A cease-fire without observers Morocco promises to respect the cease-fire in the Sahara The UN mission, which monitored the cease-fire in Western Sahara for 35 years, has stopped operating, and now the parties promise to maintain silence in good faith. The Royal Palace said on Wednesday that the Moroccan side's voluntary commitment to respect the ceasefire remains in effect. The king himself also demanded to strictly monitor the territorial integrity of the kingdom and the safety of its citizens. The mission ended after the Security Council did not extend its mandate, and the Russian side vetoed the American resolution proposal. Rabat is satisfied with the result and explains it by saying that the observers were never able to ensure compliance with the truce, and their original tasks were outdated. It is easy to ensure silence when there are no more observers on site, and the disputed territory has long been considered ours. The issue has not officially disappeared from the agenda of the Security Council, but there will no longer be an annual extension of the mandate, reports and briefings through which it will be possible to exert pressure on the Moroccan side. The conversation about the referendum and the negotiations with the Polisario Front goes to the personal emissary and the general assembly, who have no such leverage. - where politics is hotter than the equator, support us.