Recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on promoting transnational governance on water in the interests of conflict prevention and peace

Tabled by Pernando Barrena Arza

Added: Ja. whereas the UN Commission on Human Rights, in its Resolution 12 (XXXVII) of 6 March 1981, deplored the continuance of the occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco and affirmed the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination; whereas the exploitation of natural resources, including water resources, in occupied territories without the consent of the people concerned undermines the right to self-determination and may entrench situations of occupation and instability; whereas the Court of Justice of the European Union, in Joined Cases C-778/21 P and C-798/21 P1a and in Joined Cases C-779/21 P and C-799/21 P1b, held that the application of EU-Morocco economic agreements to Western Sahara and its adjacent waters requires the consent of the people of Western Sahara, in light of the right to self-determination and the principle of the relative effect of treaties; _______________________ 1a Judgment of the Court of Justice of 4 October 2024, European Commission and Council of the European Union v Front populaire pour la libération de la Saguia el-Hamra et du Rio de oro (Front Polisario), C-778/21 P and C-798/21 P, ECLI:EU:C:2024:833. 1b Judgment of the Court of Justice of 4 October 2024, European Commission and Council of the European Union v Front populaire pour la libération de la Saguia el-Hamra et du Rio de oro (Front Polisario), C-779/21 P and C-799/21 P, ECLI:EU:C:2024:835.

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE783.328