If it is topical to view the Sahara problem under the scope of self- determination for the population, one must keep in mind that this territory belongs since immemorial times to Morocco and that its integration to the mother-country in 1975 was legitimate. Indeed, Morocco emphatically proposes the holding of a referendum for the self-determination of the Saharan population, but the holding of a referendum does not mean in any way that Morocco lays a claim to its historical rights and legal titles. This position must be apprehended as a Moroccan attachment which has never been denied, to the principles governing the friendly relationship between States, for upholding international peace and security and the peaceful settlement of disputes.
The present document aims to recall briefly the different titles which prove the Moroccan nature of the Sahara. The symbiosis which characterizes the relations between the Saharan provinces and the remainder of the country, the prodigious socio-economic achievements made since 1975 attest the belonging of the Sahara to Morocco.
