Rival US and Russia resolutions on disputed Western Sahara are defeated in UN Security Council

Russia and US veto rival UN resolutions on Western Sahara, leaving peacekeeping mission without mandate

Russia vetoed a US-drafted resolution supporting Morocco's sovereignty claim over Western Sahara and ending the UN peacekeeping mission, while the US vetoed a rival Russian resolution. The mutual vetoes leave the 35-year-old UN peacekeeping mission without a renewed mandate as it expires.