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The United Nations has begun the process to end its peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara after Russia and the United States vetoed each other's draft resolutions on extending the 35-year-old deployment. The Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) was established in 1991 to oversee a ceasefire and settlement plan between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front. The mandate expired on Saturday after Russia vetoed a US draft resolution to renew it. The US then vetoed the Russian proposal. Morocco welcomed the non-renewal of the peacekeeping mandate, while Algeria and the Polisario Front expressed their dissatisfaction with the decision.
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