Security Council: Russian veto overturns US draft resolution on Moroccan Sahara

On Friday, October 30, 2026, a meeting of the UN Security Council was held, 24 hours before the end of the MINURSO mission. At this meeting, according to the article, Russia dropped a US draft resolution on the Moroccan Sahara using the veto.

According to the article, the draft includes considering the expanded and updated Moroccan autonomy proposal as the only basis for negotiations, noting that autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the most viable solution. He also proposes to change the name of the mission from MINURSO to MINUSO starting from November 1, 2026, and to extend its mandate to October 31, 2027 only.

The project requests the Secretary-General of the United Nations to submit a detailed report by January 30, 2027, on reducing the number of uniformed personnel, which currently stands at 155 according to the article, closing or merging some field sites, and the cost of the mission of $62 million annually. It also calls on UNHCR to conduct a census of refugees in the Tindouf camps. To convene three direct ministerial meetings in Washington and Madrid with the participation of Morocco, Algeria, Mauritania and Polisario.

According to the article, 11 countries voted in favor of the draft, China, Pakistan and Somalia abstained, and Russia alone vetoed it. The website pointed out that the project fell legally, but it remains a political reference document, citing the report of the Secretary-General S/2026/781 issued on October 1, 2026, which, according to him, recorded Sweden and Switzerland support autonomy.

The article provides an analytical reading that considers the royal communiqué issued on November 4, 2026 and the subsequent diplomatic positions as part of the course of defending the territorial integrity of Morocco, and considers that the failure to extend the mandate of the mission in its current form represents a step towards folding the file within the United Nations. It is an assessment that expresses the opinion of the author of the article.

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