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Autonomy for Western Sahara is proposed in a plan by Morocco as a solution to the Western Sahara conflict. The history of Western Sahara can be traced back to the times of Carthaginian explorer Hanno the Navigator on the 5th century BCE Western Sahara ( Arabic: الصحراء الغربية; transliterated: as-Ṣaḥrā' al-Gharbīyah; Sahara Occidental is a territory The Western Sahara War was the armed conflict which saw the Sahrawi rebel Polisario Front battling Spain, Morocco and Mauritania for The Capsian culture brought Morocco into the Neolithic about 8000 BC at a time when the Maghreb was less arid than it is today The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR) (' الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية) is a partially Spanish Sahara was the name used for the modern territory of Western Sahara when it was ruled as a territory by Spain between 1884 and 1975 Spanish protectorate of Morocco (حماية إسبانيا في المغرب (Protectorado español de Marruecos was the area of Morocco under colonial rule by the List of Wars and disputes relating to the colonial presence of Spain in Morocco War of 1859 Rif War (1893 The Army of Liberation ( French, Armée de Libération, Arabic, jayshu-t-tahrīr, Spanish Ejercito de Liberacion) was a force The Ifni War, sometimes called the Forgotten War in Spain ( la Guerra Olvidada) was a series of armed incursions into Spanish West Africa by One of the main functions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ is to provide Advisory Opinions - non-binding legal interpretations admitted by United Nations organs To assist in the Decolonization process of the Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) a Colony in North Africa, the United Nations The Madrid Accords, also called Madrid Agreement or Madrid Pact, was a Treaty between Spain, Morocco, and Mauritania The Green March was a strategic mass demonstration in November 1975 coordinated by the Moroccan government to force Spain to hand over the disputed autonomous semi-metropolitan Introduction Morocco sees Western Sahara as its Southern Provinces, and has been claiming it since its independence in 1956 Saguia el-Hamra, in Arabic الساقية الحمراء al-Saqiyah al-Hamra'a ("Red Canal" is with Río de Oro, one of the two territories Río de Oro ( Spanish for " Gold River" Arabic: وادي الذهب wādī-að-ðahab, often transliterated as Oued Edhahab is with The Southern Provinces or Moroccan Sahara are the Moroccan names for Western Sahara in reference to the provinces of Río de Oro and Saguia el-Hamra Western Sahara, formerly the Spanish colony of Spanish Sahara, is a disputed territory claimed by the Kingdom of Morocco and the Polisario Politics of Morocco take place in a framework of a parliamentary Constitutional monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister of Morocco is the Head of government The politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic take place in a framework of an area disputed and claimed by Morocco, and the Polisario Front 's proclaimed Since the end of the 1980's several members of Polisario have decided to discontinue their military or political activities for the Polisario Front. The Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (المجلس الملكي الاستشاري للشؤون الصحراوية or Corcas, from the French abbreviation The Army of Liberation ( French, Armée de Libération, Arabic, jayshu-t-tahrīr, Spanish Ejercito de Liberacion) was a force The Movement for the Liberation of the Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro, sometimes referred to as the Movement for the Liberation of the Sahara or simply the Liberation Movement The Polisario, Polisario Front, or Frente Polisario, from the Spanish abbreviation of Frente Po pular de Li beración de Sa The Zemla Intifada (or The Zemla Uprising is the name used by the Algeria backed Polisario movement to refer to disturbances of June 17, 1970 United Nations Security Council resolution 1495 was unanimously approved by the council on July 31, 2003, and dealt with the Decolonization United Nations Security Council Resolution 1754 is a United Nations Security Council resolution intended to resolve the Western Sahara conflict To assist in the Decolonization process of the Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) a Colony in North Africa, the United Nations MINURSO is the United Nations Peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara. The Settlement Plan was an agreement between the Polisario Front and Morocco on the organization of a Referendum, which would constitute an expression of See also Western Sahara The Free Zone is a term used by the Polisario Front to describe the part of Western Sahara that lies to the east of the Moroccan The Houston Agreement was the result of negotiations between the Polisario Front and Morocco on the organization of a Referendum, which would constitute The Baker Plan (formally Peace Plan for Self-Determination of the People of Western Sahara) is a United Nations initiative to grant Self-determination The Manhasset negotiations (also known as Manhasset I II III and IV) were a series of talks that took place in four rounds at Manhasset New York between the Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa The history of Western Sahara can be traced back to the times of Carthaginian explorer Hanno the Navigator on the 5th century BCE
In 2006 the Moroccan Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) has proposed a plan for the autonomy of Western Sahara and made visits to a number of countries to explain the proposal. The Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (المجلس الملكي الاستشاري للشؤون الصحراوية or Corcas, from the French abbreviation Autonomy ( Greek: Auto- Nomos - nomos meaning "law" one who gives oneself his/her own Law) is the right to Self-government Western Sahara ( Arabic: الصحراء الغربية; transliterated: as-Ṣaḥrā' al-Gharbīyah; Sahara Occidental is a territory The Spanish approach to regional autonomy has been named as a possible model for Western Saharan autonomy, mentioning specifically the cases of the Canary Islands, the Basque Country, Andalusia or Catalonia. The plan was presented to the UN Security Council in april 2007[1] and has received the backing of the USA and France [2]. In a letter to president Bush, 173 members of US congress endorsed the plan. [3]
This initiative constitutes the main ground for the Moroccan proposal at Manhasset negotiations. The Manhasset negotiations (also known as Manhasset I II III and IV) were a series of talks that took place in four rounds at Manhasset New York between the
References
- ^ full text of the plan: http://moroccanamericanpolicy.com/MoroccanCompromiseSolution041107.pdf
- ^ News | Africa - Reuters.com
- ^ Copy of the letter with commentary: http://moroccanamericanpolicy.com/documents/173_sig_letter.pdf
External links
UN secretary general's special envoy on autonomy for Western Sahara:
See also
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