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Multiple speakers argued that foreign investment and commercial activity should not proceed without the consent of the Sahrawi people, and some proposed UN oversight or a trust fund."},{"key":"autonomy-framework","label":"Autonomy under Moroccan Sovereignty","description":"A major theme was whether the Moroccan autonomy initiative should serve as the basis for resolving the Western Sahara dispute. Many speakers cited Security Council Resolution 2797 and growing international backing for autonomy, while others rejected autonomy as incompatible with full self-determination."},{"key":"ceasefire-security","label":"Ceasefire and Regional Security","description":"Regional stability and security were discussed through references to MINURSO, maintenance of the ceasefire, landmines, and the broader impact of the conflict on the Maghreb and Sahel. Several speakers also condemned attacks on civilians, especially the reported strike on Smara, as threats to the political process."},{"key":"self-determination","label":"Self-Determination and Decolonization","description":"Numerous interventions framed Western Sahara as an unfinished decolonization case and insisted that the Sahrawi people retain an inalienable right to determine their political future. Several speakers called for a referendum or another UN process that clearly reflects the freely expressed will of the Sahrawi people."},{"key":"economic-development","label":"Development in the Southern Provinces","description":"Several speakers highlighted infrastructure, social services, renewable energy, ports, roads, and investment in Morocco's southern provinces as evidence of progress and integration. Other interventions questioned whether such development benefits the Sahrawi population or instead entrenches the status quo."},{"key":"un-political-process","label":"UN Political Process and Mediation","description":"Many delegations stressed the importance of a UN-led process involving the Secretary-General, his Personal Envoy Staffan de Mistura, and continued engagement by the parties. Speakers repeatedly called for good-faith negotiations, dialogue, and progress through the established UN framework."}]}}