United Nations, 20 Mar The UN recalled on Sunday that the conflict in Western Sahara must be resolved with a “full commitment (of the parties) to the political process facilitated by the UN”, in the first official reaction to the Spanish government's announcement of betting on the Moroccan autonomy plan. Asked by Efe, UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric further urged all interested parties to support the efforts of the Personal Envoy for the Sahara, Staffan de Mistura, “aimed at resuming the political process” of negotiation between the parties to the conflict. The spokesman merely confirmed that he had seen “the announcement of the Spanish Government concerning Morocco and Western Sahara”, which he did not want to comment, but then added that De Mistura “continues to be in contact with the relevant interlocutors”, allegedly also in relation to Spain. The most important thing about the statement is that the UN “reiterates the importance of maintaining full commitment (of the parties) to the political process facilitated by the UN, in line with resolution 2602 (2021)”. This is the last resolution adopted by the Security Council last October, in which the Council was committed to “a realistic, viable, lasting, acceptable solution by the parties and based on compromise” and which “provides for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara within the framework of provisions in accordance with the principles and purposes of the Charter of the United Nations”. The Spanish Government's change in attitude towards the Sahara materialized last Friday, when the president wrote to the king of Morocco a message stating, among other things, that Morocco's autonomy plan for the Sahara, presented in 2007, is “the most serious, realistic and credible basis” for the resolution of the crisis, in line with Rabat's theses. After that statement, Moroccan Ambassador Karima Benyaich, called by her Government for consultations last May, returned to Madrid on Sunday, but in return the Algerian Government called its own ambassador on Saturday to express its protest at Spain's change of attitude. CHIEF fixed/jrh
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