Brief Summaries of UN Resolutions - General Assembly
(Nos. 45/37-54/230, years 1990-1999)

Resolution 45/37 (28 November 1990) Observer status of national liberation movements recognized by the Organization of African Unity and/or by the League of Arab States : Notes conviction that national liberation movements participation in international organization strengthens international peace and cooperation. Calls on states hosting international organizations and their conferences to accord certain national liberation movements the privileges, immunities, and facilities necessary to perform their functions, in accordance with the Representation of States in Their Relations with International Organizations of a Universal Character convention. Calls on them to accede to the convention if they have not already.

Resolution 45/52 (04 December 1990) Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : Again promotes a nuclear-arms-free-zone in the Middle East. Calls for the relevant countries to take steps to implement the zone. Calls for them to reciprocally declare that they will not acquire nuclear arms, to place their nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards, and to declare support for the zone. Reaffirms states' right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and the need to stop attacks on nuclear facilities. Requests a study on effective measures to establish the zone.

Resolution 45/63 (04 December 1990) Israeli nuclear armament : Noting UN Security Council resolution 487 (1981) calling for Israel to place its nuclear capability under IAEA safeguards and to compensate Iraq for its losses, and noting Israel's refusal to not make future attacks, condemns Israel's repeated refusals to commit to renouncing nuclear weapons, and to its nuclear cooperation with S. Africa, and asks all nations to not cooperate with Israel in its nuclear program.

Resolution 45/67 (A-C) (06 December 1990) Question of Palestine : Endorses recommendation from the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Urges the UN Security Council to act on them. Authorizes the Committee to continue to implement them. Requests the Department of Information and Committee continue the special information program on the question of Palestine, to disseminate UN reports, to update reports including information on Israeli violations of Palestinians' human rights, and to encourage fact-finding missions of journalists.

Resolution 45/68 (06 December 1990) International Peace Conference on the Middle East : Again requests an International Peace Conference on the Middle East under UN auspices, with the five permanent SC members, and with all parties of the conflict -- including the PLO -- on equal footing, based on SC resolutions and the Palestinians' national rights, including to self-determination. Reaffirms the following principles for comprehensive peace: Israel's withdrawal from territory occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem; security for all States in the area; resolving the Palestinian refugee problem according to GA resolutions; dismantling Israeli settlements; and guaranteeing access to Holy Places.

Resolution 45/69 (06 December 1990) The uprising (intifadah) of the Palestinian people : Expresses deep concern at the situation in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, resulting from Israel's occupation and policies. Notes the Palestinian intifadah. Invites support for and solidarity with the Palestinians. Expresses shock at Israel's continuing measures, including soldiers killing and injuring civilians on Oct. 8, 1990 at Haram al-Sharif. Condemns Israel's human rights violations in the occupied territories, including its army and settlers shooting civilians, beatings, breaking bones, deportations, restrictive economic measures, home demolitions, ransacking, collective punishment and detentions, denying the media access, and violating Security Council decisions. Reaffirms the occupation does not alter the territories' legal status. Demands Israel stop violating the Geneva Convention. Requests the Security Council consider international protection for Palestinians.

Resolution 45/73 (A-K) (11 December 1990) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Notes that refugees have not been allowed to return or compensated (as required by UN resolutions), so their situation is still serious. Endorses continued "temporary and emergency" assistance. Expresses deep concern that ration distribution was interrupted due to financial problems. Reaffirms refugees' right to return to homes in territories occupied since 1967. Calls on Israel to: stop obstructing refugees' return, stop destroying their shelters, facilitate their return, stop its aggression in Lebanon, release arbitrarily detained Palestinian, compensate the UNRWA for damages to its property, stop its raids into UNRWA premises; open educational institutions it closed, and stop interfering with establishing the University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds."

Resolution 45/74 (A-G) (11 December 1990) Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : Reaffirms Israel's grave breaches of the Geneva Convention "are war crimes and an affront to humanity" and the occupation gives it no right to the territories. Condemns Israel's policies violating Arabs' rights, including: killing defenseless students and demonstrators; torture, including of children; using toxic gas, killing Palestinians; breaking thousands of civilians' bones; mass arrests; attacking hospitals; town and house arrests; home destruction; annexations; settlements; expulsions; denying the right to return; pillaging; confiscation; illegal exploitation of resources and labor; interfering with free movement, education, health, and social systems; censorship; detaining journalists; denying media access; closing union buildings; expelling social and union leaders, imposing courses promoting hatred; and arming settlers who injure, and kill. Urges the Security Council to consider international protection for the defenseless Palestinians until Israel withdraws from occupation.

