Morocco and the UN decision: the world spoke with the voice of the Sahara

This is how Security Council Resolution 2797 can be interpreted, marking a historic turning point in the artificial conflict over the Moroccan Sahara, when the international body decided, by an overwhelming majority, to adopt the initiative of autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty as the only and main solution, putting an end to five decades of maneuvering and false hopes.

This resolution was not just another diplomatic document, but a clear political statement: the triumph of the Moroccan vision led by King Mohammed VI, with the wisdom of the state and the confidence of history.

Since October 31, 2025, the issue of the Moroccan Sahara has entered a new era that can be called “the post-illusion stage.” The world now speaks the language of Rabat and measures the legitimacy of solutions according to the Moroccan initiative, not with the rhetoric of separatism or the slogans of the past that were suspended in historical limbo.

For the first time, the Security Council abandoned the ambiguous language that characterized its previous decisions and clearly recognized that autonomy is the realistic and viable framework for resolving the conflict, thus adopting Morocco's political logic, which combined historical legitimacy with diplomatic pragmatism.

This change was not the result of chance, but rather the outcome of a long process of quiet diplomacy that King Mohammed VI patiently and strategically wove together, transforming Morocco's position from a defensive stance to one of leadership, from a justificatory discourse to sovereign action backed by international legitimacy.

Morocco understood from the outset that the conflict was not only about territory, but also about the narrative itself, and succeeded in reshaping international awareness by presenting the Sahara issue as a matter of regional stability rather than a simple local dispute.

What distinguishes Resolution 2797 is that it does not respond to circumstantial pressures or temporary political balances, but rather reflects a structural change in the global perception of Morocco as a force for stability in a turbulent region. While the Sahel sinks into chaos with armed groups and regimes crumbling around it, Morocco offers a model of a state capable of transforming a disputed territory into an area of regional development and integration. For this reason, the major powers—from Washington to Paris, from Madrid to Moscow—consider the autonomy initiative to be not only a Moroccan proposal, but an international option to prevent a new explosion in North Africa.

Algeria's abstention in the Security Council vote reflected its unprecedented political isolation. Even its traditional allies recognize that betting on the “Polisario” belongs to the Cold War past, and that separatist logic has lost all legitimacy in the face of the principle of unity and development. Resolution 2797 not only marked a victory for Morocco, but also the end of the silent complicity that had dominated the corridors of the UN for years, restoring the primacy of political realism as a means of resolving conflicts.

The king's speech after the vote was more eloquent than any diplomatic communiqué: he spoke of a “new conquest” in the process of Moroccanization of the Sahara, announcing the beginning of a phase of execution, not negotiation; a stage that goes beyond defense to the construction of an integrated regional model, linking Dakhla with Laâyoune and Tangier, transforming southern Morocco into a hub of Afro-European convergence. Morocco has not only won in the UN forums, but also in the battle for international awareness, which was the most difficult of all.

Resolution 2797 does not close a chapter: it inaugurates a new history written with the ink of sovereignty and global recognition. Morocco, under the leadership of His Majesty the King, is entering the post-dispute era, a stage in which autonomy is translated from a political document into a tangible reality, restoring the region's right to stability and development.

Finally, the world has spoken with the voice of truth: the sands of the Sahara are not a place of division, but a mirror of a shared future under the flag of a single Morocco, from Tangier to Laâyoune.