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UN Security Council
Resolution 658 |
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| Date: | 27 June 1990 |
| Meeting no.: | 2,929 |
| Code: | S/RES/658 (Document) |
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| Vote: | For: 15 Abs.: 0 Against: 0 |
| Subject: | Western Sahara |
| Result: | Adopted |
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| Western Sahara (highlighted) surrounded by Morroco and Mauritania | |
United Nations Security Council Resolution 658, adopted unanimously on June 27, 1990, after recalling Resolution 621 (1988) and noting a report by the Secretary-General on the situation in Western Sahara, the Council approved the Secretary-General's recommendations regarding a settlement of the issue.
Though not established until Resolution 690 (1991), the agreement arising from Resolution 658 concerned a plan whereby the United Nations would supervise a ceasefire between Morocco and the Polisario Front and conduct a referendum in which the people of Western Sahara would decide between self-determination or integration with Morocco that later became known as the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara. Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar described the plan as "large and complicated".[1] This was proposed after the 1988 Settlement Plan agreement between Morocco and the Polisario Front.
The resolution called upon both parties to co-operate with the Secretary-General and the Organisation of African Unity in their efforts to find a settlement in Western Sahara, welcoming the Secretary-General's decision to send a technical mission to Western Sahara and neighbouring countries to finalise administrative aspects of the United Nations plan. In this regard, it called on the Secretary-General to report back once this had been completed.
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