Question follow-through · 57392

Western Sahara: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department’s policy is on the status of the territory of Western Sahara.

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 4 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 9 Jun 2025
Answer: 11 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

4 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his Department’s policy is on the status of the territory of Western Sahara.
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Jun 2025
Answer published
The UK regards the status of Western Sahara as undetermined. We support the parties and the UN to reach a just, lasting, and mutually acceptable solution, based on compromise, which conforms with the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.On 1 June, th...

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