Resolution 45/76 (11 December 1990) Questions relating to information : Discusses agenda for UN communications activities, and ideas to reduce communications disparities. Instructs the UN Department of Public Information to work toward a more a accurate depiction of UN activities and to enhance its cooperation with news agencies, including from developing countries. Instructs it to continue to disseminate information on UN activities on the question of Palestine and the situation in the Middle East, as well as on disarmament, international peace, human rights, and eliminating foreign occupation, discrimination, and apartheid.

Resolution 45/82 (13 December 1990) Co-operation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States : Appreciates League of Arab States' desire to develop existing ties with UN for peace and security and its cooperation to implement UN resolutions on Palestine and the Middle East. Realizes peace is directly related to "disarmament, decolonization, self-determination" and ending racial discrimination. Requests Secretary-General continue UN cooperation with the League of Arab States on projects and to implement UN resolutions on the Middle East to ensure a just and comprehensive solution -- noting that the question of Palestine is the core of the conflict.

Resolution 45/83 (A-C) (13 December 1990) The situation in the Middle East : Declares the following acts by Israel flagrant violations of the Geneva Convention: expropriation, settlements, annexations, "other terrorist, aggressive and repressive measures," diverting water resources, and imposing its laws on the Syrian Arab Golan. Considers that US military aid to Israel has encouraged Israel's aggression and expansionism. Again calls for an International Peace Conference under UN auspices with all parties to the conflict, including the PLO, on equal footing. Reaffirms that acquiring territory by force is illegal and that Israel must withdraw unconditionally from occupation. Rejects all agreements violating Palestinian's inalienable rights. Determines that Israel's annexation of Jerusalem is illegal. Deplores that some states transferred their diplomatic missions there in violation of Security Council Resolution 478.

Resolution 45/130 (14 December 1990) Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights : Condemns violations of self-determination and human rights and enumerates many violations of these rights by South Africa and Israel. Condemns Israel's "constant and deliberate violations of the fundamental rights of Palestinian[s]" and its expansionism. Considers Israel's aggression; its suppression of the Palestinians' "heroic uprising;" and its denial of Palestinians' self-determination and right to return a "a serious threat to international peace and security." Expresses alarm at the "the deplorable consequences" of Israel's aggression against Lebanon and its defiance of Security Council resolutions. Calls on Israel to release Palestinian detainees and stop deporting Palestinian civilians. Reaffirms Palestinians' inalienable right to self-determination.

Resolution 45/183 (21 December 1990) Assistance to the Palestinian people : Thanks the States, UN bodies and others that have provided assistance to the Palestinian people. Requests more assistance, in cooperation with the PLO. Calls for implementation of development projects, including development banks, and for trade concessions for Palestinian exports. Requests food assistance from the World Food Programme to the Palestinians. Calls for immediate end to Israel's restrictions on assistance projects by UN bodies and others.

Resolution 45/225 (21 December 1990) Assistance for the reconstruction and development of Lebanon : Notes the "grave deterioration of the economic situation in Lebanon." Reaffirms the urgent need for more international assistance to Lebanon's reconstruction and development. Appreciates the Secretary-General's report and acts to mobilize assistance. Requests he and the UN system intensify efforts to mobilize all possible assistance, and to ensure that the Beirut offices are operational and adequately staffed.

Resolution 45/243 (21 December 1990) Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : Discusses funding for the UN Disengagement Observer Force. Appreciates one government's voluntary contribution. Notes that certain state are still withholding contributions. Appropriates about $40.9 million to operate the force from June 1, 1990 until May 31, 1991. Authorizes the Secretary-General to commit the force to about $3.45 million monthly from June 1 until November 30, 1991, if the force is continued beyond the previously authorized six months. Invites voluntary contributions.

Resolution 45/244 (21 December 1990) Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : Notes problems meeting the UN Interim Force in Lebanon's financial commitments, due to states withholding their contributions. Appropriates $144,012,000 to operate the force from February 1, 1990 to January 31, 1991. Authorizes the Secretary-General to commit the force to about $12.6 million monthly for 12-months following February 1, 1991, if the force is continued beyond the previously authorized six months. Appreciates voluntary contributions.

Resolution HS/C/RES/13/6 A/46/8 (08 May 1991): Condemns Israel's refusal to allow a UN fact-finding mission from the UN Centre for Human Settlements to enter the occupied Palestinian territories to investigate the Palestinians' housing conditions of the Palestinian people, per the Commission's endorsement during the previous session. Reaffirms Palestinians' right to implement its national shelter strategy. Condemns Israel's continued establishment of settlements in Palestinian territories. Requests the Secretary-General consult with the executive director and PLO to create a plan for a shelter strategy for the Palestinians.

