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United Nations A/RES/55/141
General Assembly
Distr.: General
22 February 2001
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 18
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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization
Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/55/578)]
55/141. Question of Western Sahara

The General Assembly,

Having considered in depth the question of Western
Sahara, Reaffirming the inalienable right of all peoples to
self-determination and independence, in accordance with the
principles set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and
in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December
1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence
to Colonial Countries and Peoples,

Recalling its resolution 54/87 of 6 December 1999,

Recalling also the agreement in principle given on 30 August
1988 by the Kingdom of Morocco and the Frente Popular para la
Liberación de Saguia el-Hamra y de Rio de Oro to the proposals
of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Chairman
of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the
Organization of African Unity in the context of their
joint mission of good offices, Recalling further Security Council
resolutions 658 (1990) of 27 June 1990 and 690 (1991) of 29 April
1991, by which the Council approved the settlement plan for
Western Sahara, 1

Recalling all the Security Council and General Assembly resolutions
relating to the question of Western Sahara, Reaffirming the
responsibility of the United Nations towards the people of
Western Sahara, as provided for in the settlement plan,
Noting with satisfaction the entry into force of the ceasefire
in accordance with the proposal of the Secretary-General, and
stressing the importance it attaches to the maintenance of the
ceasefire as an integral part of the settlement plan,
1 See S/21360 and S/22464 and Corr.1.

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