This individual is a guest contributor. MEI is not able to assist with contact requests.
Bernard Miyet is a former United Nations under-secretary-general for peace-keeping operations (PKO), as well as the former president of the French Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SACEM)
Responses to: Solving the Western Sahara — What Now Remains
Responses to “Western Sahara: It’s Time for the People to Choose”
1) Origins and genesis of the conflict
Since the origin of the crisis, it has been evident that Morocco would never accept any outcome that might contest its sovereignty or result in the independence of the Western Sahara. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proposed in its first resolution adopted on December 16, 1965 that Spain “takes all necessary measures” to decolonize the territory, while entering into negotiations on “problems relative to governing.”