Resolution 46/24 (05 December 1991) Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States : Appreciates League of Arab States' desire to develop existing ties with UN for peace and security and its cooperation to implement UN resolutions on Lebanon, Palestine, and the Middle East. Realizes peace is directly related to "economic development, disarmament, decolonization, self-determination" and ending racial discrimination. Appreciates the Secretary-General's efforts to implement Security Council resolution 425 (1978) and commends the League's efforts toward Lebanon's reconstruction and the peace process. Requests Secretary-General continue UN cooperation with the League of Arab States, including to implement UN resolutions on the Middle East to ensure a just and comprehensive solution -- noting that the question of Palestine is the core of the conflict.

Resolution 46/30 (06 December 1991) Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : Again promotes a nuclear-arms-free-zone in the Middle East. Urges the relevant countries to take steps to implement the zone. Calls for them to place their nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards, and to declare support for the zone. Invites them not to develop or acquire nuclear weapons, or to allow them on their territory, pending the zone. Invites nuclear-armed states to assist with and not to act counter to this resolution. Reaffirms states' inalienable right to acquire nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and the need to prohibit military attacks on nuclear facilities.

Resolution 46/39 (06 December 1991) Israeli nuclear armament : Expresses alarm at information that Israel is producing nuclear arms and delivery systems and putting its nuclear arms on alert during regional conflicts, threatening the region's peace and security. Deplores Israel's refusal to agree not to acquire nuclear arms, despite many General Assembly, IAEA and Security Council calls for it to do so. Again calls for Israel to comply with SC Res. 487 -- to put its nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards and to refrain from attacking and threatening to attack nuclear facilities. Calls on all states to stop aiding Israel in the nuclear field.

Resolution 46/42 (06 December 1991) Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region : Reaffirms that Mediterranean security is linked both to European and international peace and security. Appreciates efforts by states to promote just and lasting solutions, to ensure the withdrawal of occupation forces and the peoples' rights independence and self-determination per the UN Charter. Stresses the need for a just settlement to the region's problems, safeguarding sovereignty and adhering to the non-use of force and the threat of force, and the inadmissibility of forcibly acquiring territory, per the UN Charter and UN resolutions. Encourages confidence and security building measures toward disarmament. Notes widespread support among Mediterranean countries for a conference on security and cooperation in the region.

Resolution 46/46 (A-K) (09 December 1991) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East: Section A - Assistance to Palestine refugees; Section B - Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Section C - Assistance to persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities; Section D - Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees; Section E - Palestine refugees in the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967; Section F - Resumption of the ration distribution to Palestine refugees; Section G - Return of population and refugees displaced since 1967; Section H - Revenues derived from Palestine refugees' properties; Section I - Protection of Palestine refugees; Section J - University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees; Section K - Protection of Palestinian students and educational institutions and safeguarding of the security of the facilities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in the occupied Palestinian territory : Notes with regret that refugees have not been repatriated or compensated -- as provided for in GA res 194 (III) and the program in res. 513 (IV, para. 2) (1952) -- so their situation continues to be serious. Notes with regret that the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine has not been able to move toward implementing GA res 194 (III); requests it continue its efforts and implement it by September 1992. Endorses continued "temporary and emergency" assistance to the displaced Palestinians. Expresses deep concern that the UNRWA has insufficient funds to cover its essential budget. Reaffirms refugees' right to return to homes in territories occupied since 1967. Considers Israel's measures to resettle Palestinians away from their properties that are in areas occupied since 1967 a violation of their right to return. Considers any agreements with a restriction on the right to return null and void. Calls on Israel to: stop obstructing refugees' return, stop destroying their shelters, stop removing refugees, facilitate their return, fulfill its obligations under the Geneva convention, stop its aggression in Lebanon, release arbitrarily detained Palestinians, compensate the UNRWA for damages to its property, stop its raids into UNRWA premises, open educational institutions it has closed, and stop interfering with establishing the University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds." Notes that Palestinian refugees are entitled to their property and its income and requests the Secretary-General take steps to protect Arab property and their income. Deplores Israel's non-cooperation with this effort. Requests contributions, including for Palestinians' education.

