Abstract
For the first time in seven years, on 18 June 2007, representatives of the Kingdom of Morocco and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el Hamra and Rio de Oro (POLISARIO) began face-to-face negotiations facilitated by UN officials regarding the political future of the Western Sahara territory. Morocco has striven to obtain international recognition for its occupation of this territory over three decades while the POLISARIO sticks to the principle of self-determination to be exercised through the organization of a UN-sponsored referendum. This new peacemaking attempt is overshadowed by the disappointing outcome of past negotiations between the parties that failed to bridge their differences over the future of the world's largest country in the UN list of non-self-governing territories.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 399-405 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Mediterranean Politics |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2007 |