The article argues that the correct phrasing is that Algeria lost MINURSO last autumn, not in the summer. It says the UN Security Council voted in October 2025 on Resolution 2797, which implicitly recognizes that the referendum is not implementable. Russia and China, which hold veto power, abstained from the vote, and the article describes that abstention as a form of approval while preserving the honor of standing before the United States without humiliation. Algeria was a non-permanent member at the time.