On October 31, 2025, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2797 with eleven votes in favour, three abstentions, and Algeria's non-participation.
For the first time since the dossier entered the UN system, the Security Council has explicitly designated Morocco's autonomy initiative as the sole basis for negotiations, mentioning it six times within a single-page text that replaced the previous year's forty-three-paragraph resolution. The preamble affirms that genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty represents the most feasible solution, while the operative paragraphs eliminate any reference to a referendum and mandate the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy to facilitate negotiations exclusively within this framework. The support of the United States, France, and the United Kingdom proved decisive, delivering the broadest majority Morocco has ever obtained on this dossier.
The path to this outcome revealed Washington's driven diplomatic strategy. The initial American draft, leaked in mid-October, was deliberately ambitious, describing Morocco's autonomy plan as "the only framework" for negotiations, proposing a mere three-month MINURSO renewal, and explicitly referencing President Trump's call for immediate discussions. This "zero draft" provoked sharp reactions, forcing several revisions before adoption. Simultaneously, Trump Special Envoy Steve Witkoff publicly announced in late September an audacious timeline: achieving a comprehensive Morocco–Algeria peace deal within sixty days. This diplomatic approach introduced a new phase of configuration, redefining the parameters of the conflict. Thus, the text marks a clean break with the previous resolutions.