Resolution 46/47 (A-G) (09 December 1991) Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : Declares again that Israel's grave breaches of the Geneva Convention "are war crimes and an affront to humanity" and the occupation is a grave breach of Palestinians' rights, which gives it no right to the territories. Demands Israel allow the Special Committee access to the occupied territories. Condemns Israel's policies violating Arabs' rights, including: killing defenseless students and demonstrators; torture, including of children; using toxic gas, killing Palestinians; escalating brutality breaking thousands of civilians' bones; mass arrests; attacking hospitals and their personnel; town and house arrests; home destruction; annexations; settlements; expulsions; denying the right to return; pillaging; confiscation; illegally exploiting resources and labor; interfering with free movement, education, health, and social systems; censorship; detaining journalists; denying media access; closing union buildings; expelling social and union leaders; systematically repressing and closing Palestinian educational institutions; prohibiting Syrian textbooks in the Syrian Golan; forcing Hebrew on Syrian students; imposing courses promoting hatred; arming settlers who injure and kill; and violating SC and GA resolutions. Also condemns Israel altering the demographics and structure of the Syrian Golan and imposing its laws and administration there. Urges the Security Council to consider international protection for the defenseless Palestinians and to act ensure Israel's respect for the Geneva Convention. Calls on Israel to allow the return of all Palestinians displaced since 1967, per SC res 237 (1967). Calls on states not to recognize Israel's illegal changes to the occupied territories and not to aid its policies of colonization and annexation. Calls on Israel to acknowledge the Geneva Convention's applicability; to abide by it; and to release the arbitrarily detained.

Resolution 46/73 (11 December 1991) Questions relating to information - Sec.A - Information in service of humanity; Sec.B - United Nations public information policies and activities; Sec.C - Assistance to persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities; Sec.D - Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees; Sec.E - Palestine refugees in the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967; Sec.F - Resumption of the ration distribution to Palestine refugees; Sec.G - Return of population and refugees displaced since 1967; Sec. H - Revenues derived from Palestine refugees' properties; Sec. I - Protection of Palestine refugees; Sec. J - University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees; Sec.K - Protection of Palestinian students and educational institutions and safeguarding of the security of the facilities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in the occupied Palestinian territory : Discusses an agenda for UN communications activities, and ideas to reduce communications disparities. Instructs the UN Department of Public Information to work toward a more a accurate depiction of UN activities and to enhance its cooperation with news agencies, including from developing countries. Instructs it to continue to disseminate information on UN activities on the question of Palestine and the situation in the Middle East, as well as other issues including disarmament, international peace, human rights, and eliminating foreign occupation, discrimination, and apartheid.

Resolution 46/74 (A-C) (11 December 1991) Question of Palestine : Endorses recommendation from the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Again urges the Security Council to act on them. Circulates the Committee report to UN bodies, urging them to take action according to the Committee's program of implementation. Requests the Committee continue reviewing the situation relating to Palestine and making suggestions. Requests the Committee cooperate with NGOs in efforts to creating a better atmosphere to implement the Committee's recommendations. Appreciates states observing the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People each November 29. Requests the Department of Information and Committee continue the special information program on the question of Palestine, including disseminating UN reports; updating reports, including information on Israeli violations of Palestinians' human rights; and encouraging fact-finding missions of journalists.

Resolution 46/75 (11 December 1991) International Peace Conference on the Middle East : Reaffirms the urgent need for a just resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict, "the core of which is the question of Palestine." Again urges an International Peace Conference on the Middle East under UN auspices with the five permanent SC members, and with all parties of the conflict -- including the PLO -- on equal footing, based on SC resolutions including 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) and the Palestinians' national rights, including to self-determination. Reaffirms the following principles for comprehensive peace: Israel's withdrawal from territory occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem; security for all states in the area; resolving the Palestinian refugee problem according to GA resolutions, including 194 III (1948); dismantling Israeli settlements; and guaranteeing access to Holy Places. Notes the desire to put the territories occupied since 1967 under UN supervision temporarily, as part of the peace process.

Resolution 46/76 (11 December 1991) The uprising (intifadah) of the Palestinian people : Expresses deep concern at the situation in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, resulting from Israel's occupation and policies. Notes the Palestinian intifadah. Invites support for the Palestinians. Expresses shock at Israel's continued measures, including killing and injuring civilians, including on Dec. 29, 1990 in Rafah. Condemns Israel's human rights violations in the occupied territories, including its army and settlers shooting civilians, beatings, breaking bones, deportations, restrictive economic measures, home demolitions, ransacking, collective punishment and detentions, denying the media access, and violating SC decisions. Reaffirms the occupation does not alter the territories' legal status. Demands Israel stop violating the Geneva Convention. Calls on parties to the Geneva convention to ensure that Israel acts according it, per their obligation in Art. 1. Requests the Security Council consider international protection for Palestinians.

