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Council unanimously adopts Resolution 658, approving Pérez de Cuéllar’s
June 18 report. July–November: Disagreements between Morocco
and Polisario continue over the implementation of the UN referendum
plan.
1991 April 19: Pérez de Cuéllar issues another report, calling for a
referendum 36 weeks after a cease-fire. April 29: Security Council
Resolution 690 formally establishes MINURSO. June 18–20: The
Polisario Front holds its 8th congress, adopting a new constitution and
instituting other political reforms. June 28: Morocco and Polisario
agree on September 6, 1991, as the date of a cease-fire and the insertion
of a MINURSO peacekeeping force into Western Sahara. August 4–5:
Morocco launches attacks against Polisario-held areas in Western Sahara;
Polisario retaliates. August 21: Morocco demands a delay in the
referendum process and submits the names of 120,000 new allegedly
Saharawi voters. August 30: MINURSO states that Morocco has refused
to allow its personnel and equipment to be unloaded from two
UN-chartered ships. September 6: Cease-fire goes into effect; 240 UN
peacekeepers are deployed to 10 locations in Western Sahara. September–October:
MINURSO is described as being hampered by logistical
and other difficulties. November 15: Pérez de Cuéllar announces that
he wants to expand voter eligibility criteria; the Polisario Front vehemently
objects, saying it amounts to adopting Morocco’s proposals and
that it would skew the referendum results in Rabat’s favor. December
19: Pérez de Cuéllar submits his last report to the UN Security Council,
formally proposing revised voter eligibility criteria and announcing the
resignation of Special Representative Johannes Manz. December 31:
The UN Security Council adopts Resolution 725 reserving judgment on
Pérez de Cuéllar’s voter qualification proposals.
1992 January 1: Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier
Pérez de Cuéllar as UN secretary-general. March 23: Sahabzada
Yacub Khan of Pakistan is chosen the new UN Special Representative
for Western Sahara. May 20: Polisario leader Mohamed Abdelaziz rejects
any attempt to enlarge voter eligibility standards, although he hints
at compromise. May 29: In a new report, the UN secretary-general says
that since September 1991, 92 of 102 cease-fire violations were committed
by Morocco. August 11: Ibrahim Hakim, a former foreign minister
of the SADR, defects to Morocco.