Research Catalog

Title

MINURSO : United Nations mission for the referendum in Western Sahara : peace operation stalled in the desert, 1991-2021 / János Besenyő.

Author

Besenyő, János, 1972-

Publication

• Warwick : Helion & Company Limited, [2023]
• ©2023

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Description

56 pages, x pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 30 cm.

Summary

"In 1975 Spain relinquished control of its former colony of Spanish Sahara following a short conflict with the Polisario, the armed movement representing many of the native Sahrawi people. In the wake of Spain's withdrawal, neighboring Morocco and Mauritania divided and occupied the territory. In a fierce guerrilla war that saw the Polisario raid deep into Mauritania and even directly attack the capital city, the latter nation gave up any claim to Western Sahara in 1979 and withdrew. Morocco, however, chose to continue their occupation, building a massive berm stretching for hundreds of kilometers in an effort to contain the Polisario, and fighting continued until a ceasefire was agreed in 1991.One key element of the 1991 agreement was that a UN supervised referendum would be conducted to determine the future of Western Sahara. To that end MINURSO (Mission des Nations Unies pour l'Organisation d'un Ř̌frendum au Sahara Occidental) was created to oversee the ceasefire and organize the referendum. Over 30 years later, however, that referendum has still not taken place despite the original agreement and the involvement of some of the late twentieth century's leading diplomats, and contrary to its previous promises, Morocco is only willing to grant a "high degree of autonomy" in the occupied Western Sahara. The Sahrawis and Polisario refuse to accept this, thus the conflict remains unresolved and ever on the brink of reigniting."

Series Statement

Africa@war series ; 64

Uniform Title

Africa@War ; v. 64.

Subject

• United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
• United Nations > Peacekeeping forces > Western Sahara
• United Nations
• United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
• Since 1975
• Peacekeeping forces
• Politics and government
• Western Sahara > Politics and government > 1975-
• Western Sahara

Note

• Cover title.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-50).

Call Number

ReCAP 23-8330

ISBN

• 1804512060
• 9781804512067

OCLC

1345218436

Author

Besenyő, János, 1972- author.

Title

MINURSO : United Nations mission for the referendum in Western Sahara : peace operation stalled in the desert, 1991-2021 / János Besenyő.

Publisher

Warwick : Helion & Company Limited, [2023]

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Africa@war series ; 64

Africa@War ; v. 64.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-50).

Chronological Term

Since 1975

Research Call Number

ReCAP 23-8330