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Western Sahara Campaign UK
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We are the Western Sahara Campaign UK, campaigning to further support for the self determination of the Saharawi. We are always looking for volunteers and ideas no matter what they are. Please reach out to us on our contact page.
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Take action for MINURSO
This October, the UN Security Council will vote on the MINURSO peacekeeping mandate in Western Sahara. For 50 years, the Saharawi people have been waiting for their promised right to self- determination. This is a crucial moment to demand the UK government supports the Saharawi people, and increases its efforts to ensure a just and lasting resolution rooted in the Saharawi right to self-determination.
The above is even more important this year, as on 1st June 2025, the UK government issued an alarming joint communiqué that endorsed the Moroccan Autonomy Plan—where Western Sahara would be governed as an autonomous region under Moroccan sovereignty—as the most credible, viable and pragmatic basis for a lasting resolution of the dispute.
However, the UK also reaffirmed support for the principle of self-determination, the UN-led efforts
to pursue peace, and the work of the Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara—Staffan de Mistura.
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Please take action here if you life in Britain or Northern Ireland and can contact your local MP. Please see below for guidance on contacting the United Nations Security Council direct, pressure on the UNSC and the British Government is needed!
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Contact the United Nations Security Council
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We are also asking our supporters to contact the United Nations Security Council members (Contact information). We have a take action document here, please use this to write your letters/emails to the UNSC members. There is also a briefing which you can send along with your correspondence to the UNSC members.
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We need your support
The campaign needs support and help. We run solely on volunteers. If you think you can help in any way please get in contact. No matter your experience or knowledge your help will go a long way and will be greatly appreciated.
Please contact us at coordinator@wsahara.org.uk
A brief history of the Western Sahara from 1975
In 1975 Western Sahara was occupied by Morocco. An occupation that was judged illegal by the international Court of Justice and the UN Security Council. Since then the Saharawi, the indigenous people of the territory, have ben denied their basic right to self determination and have watched as other former colonies have gained their independance. Morocco has divided the country with a 1500km wall protected by landmines and heavily armed with troops. On one side is the occupied zone, roughly 75% of the territory. In which Morocco carry out a theft of phosphates, fisheries and crops to be illegaly sold as of Moroccan origin on the global trading market. It is illegal to display the flag of Western Sahara in the occupied zone, and there are many disappearances of those with the courage to speak up. The remaining 25% of Western Sahara, is administered by the elected representatives of the Saharawi people, the Polisario Front, and has been proclaimed as the Saharawi Democratic Arab Republic (SADR). However the majority of the Saharawi live in refugee camps near Tindouf in Algeria, who through solidarity have provided a large area to the Saharawi, to give them the ability to maintain an independant state even in exile.
Donate
The Campaign is soley reliant on donations from supporters of all walks of life, no matter how small the donation it will help in our fight to make the international community hold true to its promise and pledge of holding a referendum so that the people of the Western Sahara can decide their own future.