Madrid Accords

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The Madrid Accords were a 1975 agreement in which Spain agreed to withdraw from Spanish Sahara and transfer its administration to Morocco and Mauritania, paving the way for the territory’s contested annexation.

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Madrid Accords canonical 4
Madrid Accords of 1975 2
Madrid Accords (1975) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international agreement
tripartite agreement
alsoKnownAs Tripartite Madrid Accords
linked to: Madrid Accords
appliesToTerritory Spanish Sahara
Western Sahara
linked to: Spanish Sahara
chronology signed shortly after the Green March of November 1975
signed shortly before the death of Francisco Franco
countryAffected Algeria
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
countrySignatory Mauritania
Morocco
Spain
dateSigned 1975-11-14
follows Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara of the International Court of Justice
Green March
hasConsequence establishment of Moroccan administration in most of Western Sahara
exile of many Sahrawis to refugee camps in Algeria
international dispute over status of Western Sahara
temporary Mauritanian control over southern part of Western Sahara
hasEffectOn Sahrawi self‑determination process
Western Sahara conflict
decolonization of Western Sahara
languageOfWorkOrName French
Spanish
legalStatus considered an administrative arrangement by United Nations
does not transfer sovereignty over Western Sahara according to United Nations
locationSigned Madrid
notRecognizedBy Algeria
Polisario Front
United Nations General Assembly
partOf process of decolonization of Africa
recognizedBy Mauritania
Morocco
relatedConflict Western Sahara War
relatedOrganization Organization of African Unity
linked to: African Union

Polisario Front
United Nations
replacedBy Morocco–Mauritania partition of Western Sahara
linked to: Spanish Sahara
result contested annexation of Western Sahara by Morocco and Mauritania
end of Spanish colonial rule in Spanish Sahara
partition of Spanish Sahara between Morocco and Mauritania
withdrawal of Spain from Spanish Sahara
shortName Madrid Agreement
signatoryGovernment Government of Spain under Francoist regime
linked to: Francoist Spain
statedPurpose organize temporary administration of Spanish Sahara
transfer administration of Spanish Sahara from Spain to Morocco and Mauritania
topicHasWikipediaPage Madrid Accords
yearSigned 1975

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Spanish Sahara event Madrid Accords
Green March relatedTo Madrid Accords
Green March followedBy Madrid Accords of 1975
linked to: Madrid Accords
Madrid Accords topicHasWikipediaPage Madrid Accords
Madrid Accords alsoKnownAs Tripartite Madrid Accords
linked to: Madrid Accords
International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975) relatedTo Madrid Accords (1975)
linked to: Madrid Accords
La Marche Verte result Madrid Accords of 1975
linked to: Madrid Accords