00:01In Layoun, hundreds of pro-Moroccan Sahrawis gathered to celebrate waving Moroccan flags.
00:08The anniversary comes as the decades-old territorial conflict enters a new diplomatic phase,
00:14with the UN peacekeeping mission winding down after 35 years.
00:19The conflict is Africa's longest running.
00:23The UN mission came here at a particular point in time and remained for 35 years.
00:30It neither added anything to Morocco nor took anything away from it.
00:35It has not achieved anything regarding the very issue it was originally established to address.
00:42We're here in our homeland, alongside our king, who provides us with everything we need. Thank God.
00:53For pro-independence Sahrawis, the anniversary marks the beginning of Morocco's occupation
00:59and the displacement of thousands, leaving families divided between Moroccan-controlled cities
01:05and refugee camps in Algeria.
01:10I would like to thank the United States of America for voting in favor of the autonomy proposal,
01:15as well as the 11 other countries that supported the initiative.
01:20The Sahara issue was settled in 1963 at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
01:26Then came the Madrid Accords, followed by Spain's withdrawal from our southern provinces.
01:33The UN mission in western Sahara is winding down after its mandate expired on October 31st.
01:41Morocco controls most of the territory, while the Polisario Front seeks independence.
01:47But as well as the vähän is this intimidating, now the nickname of Morocco is going to be called Mo
