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Morocco seeks Western Sahara's removal from Security Council agenda, report says

Rabat also wants UN mission personnel to leave while maintaining its commitment to the ceasefire, according to the report.

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المغرب يدعو لسحب ملف الصحراء من مجلس الأمن الدولي.. ورحيل القوات الدولية

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0:34The anchor reports a Russian veto of a US proposal to reduce MINURSO's military component and support autonomy.
1:23Bouchikhi says the royal court welcomed non-renewal and demanded the departure of mission personnel and equipment.
2:40Rabat wants the issue withdrawn from the Security Council, while reaffirming its ceasefire commitment, the correspondent reports.
3:30She explains why Moroccan political actors view the blocked proposal as an opening to end MINURSO permanently.
4:33The correspondent reports political-party support for the royal court's position and celebrations in Laayoune.

Morocco is calling for the Western Sahara issue to be withdrawn from the UN Security Council following the reported failure to renew the territory's peacekeeping mission, according to United Arab Emirates-based pan-Arab broadcaster Al Mashhad المشهد.

Reporting from Rabat, correspondent Afaf Bouchikhi describes a royal court statement welcoming the non-renewal of MINURSO's mandate. She says Morocco is demanding that the mission's personnel leave within days, along with its equipment, vehicles and symbols. At the same time, she reports, the statement reaffirms Morocco's commitment to the ceasefire and to protecting what it describes as the country's territorial unity.

The broadcaster attributes the diplomatic impasse to a Russian veto of an American draft resolution. According to its account, the proposal would have reduced the mission's military component and supported Morocco's autonomy plan. An on-screen caption also reports that the council failed to pass both American and Russian proposals.

Western Sahara is a disputed territory in northwestern Africa that the UN lists as non-self-governing. MINURSO was established in 1991 as part of a settlement plan underpinning a ceasefire between Morocco and the Polisario Front. That history makes the mission's future a question about the international framework surrounding the dispute, not simply the departure of peacekeepers.

Bouchikhi says Moroccan political parties have backed the royal court's position and reports celebrations in Laayoune. Her account presents the blocked resolution as an opportunity that Moroccan political actors see to end the mission permanently, rather than as a diplomatic setback.

The video is titled "المغرب يدعو لسحب ملف الصحراء من مجلس الأمن الدولي.. ورحيل القوات الدولية", meaning "Morocco calls for Sahara issue to be withdrawn from UN Security Council and international forces to leave." Its focus is Morocco's response to the reported council impasse.

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