Positions On Western Sahara Conflict
The following lists contain the following states and entities:
- 82 states, the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, the African Union and the European Union (EU) support "the right of self-determination of the Sahrawi people",
- of these, 29 states do not recognize the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic;
- of these, 73 states recognize the Polisario Front as the legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people;
- 45 states support Moroccan claims on Western Sahara, but do not recognize its sovereignty over it
Some states are on both lists; for example, when a state is supportive of the "right of self-determination", including the option of autonomy under Morocco sovereignty. Some states have changed their opinion frequently or have given separate announcements of support for both Morocco and the Polisario Front/SADR (Paraguay, Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Chile, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Peru, Russia, Sierra Leone, Swaziland).
Some of the states announcing support of the "right of self-determination" already recognize the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. Not all of the states that have canceled relations with or withdrawn recognition of SADR have announced their support for the Moroccan claims.
The following states and entities have not announced any position:
- Americas: Bahamas
- Africa: Eritrea, Somalia
- Europe: Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Liechtenstein, Vatican City, Malta, Luxembourg, Croatia, Montenegro, Moldova, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, Armenia
- Asia: Israel, Lebanon, Qatar, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Thailand, Brunei, Singapore, Philippines, Japan, Mongolia
- Oceania: Tonga, Cook Islands, Samoa, Niue, Palau, Micronesia, Marshall Islands
- Others: Abkhazia, Republic of China (Taiwan), Kosovo, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Somaliland, Transnistria
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta
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