Page 13 40. This Moroccan project which it regards as major concession on its part and which disregards all the efforts made by the United Nations to date for the settlement of the conflict, represents another ploy on the part of Morocco. Its objective is to make the international community accept the status quo. In other words, to accept Morocco‟s sovereignty over a region that has never exercised its right to self-determination, in breach of international agreements and norms relating to decolonisation. 41. By doing so, Morocco is buying time to push the Sahrawi people into accepting its illegal occupation of the region. 42. But the unilateral illegal Moroccan project is bound to fail as it is based on miscalculation in that it proposes a dangerous unacceptable solution that overlooks the national aspirations of the entire people of Western Sahara. 43. The adoption of a position that considers Western Sahara a Moroccan district is a false premise as Morocco does not by virtue of international legitimacy have any sovereignty over Western Sahara. It is only the Sahrawi people who can determine their own legal status. 44. On the other hand, by declaring self-government status in Western Sahara as the only solution to the problem, Morocco is pre-judging the will of the Sahrawi people and narrowing the options from the onset, to only self-governance. It has, therefore, violated the sacred principle applied to a region that has so far not exercised its right to selfdetermination in accordance with Resolution 1514(15) and international conventions and norms. This is the principle of self-determination which allows the people of each region to express their will through free and fair referendum, including the option of independence. 45. The self-governance proposal is therefore not the solution and the oft repeated Moroccan proposal is not feasible as it was stillborn and out of sync with international legality.