Le rapport de Ban Ki-Moon au conseil de sécurité sur le Sahara

Attached is an advance copy of the Report of the Secretary-General on the situation concerning Western Sahara for the information of the members of the Security Council. This report will be issued as a document of the Security Council under the symbol S/2016/355. 18 April 2016 Report of the Secretary-General on the situation concerning Western Sahara I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2218 (2015), by which the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 30 April 2016 and requested me to provide a report to it on the situation in Western Sahara well before the end of the mandate period. It covers developments since my report dated 10 April 2015 (S/2015/246) and describes the situation on the ground, the status and progress of the political negotiations on Western Sahara, my activities and those of my Chef de Cabinet, the implementation of resolution 2218 (2015), and the existing challenges to the Mission's operations and steps taken to address them, as the Council requested in its resolution 2218 (2015). 2. Between 3 and 7 March 2016, I visited the region to make my own contribution to the negotiating process, to pay tribute to the United Nations peacekeeping operation, MINURSO, and its personnel, to see for myself the humanitarian situation on the ground, and to discuss other issues of concern.