US and Russia's Competing Resolutions on Western Sahara Fail in UN Security Council

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US and Russia's Competing Resolutions on Western Sahara Fail in UN Security Council

Competing US, Russia resolutions on Western Sahara defeated in UN Security Council

10/31/2026

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 - Russia vetoed a US-drafted resolution on Western Sahara at the Security Council on Friday, leaving the UN peacekeeping mission there without a renewed mandate just a day...

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Rival US and Russia Resolutions on Disputed Western Sahara Are Defeated in UN Security Council

10/30/2026

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia vetoed a U.S.-drafted resolution Friday that would have supported Morocco’s demand for sovereignty over the disputed Western Sahara and ended the U.N.’s 35-year...

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Russia Vetos US-Drafted Resolution on Western Sahara

10/30/2026

UNITED Nations, ⁠Oct ⁠30 (Reuters) - Russia ⁠imposed its veto to a US-drafter resolution ‌that would scale ‌back the ⁠military ⁠component of the UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara and...

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Russia, US veto rival UN Western Sahara resolutions, leaving peacekeeping mission in limbo

10/30/2026

Russia and the United States vetoed each other's Western Sahara resolutions at the Security Council on Friday in a dispute over Morocco's autonomy plan that leaves