Western Sahara: Oxfam calls for inclusive, durable and just solution as mandate renewed for 6 months 30 April 2019 Oxfam welcomes the decision of the UN Security Council to renew the mandate of MINURSO for a further 6 months instead of the usual one-year extension, compelling the parties to take real and substantive action in a timely matter.
UN must play greater role in resolution of Western Sahara conflict 3 May 2018 In response to the UN Security Council's six month renewal of the mandate of the UN mission that has been monitoring a ceasefire in Western Sahara since 1991 and its outline of steps for a return to negotiations, Oxfam says MINURSO must re-affirm and implement its full mandate.
40 years of exile: Sahrawi refugees abandoned by the international community 28 April 2015 The Western Sahara harbors one of the longest standing but yet unknown humanitarian disasters in recent history. Today, marking 40 years since the start, the UN Security Council is about to discuss the stalemate.