The Western-Saharan Spanish Census and The UN

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  • János Besenyő Magyar Honvédség

Abstract

There is a country in Africa which has a population, its territory, a capital just like the others but lacks a flag as a sovereign state. It was a Spanish colony for decades, than its neighbours argued over it. Finally, liberators have arrived but failed to bring the much wanted freedom. The author, Major János Besenyő as the professional officer of the Hungarian Army was a UN observer for a long time in Western Sahara, the existing but unrecognized country of Africa. His article helps to get directions in the stormy history of Western Sahara: we get to know the hostility between the French and the Spanish during colonial times, the expansion of the influence of the Madrid government, its applied colonial policy and the obligate withdrawal after which a conflict broke out between Morocco, Mauritania, and the liberators. Beyond historical events we get a picture of Western Sahara’s natural environment, ethnic groups and about the result of a census which is rather significant to settle the dispute.

Author Biography

János Besenyő, Magyar Honvédség

őrnagy, Magyar Honvédség hivatásos állományú főtisztje (MH HEK, NATO Kiválósági Központ)
Kutatási terület: afrikai válságkezelési műveletek elmélete és gyakorlata, a kontinensen folytatott békefenntartó, békekikényszerítő és béketámogató műveletek, kiemelten Nyugat-Szahara és Darfúr kérdése.

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Published

2008-06-01

How to Cite

Besenyő, J. (2008). The Western-Saharan Spanish Census and The UN. Hungarian Journal of African Studies / Afrika Tanulmányok, 2(2), 18–29. Retrieved from https://journals.lib.pte.hu/index.php/afrikatanulmanyok/article/view/4666

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