Moroccan Sahara: from the roots of the conflict to the 2026 negotiations

The UN peacekeeping chief said the mission’s positions must be evacuated and its equipment disposed of or transferred. He emphasised cooperation by the parties to carry out the departure and reiterated the appeal for restraint.

The timetable remains an estimate: Hespress and Le360 refer to about two months, while Médias24 reports a few months. No definitive completion date or detailed decision on the installations is established.

These comments clarify withdrawal arrangements. The Royal Cabinet announced the same day that the Interior Ministry’s Coordination Office would support liquidation, while reaffirming Morocco’s ceasefire commitment.

The council advocates strengthening newsroom skills and staffing to address what it describes as foreign disinformation campaigns. It also welcomes the Royal Cabinet’s 30 October statement on the end of MINURSO’s mandate.

The allegations against some foreign media are the council’s position. The reports consulted do not provide an independent investigation establishing those allegations outlet by outlet. The appeal does not amount to a new press regulation.

The statement reiterates Morocco’s commitment to the ceasefire and calls for development projects in the southern provinces to continue. Participants included the head of government, the interior minister and the military command.

These instructions set out Morocco’s arrangements for supporting the withdrawal. They do not establish that evacuation has been completed: the statement gives neither a final timetable nor a count of sites already closed.

PAM, RNI and Istiqlal reaffirmed support for the royal position. PAM’s representative notably called for the issue to be removed from the Security Council’s agenda.

These are reported parliamentary positions, rather than a Security Council decision. The official agenda confirmed a joint sitting of both chambers devoted to the latest developments in the issue.

The letter places the meeting under the “use of the veto” agenda item following the Security Council’s October 30 vote. It invokes the standing mandate established by resolution 76/262.

The announcement concerns a future meeting. It is neither a new Security Council decision nor evidence that the debate has taken place; its outcome remains unknown.

Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric describes a phased operation overseen by a Department of Operational Support team. It includes reducing civilian staffing and handling equipment, contracts and archives.

These details set out the announced arrangements after the mandate ended. They are not a tally of completed closures; the consulted reports give no final departure date.

It plans a legal note, academic meetings and a network of law, politics and economics experts. Its president is Abdelfattah Belamchi.

This is an intended civil-society programme; publication of the note and establishment of the network have not been established. Its legal interpretation of the end of MINURSO’s mandate remains the centre’s own.

The organisation advocates a shared editorial foundation while preserving different views on how to defend those interests. It also invokes professional independence and journalistic ethics.

Its position responds to the Royal Cabinet’s October 30 statement on the Moroccan Sahara. It sets out ANME’s desired approach; it does not establish that all newsrooms have adopted a common line.

A smaller team is to oversee the return of troop-contributing countries' equipment and the handling of UN property. António Guterres calls on the parties to cooperate and exercise restraint.

In Laâyoune, Médias24 reports from the site that headquarters activity has slowed and its doors are closed. Citing a UN source, Hespress reports a meeting of mission officials planned for 2 November to consider organisational and logistical arrangements. The meeting remains scheduled; these sources establish no final departure timetable.

The union supports autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty. It links defending territorial unity with stronger national participation and social justice.

These are the union’s positions on the diplomatic developments. They are neither a government decision nor a new social agreement. The complete original statement was not located on the union websites consulted.

The organisation urges newsrooms and journalists in Morocco and abroad to cooperate on multilingual investigations and interviews. It also calls for residents of the southern provinces to be heard and for economic and social developments there to be documented.

UPEP reaffirms its support for royal policy and autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty. These are the organisation’s position and requested actions: the statement provides no costed programme, implementation timetable or record of content already produced.

The notice comes from a joint statement by the presidents of the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors. All members of both chambers are invited to attend.

The announcement follows the October 30 Security Council votes on renewing MINURSO and the subsequent Royal Cabinet statement. The parliamentary meeting is a scheduled step; its discussions and conclusions are not yet known.

The foreign minister described a transition Rabat intends to facilitate after competing renewal proposals failed at the Security Council. His remarks set no agreed withdrawal date and do not establish that a departure has already begun.

He distinguished the ceasefire commitment from the UN mechanism monitoring it. He also discussed diplomatic action at the General Assembly’s Fourth Committee. This represents Morocco’s position; the sources do not establish a decision by that body.

The minister wants the autonomy initiative to be the sole basis for discussions and autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty to be their outcome. He calls for all four parties to participate and for a clarified framework. He mentions other possible diplomatic venues without announcing that talks have opened.

In a separate 31 October statement reported by Hespress, the UMT backs the Royal Cabinet’s orientations and calls for national mobilisation. This trade-union position does not constitute an agreement between the parties to the dispute.

The first plans to mobilise its international partnerships for dialogue and reconciliation initiatives. It seeks to involve young people, women and civil society in the southern provinces and calls for rejection of hate speech, LeBrief reports.

The second, Cemers, calls for stronger diplomatic, academic and media advocacy and criticises obstacles to a peaceful settlement, according to its statement reproduced by Marsool Press. These positions constitute neither an agreement between the parties to the dispute nor an account of actions already completed.