United Nations Security Council Resolution 658
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United Nations Security Council resolution 658, adopted unanimously on 27 June 1990, after recalling Resolution 621 (1988) and noting a report by the Secretary-General on the situation in Western Sahara, the Council approved the Secretary-General's recommendations regarding a settlement of the issue.
Though not established until Resolution 690 (1991), the agreement arising from Resolution 658 concerned a plan whereby the United Nations would supervise a ceasefire between Morocco and the Polisario Front and conduct a referendum in which the people of Western Sahara would decide between self-determination or integration with Morocco that later became known as the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar described the plan as "large and complicated".[1] This was proposed after the 1988 Settlement Plan agreement between Morocco and the Polisario Front.
The resolution called upon both parties to co-operate with the Secretary-General and the Organisation of African Unity in their efforts to find a settlement in Western Sahara, welcoming the Secretary-General's decision to send a technical mission to Western Sahara and neighbouring countries to finalise administrative aspects of the United Nations plan. In this regard, it called on the Secretary-General to report back once this had been completed.
See also
- History of Western Sahara
- List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 601 to 700 (1987–1991)
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
References
- ^ "Security Council approves UN plan for Western Sahara; MINURSO to supervise elections – UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara". UN Chronicle. September 1990.
External links
- Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 658 at Wikisource
- Text of the Resolution at undocs.org