WESTERN SAHARA AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM

In: Review of African political economy, Band 82, Heft 26, S. 495-502

Abstract

THERE HAS BEEN SLOW AND UNEVEN PROGRESS TOWARDS RESOLUTION OF THE LONG-STANDING CONFLICT IN THE WESTERN SAHARA. THE MANY IMPEDIMENTS PLACED, LARGELY BY MOROCCO BUT WITH THE ACQUIESCENCE OF THE UN, IN THE WAY OF THE UN'S 1991 PEACE PLAN, HAVE PLAYED A PART IN THE DRAMA. THIS ARTICLE REPORTS ON THE CURRENT DELAYS IN THE PEACE PROCESS AND ON THE REFERENDUM WHICH HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL THE YEAR 2000.