AHR/Res. 103 (XVIII)
RESOLUTION ON WESTERN SAHARA
The Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African
Unity, meeting in its Eighteenth Ordinary Session in Nairobi, Kenya, from 24 to 27
June, 1981,
Having examined the report of the Secretary-General on Western Sahara (Doc.
AHG/103 (XVIII A) and the Reports of the Fifth and Sixth Sessions of the Ad-Hoc
Committee of Heads of State on Western Sahara (DOC.AHG/103 (XVIII) B) and
AHG/103 (XVIII) C) respectively,
Having heard the statements made by His Majesty King Hassan II of Morocco,
the Heads of State of Mauritania and Algeria as well as those made by various Heads of
State and Government and leaders of delegations,
Noting with appreciation the solemn commitment made by His Majesty King
Hassan II to accept the holding of referendum in the Western Sahara to enable the
people of that territory to exercise their right to self-determination,
Noting further with appreciation, His Majesty Kings Hassan’s acceptance of the
Recommendation of the Sixth Session of the Ad-Hoc Committee of heads of State on
Western Sahara contained in document AHG/103 (XVIII) B) Annex I as well as his
pledge to co-operate with the Ad-Hoc Committee in the search for a just, peaceful and
lasting solution,
Recalling its previous Resolutions and Decisions on the question of Western
Sahara:
1. ADOPTS the Reports of the Secretary-General on the Western Sahara and
those of the Fifth and Sixth Sessions of the Ad-Hoc Committee of Heads of
State on Western Sahara and endorses the recommendations contained
therein (Doc. (AHG/103 (XVIII) and congratulates the Ad-Hoc Committee of
Heads of State on Western Sahara for the commendable work done in finding
a peaceful solution to the problem of Western Sahara;