The Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Morocco is considered as highly problematic, if not openly illegal, by several state and non-state actors, since it includes the waters of the disputed Western Sahara. The Territory of the Western Sahara, included since 1963 in the list of non self-governing territories of the United Nations according to Chapter XI of the Charter (A/5514, Annex III), remains nowadays a territory de facto divided and contested. In addition, since 1966, the UN clearly established that the future of the Western Sahara territory should be decided through a self-determination referendum.
EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement: The unforeseen consequences of a very dangerous turn