A/RES/70/98. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2015

• Resolution Number: A/RES/70/98
• Session: 70th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/70/98

General Assembly Distr.: General

15 December 2015

Seventieth session

Agenda item 63

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2015

[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee

(Fourth Committee) (A/70/505)]

70/98. Questio n of Western Sahara

The Genera l Assem bly

,

Hav ing con sidered in dep th

the questi on of Wes tern S ahara,

Rea ffirm ing

t he in alienab le r ight of all peo ples to sel f-deter minati on an d

inde penden ce, in acco rdance with t he pri nciples set fo rth in the Cha rter of the

Unit ed N ations and Gen eral Assemb ly r esoluti on 1 514 (X V) o f 14 Decemb er 1 960

cont aining the Dec laratio n o n th e G ranting of Inde penden ce t o C olonial Co untries

and People s,

Reco gni zing

t hat all a vailabl e opt ions for self-de termin ation of t he Ter ritorie s

are valid as long as they are in accorda nce with the freely expr essed wishe s of the

peop le co ncerned and in co nformi ty wit h the clearl y defi ned p rincipl es con tained in

Gene ral A ssembl y reso lution s 151 4 (XV) and 1541 ( XV) o f 15 Decemb er 19 60 an d

othe r resol utions of the A ssembl y,

Reca llin g

its resolu tion 69 /101 o f 5 Dec ember 2014,

Reca lling al so

a ll r esoluti ons o f th e Ge neral Ass embly a nd th e Se curity

Cou ncil on the qu estion of Wester n Saha ra,

Reca lling f urther

Sec urity Co uncil re solutio ns 658 (1990) of 27 Ju ne 1990 ,

690 (1991) of 29 Apr il 1 991, 1359 ( 2001) of 29 Jun e 20 01, 1429 ( 2002) of 30 Jul y

2002 , 1 495 (20 03) of 31 Ju ly 2 003, 1541 (2004) of 29 April 2004 , 15 70 (20 04) of

28 O ctober 20 04, 1598 (2005) of 28 April 2005 , 1 634 (2 005) of 28 O ctober 200 5,

1675 (2006 ) of 28 April 2 006 an d 1720 (2006) of 31 Octobe r 2006,

Und erli ning

t he a doptio n of S ecurity Cou ncil reso lutions 175 4 (200 7) o n

30 Ap ril 200 7, 1783 (2007 ) on 31 Octob er 2007 , 1813 (2008) on 30 Ap ril 20 08,

1871 (2009 ) on 30 Ap ril 2009 , 19 20 (20 10) on 30 April 20 10, 1979 (2011) on

27 Ap ril 2011 , 2 044 (2 012) on 24 April 2 012, 20 99 (20 13) on 25 Ap ril 201 3,

2152 (2014 ) on 29 April 2 014 an d 2218 (2015) on 28 A pril 20 15,

Exp ressing it s satisfa ction

that th e partie s met on 18 an d 19 June 2007, on

10 a nd 11 August 20 07, from 7 to 9 Ja nuary 2008 an d f rom 16 to 18 Ma rch 2008

unde r the a uspices of the Person al Envo y of th e Secre tary-G eneral for We stern

Saha ra an d in the presen ce of the neighb ouring coun tries and t hat t hey h ave a greed

to c ontinue the ne gotiat ions,