Viscount Waverley – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Viscount Waverley on 2016-04-28.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the UN Secretary General’s remark during his visit to Algeria from 6 to 7 March that the Western Sahara is occupied”.”

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

The UN and UK consider that the status of Western Sahara is undetermined. Since he made his remark, the office of the UN Secretary General has expressed regret at the misunderstanding over the use of this word.