Sources: Western Sahara

Every source cited on this case’s published pages, with where it is used. Organisation and government sources are labelled as perspectives.

Status verified as of: 14 September 2026

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15 sources. A working link shows that a source is available; it is not proof that the source supports a claim — that is checked by editorial evidence review.

Website · Intergovernmental organisation

African Union, Member States of the African Union (African Union) link

Table of member states with dates of joining the OAU or AU (Northern Africa section).

Cited on: Western Sahara, History of the Western Sahara question, Western Sahara: status, claims, recognition and control · Source record
Intergovernmental document · Movement organisation perspective

Frente POLISARIO, Proposal of the Frente Polisario for a mutually acceptable political solution that provides for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara (United Nations, 16 April 2007) link

Transmitted to the Security Council by South Africa’s Permanent Representative. Its account of the Territory’s history is the movement’s own. Locators are paragraph numbers of the annex.

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Court decision · Court or tribunal

International Court of Justice, Western Sahara: advisory opinion (case overview) (International Court of Justice) link

The Court’s overview of its advisory opinion of 16 October 1975. The opinion PDF refuses automated download; the overview page was read.

Cited on: Western Sahara, History of the Western Sahara question, Western Sahara: status, claims, recognition and control · Source record
Intergovernmental document · Government perspective or primary official source

Kingdom of Morocco, Moroccan initiative for negotiating an autonomy statute for the Sahara region (United Nations, 13 April 2007) link

Transmitted to the Security Council by Morocco’s Permanent Representative on 11 April 2007. Locators are paragraph numbers of the annex.

Cited on: Western Sahara, History of the Western Sahara question, Western Sahara: status, claims, recognition and control · Source record
Intergovernmental document · Government perspective or primary official source

Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations, Letter dated 26 February 1976 from the Permanent Representative of Spain to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (United Nations, 26 February 1976) link

Spain’s formal notice that it had ended its presence in the Territory.

Cited on: Western Sahara, History of the Western Sahara question, Western Sahara: status, claims, recognition and control · Source record
Government publication · Government perspective or primary official source

President of the United States, Proclamation 10126 of December 4, 2020: Recognizing the Sovereignty of the Kingdom of Morocco Over the Western Sahara (Federal Register, vol. 85, no. 241, 15 December 2020) link

Cited on: Western Sahara, History of the Western Sahara question, Western Sahara: status, claims, recognition and control · Source record
NGO or research institute report · Independent publication

Security Council Report, Western Sahara, April 2026 Monthly Forecast (Security Council Report, 1 April 2026) link

Independent non-profit that tracks the Security Council. Its account of the 2026 talks relies partly on media reports, as it states.

Cited on: Western Sahara, History of the Western Sahara question, Western Sahara: status, claims, recognition and control · Source record
NGO or research institute report · Independent publication

Security Council Report, Status Update since our April Forecast, May 2026 Monthly Forecast (Security Council Report, 1 May 2026) link

The most recent account of Council activity on Western Sahara found in this research pass.

Cited on: Western Sahara, History of the Western Sahara question, Western Sahara: status, claims, recognition and control · Source record
Website · Intergovernmental organisation

United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, MINURSO: Background (United Nations) link

The mission’s own summary history. Locators are paragraph numbers counted on the page.

Cited on: Western Sahara, History of the Western Sahara question, Western Sahara: status, claims, recognition and control · Source record
Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation

United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, Letter dated 29 January 2002 from the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, the Legal Counsel, addressed to the President of the Security Council (United Nations, 12 February 2002) link

Legal opinion requested by the Security Council on oil contracts offshore Western Sahara; section B sets out the Territory’s status.

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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation

United Nations Secretariat, Western Sahara: working paper prepared by the Secretariat (United Nations, 13 January 2026) link

Prepared for the Special Committee on decolonization, which continues to consider Western Sahara as a Non-Self-Governing Territory.

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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation

United Nations Secretary-General, Situation concerning Western Sahara: report of the Secretary-General (United Nations, 30 September 2025) link

Covers October 2024 to September 2025. The report places “Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic” in quotation marks, which this bundle follows. Locators are paragraph and page numbers.

Cited on: Western Sahara, History of the Western Sahara question, Western Sahara: status, claims, recognition and control · Source record
Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation

United Nations Security Council, Security Council resolution 380 (1975) and the Council’s appeal of 6 November 1975 (United Nations, 6 November 1975) link

Scanned page from the Council’s annual volume of resolutions and decisions; the text layer is imperfect but the operative paragraphs are legible.

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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation

United Nations Security Council, Security Council resolution 690 (1991) (United Nations, 29 April 1991) link

Read in the Council’s annual volume of resolutions and decisions for 1991.

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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation

United Nations Security Council, Security Council resolution 2797 (2025) (United Nations, 31 October 2025) link

Cited on: Western Sahara, History of the Western Sahara question, Western Sahara: status, claims, recognition and control · Source record