The U.S.-drafted resolution affirms the Security Council's "full support" for the secretary-general's commitment to relaunch negotiations "with a new dynamic and a new spirit," aimed at reaching "a mutually acceptable political solution, which will provide for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara..." U.S. deputy ambassador Michele Sison said the United States was "pleased" with the resolution because it helps put the council's attention "back where it belongs: supporting a political process to resolve the conflict in Western Sahara." The Security Council had been set to echo Guterres' appeal and express concern at the Polisario Front's refusal to leave in the resolution, but that language was dropped at the last minute after the statement on the pullout. Guterres' spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the Polisario Front's pullout "should improve the prospects of creating an environment that will facilitate early implementation of the secretary-general's determination to relaunch the negotiating process." In March 2016, Morocco expelled over 70 U.N.