UN General Assembly
2011

initiative that the Security Council, through six successive resolutions, has deemed to be serious and credible. This bold and realistic initiative takes into consideration, within the framework of the Kingdom’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, standards of international legitimacy that go beyond unilateral restrictive interpretations that can only aggravate the status quo and lead to deadlock. Security Council resolution 1979 (2011) renewed the emphasis on the fundamental guidelines of the negotiating process by calling for all parties to enter into substantive and serious negotiations and to show realism and a spirit of compromise to reach a midway solution, while urging neighbouring countries to fully engage in the process of negotiations. It is high time for each party to shoulder its responsibilities, particularly in the light of the events taking place in the region, with a view to working seriously and in good faith to reach a final political compromise solution to this fabricated regional dispute. There is also an urgent need to meet the aspirations of our brothers in the camps in Tindouf, Algeria, where they are denied their