Royal Sahara Advisory Council ( Arabic: المجلس الملكي الاستشاري للشؤون الصحراوية ; French Conseil royal consultatif pour les affaires sahariennes (CORCAS) ) - The Kingdom of Morocco 's Advisory Body on Western Sahara . Created by King Hassan II in 1970 , but was dissolved. It was restored by his son’s dahir, Mohammed VI, in 2006 [1] , after the Moroccan authorities proposed a new plan for the autonomy of Western Sahara territories, designed to replace the American Baker plan . The Polisario front is opposed to the plan, demanding that the issue of the status of Western Sahara be resolved through a referendum .
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The Council acts as an advisory body reporting to the king and proposing all issues related to Western Sahara, which Morocco officially prefers to call the southern provinces. His competence also includes the protection of the territorial integrity of the country and the strengthening of national unity [1] . For these purposes, the delegations of the council also attend international forums that raise the issue of resolving the situation in Western Sahara.
The chairman of the council from the moment of its foundation to the present is Khalihenna Ould Errachid [2] .
The council has five commissions [3] :
- Commission on Public Affairs, Humanitarian Development and the Environment.
- Commission on International Affairs and Cooperation.
- Commission for the Protection of Human Rights, Public Rights and Camp Residents.
- Commission on economic affairs, upbringing and education.
- Hassania Culture, Information and Communications Commission.