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| After recognizing an independent Western Sahara, some states have since retracted their recognitions. Others have chosen a milder option, to "freeze" recognition pending the outcome of the referendum on ]. If the results are in favor of independence, these governments will then resume the frozen contacts, while a government who has "canceled" recognition (or never recognized Western Sahara), will not necessarily do so. | After recognizing an independent Western Sahara, some states have since retracted their recognitions. Others have chosen a milder option, to "freeze" recognition pending the outcome of the referendum on ]. If the results are in favor of independence, these governments will then resume the frozen contacts, while a government who has "canceled" recognition (or never recognized Western Sahara), will not necessarily do so. | ||
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Western Sahara is claimed and administered by Morocco since Spain abandoned the territory in 1975-76, but sovereignty is unresolved and the United Nations is attempting to hold a referendum on the issue through the mission MINURSO. A UN-administered cease-fire has been in effect since September 1991.
Positions of the parties
- The position of the Kingdom of Morocco is that Western Sahara is an integral part of the kingdom, as its southern provinces.
- The position of the Polisario Front and its supporters is that Western Sahara is an occupied territory and the rightful government is the exiled Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR).
- The United Nations views Western Sahara as a case of incomplete decolonization, until the Sahrawi people has been able to use its right of self-determination in the form of a referendum. This makes Western Sahara the last major remaining colony in the world.
- The African Union (formerly the Organization of African Unity) has given the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic full recognition, and accepted it as a member (which has led Morocco to leave the union, becoming the only African country outside of it).
- About 80 countries (most of them from Africa or other parts of the third world) have at one point or another recognized the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, but several of these have since cancelled or otherwise retracted their recognitions. For a list of these governments, see below.
- Non-recognition of the Sahrawi republic does not imply non-recognition of the Polisario Front: several governments acknowledge Polisario as the legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people, but not its exile government as a state.
- On December 27, 2005, Sudan became the only state to recognize the Moroccan annexation of the territory.
List of Country Recognitions
The following is a list of governments of the world that have formally recognized Western Sahara as a sovereign nation, with the exiled Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as its legitimate government.
After recognizing an independent Western Sahara, some states have since retracted their recognitions. Others have chosen a milder option, to "freeze" recognition pending the outcome of the referendum on self-determination. If the results are in favor of independence, these governments will then resume the frozen contacts, while a government who has "canceled" recognition (or never recognized Western Sahara), will not necessarily do so.
This list is based on several sources, and it may be incomplete. Currently, it contains 81 countries, and of these
- 45 recognize the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
- 13 are home to Sahrawi embassies.
- 12 have "frozen" relations (incl. Peru but not Guatemala).
- 23 have cancelled relations (incl. Guatemala but not Peru).
The position of one country, namely Yemen, is unclear after the merger of South Yemen and North Yemen.