Moroccan Initiative for Western Sahara

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Historical background
This article is part of the series: History of Western Sahara Western Sahara

Western Sahara War History of Morocco Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Spanish Sahara Spanish Morocco Colonial wars in Morocco Moroccan Army of Liberation Ifni War ICJ Advisory Opinion UN in Spanish Sahara Madrid Accords Green March Berm (Western Sahara) Human rights in Western Sahara
Disputed regions
Saguia el-Hamra Río de Oro Southern Provinces
Politics
Legal status of Western Sahara Politics of Morocco Politics of the SADR Former members of the Polisario Front CORCAS Moroccan Initiative for Western Sahara
Rebellions
Moroccan Army of Liberation Harakat Tahrir Polisario Front Zemla Uprising Independence Uprising
UN involvement
UN Security Council Resolution 1495 UN Security Council Resolution 1754 UN visiting mission MINURSO Settlement Plan Free Zone Houston Agreement Baker Plan Manhasset negotiations
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Autonomy for Western Sahara is proposed in a plan by Morocco as a solution to the Western Sahara conflict.

In 2006 the Moroccan Royal Advisory Council for Saharan Affairs (CORCAS) has proposed a plan for the autonomy of Western Sahara and made visits to a number of countries to explain the proposal. The Spanish approach to regional autonomy has been named as a possible model for Western Saharan autonomy, mentioning specifically the cases of the Canary Islands, the Basque Country, Andalusia or Catalonia. The plan was presented to the UN Security Council in april 2007^[1] and has received the backing of the USA and France ^[2]. In a letter to president Bush, 173 members of US congress endorsed the plan.^[3]

This initiative constitutes the main ground for the Moroccan proposal at Manhasset negotiations.