• Country/entity

  Morocco
  Western Sahara
  

• Region

  Middle East and North Africa
  Middle East and North Africa
  

• Agreement name

  Communique of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara (Agreed with the Parties) (Manhasset II)

• Date

  11 Aug 2007

• Agreement status

  Multiparty signed/agreed

• Interim arrangement

  Yes

• Agreement/conflict level

  Intrastate/intrastate conflict ( Western Sahara Conflict (1973 - 1991) )

• Stage

  Renewal

• Conflict nature

  Government/territory

• Peace process

  Morocco-Western Sahara peace process

• Parties

  Morocco, Frente Polisario (Document does not list individual signatories)

• Third parties

  Discussions are mentioned as having been conducted under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General, however unclear if he was party in any way. Representatives of Algeria and Morocco were also present at certain points. (Document does not list individual signatories).

• Description

  A short communique from the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara setting out that talks were held between Representatives of Morocco and Representatives of the Frente Polisario in New York. In particular a debate was held over implementation of Security Council Resolution 1754. The parties also heard presentations by United Nations experts on specific issues such as natural resources and local administration, and confidence-building measures were also proposed for future discussions.

• Agreement document

  MA_070811_Communique of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara (Agreed with the Parties) Manhasset II.pdf | Download PDF

Groups

Gender

State definition

Governance

Power sharing

Human rights and equality

Rights related issues

Rights institutions

Justice sector reform

Socio-economic reconstruction

Land, property and environment

Security sector

Transitional justice

Implementation

Communiqué of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara

(In Agreement with the Parties)

Meeting at Manhasset (Greentree Estate)

11 August 2007

Representatives of Morocco and the Frente Polisario met in Manhasset, New York, at the

Greentree Estate, on 10 and 11 August 2007, continuing their discussions under the

auspices of the Secretary-General, and in accordance with Security Council resolution

1754 of 30 April 2007.

Representatives of the neighbouring countries, Algeria and

Mauritania, were also present at the opening and closing sessions and were consulted

separately during the talks.

I am pleased that we were able to hold substantive talks in which the parties interacted

with one another and expressed their views.

A debate took place with regard to the

implementation of Security Council Resolution 1754.

Also, at my initiative, the parties

heard presentations by United Nations experts on specific issues such as natural resources

and local administration.

Confidence-building measures were also proposed for

discussions.

The parties acknowledge that the current status quo is unacceptable and they have

committed to continue these negotiations in good faith.

They have agreed that the

process of negotiations will continue and appropriate consultations on the date and venue

of the coming round will be completed.