Western Sahara: Not renewed in the UN Security Council, Minorso's mandate will end The United Nations delegation to organize a referendum in Western Sahara (Minorso) was rejected in shock at the United Nations on the night of Friday October 30-31, thus ending its 35-year presence in the region. Since his mandate ends this Saturday, two successive resolutions did not find the necessary votes to renew him. Negotiations that went wrong between the United States and Morocco on the one hand, and Russia and the Polisario Front on the other. read more