UN General Assembly
1979

155. I emphasize that history has never recorded the existence of a Saharan people distinct from the peoples of the region. 156. The concept of the existence of a people in the Western Sahara was created by Spain, the State which colonized the Territory, and this colonial concept was subsequently resurrected, following the liberation of this land, for reasons relating to a policy of hegemony and expansion out of keeping with the purposes and principles of our Charter. 157. The inhabitants of the Territory are Moroccans who, after their liberation from the yoke of colonialism, have re-joined their homeland, and henceforth, no one can separate them from this homeland.