UN General Assembly
1980

116. The OAU outlined the principles for a just settlement of the question of Western Sahara and entrusted an ad hoc Committee, which has already completed its task, with working out the modalities for the exercise by the Sahraoui people of its right to self-determination and independence. 117. The United Nations, whose competence and responsibility in the matter of the decolonization of Western Sahara remain complete, is duty-bound to draw all the necessary consequences from the persistent refusal of Morocco to recognize that the Sahraoui people have a right to self-determination and independence. 118. This thirty-fifth session is an opportunity to engage in a mature and responsible evaluation of our collective experience within this universal body and to reflect on the ways in which we can strengthen its role and enhance its effectiveness.