What the records say
- When
- 14 Nov 1975
- Kind
- Treaty
- Coordinates
- 40.42° N, 3.70° W
- Description
- 1975 treaty between Spain, Morocco, and Mauritania to end Spanish presence in the Sahara
Madrid Accords
1975 treaty between Spain, Morocco, and Mauritania to end Spanish presence in the Sahara
The Madrid Accords, formally the Declaration of Principles on Western Sahara, was a treaty between Spain, Morocco, and Mauritania setting out six principles which would end the Spanish presence in the territory of Spanish Sahara and arrange a temporary administration in the area pending a referendum.
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- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Madrid Accords: Spain agrees to hand over power of the Spanish Sahara to Morocco and Mauritania by the end of February 1976”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “accords de Madrid sur l’indépendance du Sahara occidental entre l’Espagne, le Maroc et la Mauritanie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “se firma la Declaración de Madrid entre España, Marruecos y Mauritania, por la que España transfiere la administración del Sahara occidental”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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