Green March
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The Green March was a 1975 mass demonstration organized by Morocco in which hundreds of thousands of unarmed civilians crossed into Spanish Sahara to pressure Spain into relinquishing control of the territory.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Green March canonical | 4 |
| Green March policy | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mass demonstration
ⓘ
nonviolent protest ⓘ political event ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | La Marche Verte ⓘ |
| commemoratedOn | November 6 ⓘ |
| commemorationCountry | Morocco ⓘ |
| country | Morocco ⓘ |
| endDate | 1975-11-09 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Madrid Accords
ⓘ
surface form:
Madrid Accords of 1975
|
| formerColonialPowerTargeted | Spain ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalSignificanceIn | Morocco ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Cold War era ⓘ |
| immediateTrigger | Spanish plans for a referendum in Western Sahara ⓘ |
| internationalReaction | concern at risk of conflict between Morocco and Spain ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
Arabic
ⓘ
French ⓘ |
| leader |
Hassan II of Morocco
ⓘ
surface form:
King Hassan II of Morocco
|
| legalContext | International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975) ⓘ |
| location |
Spanish Sahara
ⓘ
Spanish Sahara ⓘ
surface form:
Western Sahara
|
| mediaCoverage | extensive international media attention ⓘ |
| method |
mass civilian march
ⓘ
nonviolent pressure ⓘ |
| numberOfParticipants | hundreds of thousands ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Polisario Front
ⓘ
Sahrawi nationalists ⓘ |
| organizedBy |
Hassan II of Morocco
ⓘ
surface form:
King Hassan II of Morocco
Morocco ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Morocco
|
| participantsDescription | unarmed civilians ⓘ |
| participantsOrigin | Morocco ⓘ |
| precededBy |
International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975)
ⓘ
surface form:
International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara
|
| purpose |
to assert Moroccan claims over Western Sahara
ⓘ
to pressure Spain to relinquish control of Spanish Sahara ⓘ |
| region | North Africa ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Madrid Accords
ⓘ
Western Sahara conflict ⓘ decolonization of Africa ⓘ |
| result |
Spain agreed to negotiate the Madrid Accords
ⓘ
Spain began process of withdrawing from Spanish Sahara ⓘ territory was later administered by Morocco and Mauritania ⓘ |
| riskManagement | participants were instructed to remain unarmed ⓘ |
| sloganOrSymbol | green color symbolizing Islam ⓘ |
| startDate | 1975-11-06 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | numerous historical and political studies ⓘ |
| territorialClaim | Moroccan claim over Western Sahara ⓘ |
| typeOfTerritoryInvolved | disputed territory ⓘ |
| year | 1975 ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Green March policy