MINURSO
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MINURSO is a UN peacekeeping mission, established in 1991 to monitor the ceasefire and to organize and conduct a referendum which would enable the people of Western Sahara to choose between integration with Morocco and independence.
The name is a French acronym. It stands for "Mission des Nations unies pour l'Organisation d'un Référendum au Sahara Occidental" - United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara.
Personnel comprises ca. 500 people, including local staff. The UN considers reduction.
On April 29, 2005, the 15-member Security Council voted unanimously to extend the mandate of MINURSO through October 31.
See also
External links
- Official UN MINURSO page (http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/minurso/)
- UN Resolution 1541:
- on UN site, with background info (http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/sc8077.doc.htm)
- on Wikisource (http://sources.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Security_Council_Resolution_1541)de:Mission des Nations Unies pour l'organisation d'un référendum au Sahara occidental