and many other countries do not recognize Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara and have consistently urged the parties to work with the United Nations to resolve the conflict by peaceful means. The Free Trade Agreement will not include Western Sahara."[212][213].

Remaining states supporting Moroccan claim

State Notes References
 Argentina [214][215]
 Bahrain Arab LeagueArab league member [216]
 Belgium European UnionEU member [217][218]
 Benin [219][220]
 Botswana [221]
 Bulgaria European UnionEU member [222][223][224]
 Cameroon [219]
 Central African Republic [225][226]
 Chile [227][228][229]
 Colombia [230][231][232]
 Croatia [233]
 Democratic Republic of Congo [234]
 Dominican Republic [235]
 Egypt Arab LeagueArab league member [236]
 Equatorial Guinea [237]
 France United Nationspermanent member of UNSC
European UnionEU member 		[238][239][240][241][242]
[243][244]
 Gabon [245][246]
 Gambia [247][248][249][250]
 Germany European UnionEU member [251][252]
 Guinea [253]
 Guinea-Bissau [254]
 Indonesia [255]
 Ivory Coast [256]
 Kuwait Arab LeagueArab league member [257]
 Macedonia [258]
 Madagascar [259][260]
 Malawi [261]
 Maldives [262]
 Netherlands European UnionEU member [263][264]
 Niger [219][265]
 Paraguay [266][267][268]
 People's Republic of China United Nationspermanent member of UNSC [269][270][271]
 Peru [272][273][274]
 Poland European UnionEU member [275][276][277]
 Portugal European UnionEU member [278][279][280]
 Romania European UnionEU member [281][282][283]
 Russia United Nationspermanent member of UNSC [284][285]
 Saudi Arabia Arab LeagueArab league member [286]
 Senegal [287][288][289][290]
 Serbia [291][292]
 Sierra Leone [293][294][295]
 Sudan Arab LeagueArab league member [199][296][297]
 Swaziland [298]
 Tunisia Arab LeagueArab league member [299]
 Turkey [300]
 United States United Nationspermanent member of UNSC [209][209][211][301][302]
[243][303][304]
 Yemen Arab LeagueArab league member [305]

Status of Western Sahara according to various international organizations

Organization Membership Notes
African Union (Formerly OAU) 22 February 1982 SADR is a fully recognised AU founding member.[306]
Arab League Arab League Not a member. Considered as part of Morocco.[5]
Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) Not a member. Morocco is a founding member of GAFTA.
Non-Aligned Movement Not a member. The NAM does not recognize Moroccan claims on Western Sahara, as supports the UN efforts, and recognizes the right of Self-determination of the Sahrawi people.
 OIC Not a member. Considered as part of Morocco[citation needed].
 UN Not a member. The UN does not recognize Moroccan claims, as the Western Sahara remains in its List of Non-Self-Governing Territories. The Security Council had argued for direct negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario Front[307]. It had approved more than 100 resolutions supporting the right of Self-determination of the Sahrawi people.

The SADR is also a member of the Asian-African Strategic Partnership formed at the 2005 Asian-African Conference, over Moroccan objections to SADR participation.

In 2006, the SADR participated in a conference of the Permanent Conference of Political Parties of the Latin American and the Caribbean (COPPAL)[308].

In 2010, the SADR ambassador to Nicaragua participated in the opening conference of the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN)[309]

African Union

In February 22, 1982, the SADR secured membership of the Organisation of African Unity[310].

The African Union (formerly the OAU) has given the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic full recognition,[306] and accepted it as a member state (which has led Morocco to leave the union.[311]). Mohamed Abdelaziz, president of the SADR, has been vicepresident of the OUA in 1985, and of the AU in 2002.

United Nations

Since 1979, the United Nations have recognized the Polisario Front as the representative of the people of Western Sahara[312].

Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan stressed, in his last report on Western Sahara, to the Security Council:

"The Security Council would not be able to invite parties to negotiate about Western Saharan autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty, for such wording would imply recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, which was out of the question as long as no States Member of the United Nations had recognized that sovereignty".[313] Spain is still considered as the administrative power, but Morocco however is the de facto administrating power since it controls most of the territory"[314].

Other states

  •  Canada does not recognise the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic, the POLISARIO Front, or Moroccan sovereignty over the territory. Canada no longer participates in the Western Sahara peacekeeping force (MINURSO) but supports its presence. It also supports efforts made by the UN and the involved parties in achieving a peaceful settlement of the conflict[315].

See also

References

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  • Hodges, Tony, and Pazzanita, Anthony. Historical Dictionary of Western Sahara, 2 ed., Scarecrow Press, 1994, ISBN 0-8108-2661-5, pp. 378–379.
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