Sahrawi National Union Party - Creation of PUNS

Creation of PUNS

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Western Sahara conflict
Background
  • Spanish Sahara
  • Greater Morocco
  • Moroccan Army of Liberation
  • Movement for the Liberation of
    Saguia el Hamra and Wadi el Dhahab
  • Polisario Front
  • Sahrawi National Union Party
  • Madrid Accords
Disputed regions
  • Saguia el-Hamra
  • Río de Oro
  • Southern Provinces
  • Free Zone
Politics
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  • Politics of Morocco / of the SADR
  • Royal Advisory Council
    for Saharan Affairs
Rebellions
  • Ifni War
  • Zemla Intifada
  • Western Sahara War
  • Independence Intifada
  • Gdeim Izik
  • Arab Spring protests
  • 2013 Western Sahara protests
Issues
  • Sahrawi refugee camps
  • Moroccan Wall
  • Human rights
Peace process
  • UN Security Council Resolution 1495
  • UN Security Council Resolution 1754
  • UN visiting mission
  • UN referendum mission
  • ICJ Advisory Opinion
  • Settlement Plan
  • Houston Agreement
  • Baker Plan
  • Manhasset negotiations
  • Moroccan Initiative

The PUNS was created in late 1974 as the Partido Revolucionario Progresivo (Revolutionary Progressive Party), but soon changed its name. It was composed mainly of members of the Djema'a, a tribalist political body set up for similar purposes in the 1950s. Its flag is based on the Spanish flag for the Ifni-Sahara maritime province (1946-1975).

PUNS was during its time the only legal party within the territory of Francoist Spain, except the ruling Falange Española. PUNS was allowed to send delegates to the Cortes (Parliament) in Madrid. It had no decision making powers, and was more an instrument of the military governors in Western Sahara. Its leaders and creators, Khellihenna Ould Errachid and Dueh Sidna Naucha, worked in close collaboration with Spanish authorities.

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