Moscow has argued that the resolution is “unlikely” to help find a mutually acceptable solution to the Morocco-Western Sahara conflict Russia has abstained from voting on a Security Council resolution to extend the mandate of the UN mission set up to organize a referendum in Western Sahara, which seeks independence from Morocco. On Thursday, the UN Security Council (UNSC) renewed the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for another year after 12 of its 15 members voted in

Tag-uri: Referendum