{"id":61276,"date":"2026-05-28T09:46:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=61276"},"modified":"2026-05-28T09:46:43","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:46:43","slug":"algeria-reaffirms-decolonization-standards-for-western-sahara-settlement-at-un-committee-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=61276","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Reaffirms Decolonization Standards for Western Sahara Settlement at UN Committee Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria has renewed its firm stance on the criteria necessary to ensure a just and lasting resolution to the Western Sahara conflict, reaffirming its consistent position grounded in international legitimacy.<\/p>\n<p>During the annual regional seminar of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24), held in Managua, Nicaragua from May 25\u201327, Algeria&#8217;s delegation \u2014 led by Ambassador Tewfik Koudri \u2014 dismantled what it described as Morocco&#8217;s baseless claims and misleading narratives surrounding the Sahrawi file.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Koudri told dzwatch that Western Sahara remains the last territory in Africa among the 17 listed on the C-24 agenda, stressing that all relevant UN General Assembly and Security Council resolutions affirm the Sahrawi people&#8217;s inalienable right to self-determination.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that no fait accompli or deal-based arrangement can bypass UN legitimacy, and that the United Nations remains the sole authority empowered to determine the final status of Western Sahara.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria welcomed the resumption of direct negotiations between Morocco and the Polisario Front under UN and US auspices, participating as a neighboring observer alongside Mauritania. Koudri stressed that this development rendered Morocco&#8217;s unilateral recognition claims meaningless.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria reaffirmed its commitment to supporting all genuine efforts toward a peaceful, just, and mutually accepted solution guaranteeing the Sahrawi people&#8217;s right to self-determination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algeria has renewed its firm stance on the criteria necessary to ensure a just and lasting resolution to the Western Sahara conflict, reaffirming its consistent position grounded in international legitimacy. During the annual regional seminar of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization (C-24), held in Managua, Nicaragua from May 25\u201327, Algeria&#8217;s delegation \u2014 led by &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":12,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-palestine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}