"number of countries have expressed their support" . . "disputed region" . "status issue" . "Disputed" . "No UN member state has formally recognized" . . "political dispute" . . "an occupation" . "No country recognises this annexation" . "Political status of Western Sahara" . "claimed by Morocco" . "claims" . . . "Disputed sovereignty" . . "Morocco claims" . . "Morocco's territorial claim to Western Sahara" . "disputed territory" . "in dispute" . "46 states" . "political status of Western Sahara" . "Morocco's claim over Western Sahara" . "23" . "in dispute with Morocco" . "Political status of Western Sahara" . "Morocco's occupation of Western Sahara" . "Western Sahara" . "Western Sahara dispute" . . "Political status" . "disputed" . "Moroccan claims" .