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Why Is the United Nations Peace Team Leaving Western Sahara? 🌐

The United Nations sent a peace team to Western Sahara in 1991 after a fighting pause.

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Key Points

4 points

Peace team started after a cease‑fire in 1991.

Its job was to watch peace and help organize a future vote.

The United Nations did not renew the team's mandate in 2024.

The team will pack up and leave the region.

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The team stayed for 35 years, watching the peace and trying to plan a vote.

In 2024 the United Nations did not give the team a new permission, so they must go home. 🏠

Countries like Morocco and Algeria have different ideas about who should lead the area.

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7 words

United Nations

A worldwide group of countries that try to solve big problems together.

peacekeeping

Helping keep peace and stop fighting.

mandate

Official approval to do a job.

cease‑fire

An agreement to stop fighting for a time.

vote

A way for people to choose an answer by raising hands or marking a paper.

autonomy

Having the freedom to make your own rules.

conflict

A serious disagreement between groups.

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