Western Sahara Deadlock: How a Dual US-Russia Veto Ended UN's 35-Year Mission | Firstpost Africa
Watch this video as Firstpost explains how, after 35 years on the ground, the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO) has ended after a rare diplomatic deadlock at the UN Security Council. A US-sponsored resolution backing Morocco's autonomy plan and seeking to remove 'referendum' from the mission's name was vetoed by Russia, which accused Washington of forcing a one-sided solution. The US subsequently vetoed a competing Russian proposal for a standard one-year…
