Security Council, unanimously adopting resolution 1634 (2005), extends Western Sahara mission until 30 April 2006.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 October 2005-UN: Security Council, unanimously adopting resolution 1634 (2005), extends Western Sahara mission until 30 April 2006(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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The Security Council this morning decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for six months, until 30 April 2006.

Reiterating its call upon the parties to work towards ending the current impasse and to make progress towards a political solution, the Council unanimously adopted resolution 1634 (2005), which also called on Member States to consider making contributions to fund confidence-building measures that allow for increased contact between family members separated by the dispute.

The 14-year-old Mission in Western Sahara has been monitoring a ceasefire between the Moroccan Government and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguia el-Hamra and Rio de Oro (POLISARIO Front), and is seeking to organize a referendum for the self-determination of the former Spanish colony which Morocco has claimed as its own.

Through the preambular section of today's resolution, the Council said it was taking note of the POLISARIO Front's August 2005 release of the remaining 404 Moroccan prisoners of war and calling upon the parties to continue to cooperate with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to resolve the fate of persons unaccounted for.

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