Rival US and Russian Western Sahara resolutions fail at UN Security Council
The United Nations Security Council has rejected competing draft resolutions on Western Sahara, leaving the future of the UN peacekeeping mission there uncertain. The failure came as the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, known as MINURSO, was due to expire on Saturday unless members reached a last-minute agreement. The dispute centres on a territory that remains divided between Morocco and the Algeria-backed Polisario Front.Russia vetoed the US-backed draft on Friday, even though it won support from 11 of the council's 15 members. A separate Russian draft then failed to secure the nine votes... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 31 Oct 2026 10:33 LONDON
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