[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 241 (Tuesday, December 15, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 81329-81330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27738]



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Vol. 85

Tuesday,

No. 241

December 15, 2020

Part III





The President





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Proclamation 10126--Recognizing the Sovereignty of the Kingdom of 
Morocco Over the Western Sahara



Executive Order 13963--Providing an Order of Succession Within the 
Department of Defense



Executive Order 13964--Rebranding United States Foreign Assistance To 
Advance American Influence


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 85 , No. 241 / Tuesday, December 15, 2020 / 
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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10126 of December 4, 2020

                
Recognizing the Sovereignty of the Kingdom of 
                Morocco Over the Western Sahara

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                The United States affirms, as stated by previous 
                Administrations, its support for Morocco's autonomy 
                proposal as the only basis for a just and lasting 
                solution to the dispute over the Western Sahara 
                territory. Therefore, as of today, the United States 
                recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over the entire Western 
                Sahara territory and reaffirms its support for 
                Morocco's serious, credible, and realistic autonomy 
                proposal as the only basis for a just and lasting 
                solution to the dispute over the Western Sahara 
                territory. The United States believes that an 
                independent Sahrawi State is not a realistic option for 
                resolving the conflict and that genuine autonomy under 
                Moroccan sovereignty is the only feasible solution. We 
                urge the parties to engage in discussions without 
                delay, using Morocco's autonomy plan as the only 
                framework to negotiate a mutually acceptable solution. 
                To facilitate progress toward this aim, the United 
                States will encourage economic and social development 
                with Morocco, including in the Western Sahara 
                territory, and to that end will open a consulate in the 
                Western Sahara territory, in Dakhla, to promote 
                economic and business opportunities for the region.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim that, the United 
                States recognizes that the entire Western Sahara 
                territory is part of the Kingdom of Morocco.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth.
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