HC Deb 31 March 2003 vol 402 c524W
Mr. MacDougall

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the political situation in Western Sahara. [105982]

Mr. Mike O'Brien

On 25 March 2003, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1469, extending the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 31 May 2003 and requesting that the Secretary-General report by 19 May on the situation in the territory. James Baker, the Secretary-General's Personal Envoy, is currently considering the parties' formal responses to his most recent proposal. Neither proposal nor responses have been made public.