Brief Published (Dubai time, UTC+4) · event date: 2026-10-13
Two weeks before the vote on extending the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), the Polisario Front issued a statement on Tuesday, October 13.
In this statement, the Sahrawi independence movement highlights deep disagreements with the approach used by the UN Personal Envoy on site, Staffan de Mistura. It expresses doubts regarding the conduct of the negotiations, without breaking off the dialogue cycles initiated earlier this year.
This position comes as the UN Security Council prepares to vote soon on whether to renew the MINURSO mandate.
