The United Nations Security Council has adopted a U.S.-backed resolution supporting Morocco’s autonomy plan for Western Sahara as the basis for negotiations on the territory’s political future. Morocco has occupied Western Sahara for 50 years. Ten countries joined the United States in supporting the measure. Russia, China and Pakistan abstained. Algeria did not cast a vote. The Polisario Front, the Sahrawi liberation movement seeking independence, denounced the vote, saying it would not take part in “any peace process or negotiations based on proposals that aim to legitimize the Moroccan military occupation.” Click here to see our coverage of Western Sahara over the years.