Côte d’Ivoire Renews “Full Support” for Autonomy Initiative, Welcomes International Dynamic in its Favor

United Nations (New York) – Before the 4th Committee of the United Nations, Côte d’Ivoire reaffirmed its “full support” for the autonomy plan presented by Morocco, and welcomed the international dynamic in favor of this initiative which aims to achieve a peaceful and definitive solution to the issue of the Moroccan Sahara.

Côte d’Ivoire welcomes the international dynamic in favor of the Moroccan autonomy plan and “reaffirms its full support and backing for this initiative welcomed today by around 130 countries, including three permanent members of the Security Council,” said the Ambassador Permanent Representative of Côte d’Ivoire to the UN, Tiémoko Moriko.

Speaking before the 4th Committee, the Ivorian ambassador said that the adoption of Security Council resolution 2797 marks “an important turning point” in the handling of this issue, and reaffirms “the exclusively UN character of the search for a peaceful and definitive solution based on the Moroccan autonomy plan”.

Côte d’Ivoire, Moriko said, calls for intensifying efforts aimed at ending this dispute “through dialogue, realism and compromise”.

The diplomat added that his country welcomes Morocco’s efforts to achieve economic and social development in the Southern Provinces, as well as strengthening the role of the regional human rights commissions of Laâyoune and Dakhla.