El-Aaiún (Occupied Territories), October 27, 2025 (SPS) — Several human rights associations in the occupied territories have reaffirmed their adherence to international legitimacy and to the Sahrawi people’s right to self-determination, rejecting any solutions or approaches that attempt to bypass this right, regardless of their origin.
In this context, the Western Sahara Resource Watch and Environmental Protection Association sent a letter to the U.S. administration, reiterating that the Sahrawi people remain steadfast in their peaceful and political struggle for freedom and independence.
The letter stressed that a just and lasting solution can only be achieved through enabling the Sahrawi people to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination via a free and fair referendum supervised by the United Nations.
In a statement, the association condemned reports circulated by international media regarding a draft resolution attributed to the United States concerning the Western Sahara issue.
According to leaks, the draft included unprecedented language suggesting that the U.S. administration supports the so-called autonomy proposal as the sole framework for a political settlement.
The association strongly denounced this biased formulation, describing it as fundamentally inconsistent with the principles of international law and UN legitimacy, as well as with the nature of the Western Sahara issue, which is a decolonization case inscribed on the UN agenda since 1963.
The letter further asserted that this leaked draft represents a dangerous deviation from the historically balanced U.S. position and undermines the country’s expected role as a major power and permanent member of the UN Security Council—one that should uphold peoples’ right to self-determination.
It recalled that, despite enduring decades of occupation, the Sahrawi people continue their peaceful and political struggle for freedom and independence.
The Western Sahara Resource Watch and Environmental Protection Association called on the U.S. administration to adhere strictly to international law and relevant UN resolutions, rejecting any attempt to impose a fait accompli or to circumvent the Sahrawi people’s rights.
The association urged Washington to adopt a fair and balanced approach that would contribute to establishing genuine peace in the region, rather than perpetuating the occupation.
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