Adoption of resolution 1813 on Western Sahara (July 29, 2008)
By unanimously adopting UNSCR 1813 last April, the Security Council asked the parties to pursue negotiations under the aegis of the UN Secretary-General without preconditions and in good faith. It also called on the parties to show realism and a spirit of compromise in order to allow negotiations to enter a more intensive, substantial phase.
We believe it is high time to find a realistic solution that is acceptable to all parties, within the UN framework.
We support the process initiated in Manhasset to achieve a political outcome negotiated by the parties to the Western Sahara question. There must be an end to a situation that is unacceptable to the people there, notably those in refugee camps. A continued deadlock is in no one’s interest.
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Report from the chairman of the ad hoc delegation to the Western Sahara of the European Parliament