§ Mr. GroganTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the Government's policy towards Western Sahara. [107037]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe UK—in common with most other countries—regards the sovereignty of Western Sahara as undetermined pending UN efforts to find a solution to this dispute.
We continue to support the efforts of the United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) and James Baker, his Personal Envoy in trying to find a just and durable resolution to the dispute. We also support UN Security Council Resolution 1429 which expressed the Security Council's readiness to consider any approach that provides for self-determination that the UNSG and his Personal Envoy might propose. It commended the parties for their continuing commitment to the ceasefire.