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LevelSub-sub-series
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)SCF/OP/4/WES
TitleWestern Sahara
Extent2 files
Date1986-2001
DescriptionContains correspondence and papers, including newsletters, principally concerning the political and social situation in Western Sahara and Saharawi refugees. Includes some correspondence concerning requests to Save the Children for funding to support refugees.
Access ConditionsThere are files in this series which have been closed for 25 years in accordance with Save the Children's policy.
There are files and items in this series which contain personal information covered by Data Protection regulations. These files and items have an extended closure period.
Further information about the closures can be found in the relevant file level catalogue description.
Access StatusPartially closed
Closed Until01/01/2084
Administrative HistoryWestern Sahara is a disputed territory administered by both Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR). Previously a Spanish colony, the administration of Western Sahara was jointly given to Morocco and Mauritania in 1975, at which point war broke out. A Saharawi nationalist movement, called the Polisario Front proclaimed the SADR in 1976. Mauritania relinwuished its claim to the area in 1979, however war continued between the SADR and Morocco.
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