00:01With just two weeks to go before the vote on extending Minoso's mandate, tensions are rising over Western Sahara.
00:09On Tuesday, the Polisario Front issued a statement following closed-door talks at the UN Security Council,
00:16challenging the neutrality of UN envoy Staffan de Mistura.
00:20The movement accuses him of leaning toward Morocco's autonomy plan,
00:25warning that a mediator cannot decide a people's future in advance.
00:30But the Polisario Front insists it's not walking away from negotiations, which resumed earlier this year.
00:37Instead, it is demanding a change in approach, with self-determination at the centre of any political solution.
00:43Meanwhile, the movement says Minoso remains indispensable, but its mission must not lose its purpose.
00:50As the mandate vote approaches, the question is whether the UN can restore trust,
00:55or whether growing divisions will further complicate efforts to resolve one of the region's longest-running conflicts.
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