Madrid Accords

E70243

The Madrid Accords were a 1975 agreement in which Spain agreed to withdraw from Spanish Sahara and transfer its administration to Morocco and Mauritania, paving the way for the territory’s contested annexation.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Madrid Accords canonical 4
Madrid Accords of 1975 2
Madrid Accords (1975) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international agreement
tripartite agreement
alsoKnownAs Madrid Accords
surface form: Tripartite Madrid Accords
appliesToTerritory Spanish Sahara
Spanish Sahara
surface form: Western Sahara
chronology signed shortly after the Green March of November 1975
signed shortly before the death of Francisco Franco
countryAffected Algeria
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
countrySignatory Mauritania
Morocco
Spain
dateSigned 1975-11-14
follows International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975)
surface form: Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara of the International Court of Justice

Green March
hasConsequence establishment of Moroccan administration in most of Western Sahara
exile of many Sahrawis to refugee camps in Algeria
international dispute over status of Western Sahara
temporary Mauritanian control over southern part of Western Sahara
hasEffectOn Sahrawi self‑determination process
Western Sahara conflict
decolonization of Western Sahara
languageOfWorkOrName French
Spanish
legalStatus considered an administrative arrangement by United Nations
does not transfer sovereignty over Western Sahara according to United Nations
locationSigned Madrid
notRecognizedBy Algeria
Polisario Front
United Nations General Assembly
partOf process of decolonization of Africa
recognizedBy Mauritania
Morocco
relatedConflict Western Sahara conflict
surface form: Western Sahara War
relatedOrganization African Union
surface form: Organization of African Unity

Polisario Front
United Nations
replacedBy Spanish Sahara
surface form: Morocco–Mauritania partition of Western Sahara
result contested annexation of Western Sahara by Morocco and Mauritania
end of Spanish colonial rule in Spanish Sahara
partition of Spanish Sahara between Morocco and Mauritania
withdrawal of Spain from Spanish Sahara
shortName Madrid Agreement
signatoryGovernment Francoist Spain
surface form: Government of Spain under Francoist regime
statedPurpose organize temporary administration of Spanish Sahara
transfer administration of Spanish Sahara from Spain to Morocco and Mauritania
topicHasWikipediaPage Madrid Accords self-link
yearSigned 1975

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish Sahara event Madrid Accords
Green March relatedTo Madrid Accords
Green March followedBy Madrid Accords
this entity surface form: Madrid Accords of 1975
Madrid Accords topicHasWikipediaPage Madrid Accords self-link
Madrid Accords alsoKnownAs Madrid Accords
this entity surface form: Tripartite Madrid Accords
International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Western Sahara (1975) relatedTo Madrid Accords
this entity surface form: Madrid Accords (1975)
La Marche Verte result Madrid Accords
this entity surface form: Madrid Accords of 1975