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The UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks during a press conference on Syria at the European headquarters of the United Nations,in Geneva,Switzerland.

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With just two weeks to go before the vote on extending MINURSO’s mandate,tensions are rising over Western Sahara.

On Tuesday,October 13,the Polisario Front issued a statement following closed-door talks at the UN Security Council,challenging the neutrality of UN envoy Staffan de Mistura.

The movement accuses him of leaning toward Morocco’s autonomy plan,warning that a mediator cannot decide a people’s future in advance.

But the Polisario Front insists it is not walking away from negotiations,which resumed earlier this year. Instead,it is demanding a change in approach,with self-determination at the center of any political solution.

Meanwhile,the movement says MINURSO remains indispensable,but its mission must not lose its purpose.

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