Original sentence: A UN visiting mission had concluded only the day before that Sahrawi support for independence was "overwhelming".As preparations were underway for the march, a well-publicized event of enormous proportions.Morocco had long demanded that Spanish Sahara become part of Morocco, instead of being granted independence.The Green March was a mass march demonstration in November 1975, coordinated by the Moroccan government, to force Spain to hand over the disputed colony of Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) to Morocco
Edited sentence: And indeed, a UN visiting mission had concluded only the day before that Sahrawi support for independence was "overwhelming".But the skirmishes went largely unnoticed by world media, as preparations were underway for the march, a well-publicized event of enormous proportions.Morocco had long demanded that Spanish Sahara become part of Greater Morocco, instead of being granted independence.The Green March was a mass demonstration in November 1975, coordinated by the Moroccan government, to force Spain to hand over the disputed colony of Spanish Sahara (now Western Sahara) to Morocco