AU Commission recognizes the primacy of the UN process

AU Commission President Moussa Faki Mahamat submitted this Sunday to the AU Heads of State and Government meeting in closed session in Nouakchott, the report that he was mandated to carry out according to the decision 653 adopted by the session of July 2017. What can be read in Morocco of this report?

The report dedicates the primacy of the UN process in the management of the Sahara issue. Thus, paragraph 20C states "the need for the AU to include its approach in the context of enhanced support to the United Nations efforts to increase their chances of success." In other words, it would not be not for the AU to develop a process parallel to that of the United Nations. "

Similarly, recommendation 21B states that" the role of the AU should be to accompany and support the efforts of the United Nations, including the The Security Council is still seized of the matter, and the personal envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General has, since taking office, been conducting intensive consultations with the parties, who have expressed their commitment to cooperate with him. "[19659004Theonlyreference in the treatment of the issue will be the United Nations Security Council Resolutions . Indeed, Recommendation 21C emphasizes that "in accordance with this accompanying and supportive role, the Conference of the Union should provide effective support to the United Nations process, based on the relevant Security Council resolutions. have consistently called upon the parties to resume negotiations under the auspices of the Secretary-General, in good faith, with a view to achieving a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution in the context of Principles set out in the United Nations Charter "
The other organs of the AU, and in particular those that were exploited by the adversaries of Morocco such as the CPS, are divested of the treatment of this question. Recommendation 21D emphasizes that "in order to ensure the necessary coherence, the question of the Sahara would only be mentioned in this context and at this level", referring to the African Union Conference and the Heads of State.
The report accurately reflects the Moroccan position. He recalls in paragraph 12 that "the Moroccan authorities have reaffirmed the central role of the United Nations in the conduct of the negotiation process." They cautioned against the risks of a parallel process, saying that by recognizing the pseudo-rasd , the AU had excluded itself from efforts to find a solution: according to Morocco, the Union has, as a result, decided the debate on the status of the territory that the United Nations is using The report states that the Moroccan authorities have expressed their support for the efforts of the new personal envoy of the UN Secretary-General and their commitment to the UN-brokered negotiating process and that any settlement of the conflict requires the effective involvement of Algeria
The report insists in paragraph 17 on the crucial role that the Algerian and Mauritanian authorities can play in the The Chairperson of the African Union Commission urged the two countries to actively support efforts to revive the negotiation process, adding that the conflict had lasted too long and that the current situation hampered integration efforts within the UMA framework and those aimed at more effectively promoting regional security.
The follow-up mechanism required in paragraph 21C was put in place by the Conference in the form of a troika composed of outgoing, incoming and current Chairs with the Chair of the African Union Commission. This mechanism has the advantage of the principles of continuity in the position of AU and that of equilibrium in its approaches based on the relevant resolutions of the Security Council.