A/RES/51/143. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 1996

• Resolution Number: A/RES/51/143
• Year: 1996
• Session: 51st
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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A/RES/51/143

10 February 1997

Fifty-first session

Agenda item 19

RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee

(Fourth Committee) (A/51/588)]

51/143. Question of Western Sahara

The General Assembly,

Having considered in depth the question of Western Sahara,

Reaffirming the inalienable right of all peoples to self-determination

and independence, in accordance with the principles set forth in the Charter

of the United Nations and in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14

December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to

Colonial Countries and Peoples,

Recalling its resolution 50/36 of 6 December 1995,

Recalling also the agreement in principle given on 30 August 1988 by the

Kingdom of Morocco and the Frente Popular para la Liberación de Saguia el-

Hamra y de Río de Oro to the proposals of the Secretary-General of the United

Nations and the then Chairman of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government

of the Organization of African Unity in the context of their joint mission of

good offices,

Recalling further Security Council resolutions 658 (1990) of 27 June

1990 and 690 (1991) of 29 April 1991, by which the Council approved the

settlement plan for Western Sahara,

Recalling all the Security Council resolutions relating to the question

of Western Sahara, in particular resolutions 621 (1988) of 20 September 1988,

725 (1991) of 31 December 1991, 809 (1993) of 2 March 1993, 907 (1994) of 29

March 1994, 973 (1995) of 13 January 1995, 995 (1995) of 26 May 1995, 1002

(1995) of 30 June 1995, 1017 (1995) of 22 September 1995, 1033 (1995) of 19

December 1995 and 1042 (1996) of 31 January 1996, as well as all General

Assembly resolutions relating to the question of Western Sahara,

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