Recommandation au Conseil, à la Commission et à la vice-présidente de la Commission/haute représentante de l’Union pour les affaires étrangères et la politique de sécurité sur la promotion de la gouvernance transnationale de l’eau en vue de prévenir les conflits et de favoriser la paix

Déposé par Pernando Barrena Arza

Ajouté: 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.

Texte tel que publié par le PE, en anglais. PE783.328