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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/50/36
9 February 1996
Fiftieth session
Agenda item 18
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/50/602)]
50/36.
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 49/44 of 9 December 1994,
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 elHamra y de Río de Oro to the proposals of the Secretary-General of the United
Nations and the current 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 621 (1988) of
20 September 1988, 658 (1990) of 27 June 1990, 690 (1991) of 29 April 1991,
725 (1991) of 31 December 1991, 809 (1993) of 2 March 1993 and 907 (1994) of
29 March 1994 relating to the question of Western Sahara,
Recalling with satisfaction the entry into force of the cease-fire in
Western Sahara on 6 September 1991, in accordance with the proposal of the
Secretary-General accepted by the two parties,
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