United Nations Security Council Resolution 725

UN Security Council
Resolution 725
UN Security Council; Resolution 725
	Western Sahara region
Date	31 December 1991
Meeting no.	3,025
Code	S/RES/725 (Document)
Subject	Western Sahara
Voting summary	15 voted for; None voted against; None abstained;
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China; France; Russia; United Kingdom; United States;
Non-permanent members	Austria; Belgium; Cuba; Ecuador; India; Ivory Coast; Romania; Yemen; Zaire; Zimbabwe;

United Nations Security Council resolution 725, adopted unanimously on 31 December 1991, after recalling resolutions 621 (1988), 658 (1990) and 690 (1991) and noting a report by the Secretary-General on the situation in Western Sahara, the council welcomed the report, supporting his efforts and those of the Organisation of African Unity in the region.

The resolution called for Morocco and Polisario Front to co-operate with the Secretary-General in the implementation of the Settlement Plan.

The report noted the slow progress in the implementation of prior resolutions, particularly with regard to organising the referendum in the Western Sahara. Both parties had acknowledged the Settlement Plan despite some differences, however an informal ceasefire was violated and hostilities broke out. It also stated that the presence of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara had significantly calmed tensions and there would be delay for further consultations on a settlement of the issue.^[1] Some members of the council, such as the United States, did not feel the report and its recommendations, such as on voter eligibility, reflected what the parties had previously agreed, hence Resolution 725 "welcomed" but did not "approve" his report.^[2]

References[]

^ United Nations: Department of Political Affairs (1989). Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council: Supplement 1989–1992. United Nations Publications. p. 354. ISBN 978-92-1-137030-0.
^ Jensen, Erik (2005). Western Sahara: anatomy of a stalemate. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-58826-305-6.

External links[]

Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 725 at Wikisource
Text of the Resolution at undocs.org

[1] United Nations: Department of Political Affairs (1989). Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council: Supplement 1989–1992. United Nations Publications. p. 354. ISBN 978-92-1-137030-0.

[2] Jensen, Erik (2005). Western Sahara: anatomy of a stalemate. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-58826-305-6.

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