ruled that the Sahrawis possessed a right of self-determination, meaning that any solution to the problem of the status of Spanish Sahara had to be approved by the Sahrawi public. (A position regarded as supportive of the referendum.) As a response to the ICJ verdict, King Hassan II of Morocco announced within hours of the release of the court's findings, that he would organize a Green March into Spanish Sahara to assume ownership of the territory. See also Spanish Sahara Western Sahara History of Western Sahara Green March International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Western Sahara References UN General Assembly archive number The mission's final report is archived in the General Assembly Official Records. United Nations Visiting Mission to Spanish Sahara, 1975, General Assembly, 30th Session, Supplement 23, UN DocumentA/10023/Rev. External links Western Sahara Online Pro-Sahrawi page with excerpts from the visiting mission's report. Further reading Tony Hodges (1983), Western Sahara: The Roots of a Desert War, Lawrence Hill Books () Anthony G. Pazzanita and Tony Hodges (1994), Historical Dictionary of Western Sahara, Scarecrow Press () History of Western Sahara United Nations General Assembly subsidiary organs United Nations Visiting Mission To Spanish Sahara Western Sahara peace process