ISBN:
978-1-58826-807-5
Language:
English
Pages:
IX, 181 S.
,
Kt.
Edition:
2nd ed.
Keywords:
Afrika Sahara
;
Westsahara
;
Politik
;
Sicherheit
;
Flüchtling
;
Konfliktmanagement
;
Frieden
;
Geschichte
;
Beziehungen, internationale
Abstract:
Responding to the changes that have swept across North Africa since the first edition of this book was published (2005), Erik Jensen sheds new light on the enduring dispute over Western Sahara. Jensen reviews the history of the dispute, beginning with its colonial roots, and explains how and why attempts made by the OAU and, more persistently, the UN failed to achieve a formula for resolution acceptable to both Morocco and Western Sahara's Polisario Front. Then bringing the story up to the present, he describes the new interest in a political compromise. The conflict remains the single most important obstacle to developing the regional Maghreb Union, which has the potential to change the lot of the region's many unemployed and underemployed. That, Jensen suggests, coupled with such unexpected developments as plans for constitutional reform in Morocco, may offer hope for resolving the stalemate.Jensen reviews the history of the dispute, beginning with its colonial roots, and explains how and why attempts made by the OAU and, more persistently, the UN failed to achieve a formula for resolution acceptable to both Morocco and Western Sahara's Polisario Front. Then bringing the story up to the present, he describes the new interest in a political compromise.
Description / Table of Contents:
Preface -- World events and Western Sahara -- The place, the people, and the role of Spain -- Attempts to address the conflict -- The U.N. settlement plan -- Identification: who should vote? -- The process stalls -- Settlement efforts renewed -- Searching for alternatives -- Stalemate and beyond -- Appendixes: The situation concerning Western Sahara: report of the Secretary-General, June 1990; Identification and registration of voters: excerpt from report of the Secretary-General, April 1991; Instructions relating to the tasks of the Identification Commission: annex to report of the secretary-general, December 1991; Peace plan for self-determination of the people of Western Sahara: annex II to report of the Secretary-General, May 2003; Moroccan initiative for negotiating an autonomy statute for the Sahara region, April 2007.
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