Resolution 46/82 (A+B) (16 December 1991) The situation in the Middle East : Condemns Israel's aggression, expropriation, settlements, annexations, diversion of water resources, and imposition of its laws on the Syrian Arab Golan. Calls on all countries not to assist Israel in ways used for settlements or in the occupied territories. Determines that Israel's annexation of Jerusalem, its changes to its structure and demographics, and declaring it its "capital" are illegal, null and void. Deplores that some states violated SC res. 478 by transferring their missions to Jerusalem. Reaffirms that acquisition of territory by force is illegal under the UN Charter. Demands that Israel unconditionally withdraw from occupation. Rejects agreements violating Palestinians' inalienable rights.

Resolution 46/86 (16 December 1991) Elimination of racism and racial discrimination : Revokes the determination that “Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination” contained in General Assembly resolution 3379 (XXX) of 10 November 1975.

Resolution 46/87 (16 December 1991) Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights : Condemns violations of human rights and enumerates many violations of these rights by South Africa and Israel. Calls on Israel to stop "the constant deliberate violations of the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people." Considers Israel's oppressive measures and its denial of Palestinians' rights to self-determination, independence, and to return a "a serious threat to international peace and security." Expresses alarm at the "the deplorable consequences of Israel's acts of aggression against Lebanon," its occupation of southern Lebanon, and its defiance of Security Council resolutions, including 425 (1978). Demands the release of those imprisoned for struggling for self-determination. Urges support for the Palestinians 'struggle for self-determination.

Resolution 46/130 (17 December 1991) Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States in their electoral processes : Recalling UN resolution 1514 (XV) (1960) declaring the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, and resolution 2625 (XXV)(1970) declaring principles of international law concerning friendly relations and cooperation amongst States in accordance with the UN Charter, and the UN Charter basic principle not to interfere with the internal affairs of nations, reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggles of the oppressed people of S. Africa to get rid of apartheid, and the Palestinian people to gain their inalienable right of self-determination and national independence, and that any effort to interfere in or influence the internal election process of a nation, is a violation of international law, including the use of military force.

Resolution 46/162 (19 December 1991) Living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory : Rejects Israel's changes to the occupied territories' demographics, especially settlements, which have been declared illegal and a major obstacle to peace. Affirms the occupation contradicts "the basic requirements for the social and economic development." Calls for an end to Israel's practices against Palestinians. Expresses alarm at the deterioration of Palestinians' living conditions. Requests Secretary-General plan for concerted UN action to improve living conditions in the occupied territories, pending Palestinians' exercise of their self-determination.

Resolution 46/173 (19 December 1991) Assistance for the reconstruction and development of Lebanon : Notes with deep concern continuing the grave economic situation in Lebanon, including the collapse of basic services and destruction of infrastructure. Reaffirms the urgent need to assist Lebanon in rebuilding. Calls on member states and organization to provide assistance. Requests Secretary-General continue and intensify his efforts to mobilize all UN system assistance. Requests UN bodies expand assistance and ensure Beirut offices are adequately staffed at the senior level.

Resolution 46/193 (20 December 1991) Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : Discusses funding for the UN Disengagement Observer Force. Appreciates one government's voluntary contribution. Notes that certain state are still withholding contributions. Appropriates about $41 million to operate the force from June 1, 1991 until May 31, 1992. Authorizes the Secretary-General to commit the force to about $3.5 million monthly from June 1 until November 30, 1992, if the force is continued beyond the previously authorized six months. Invites voluntary contributions.

Resolution 46/194 (20 December 1991) Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : Notes problems meeting the UN Interim Force in Lebanon's financial commitments, due to states withholding their contributions. Appropriates about $153 million to operate the force from February 1, 1991 to January 31, 1992. Authorizes the Secretary-General to commit the force to about $13 million monthly for 12-months following February 1, 1992, if the force is continued beyond the previously authorized six months. Appreciates voluntary contributions.

Resolution 46/199 (20 December 1991) Adverse economic effects of Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied since 1967 : Deplores Israel's illegal settlements in Palestinian and other Arab territory occupied since 1967, including in Jerusalem. Recognizes that the settlements hurt the Arab population's social and economic development. Strongly deplores Israel's extensive land confiscation, diversion of water resources, depletion of the territories' resources, and displacement of their population. Reaffirms Palestinians' and Syrians' of Golan inalienable rights to their resources and regards infringements on their rights as illegal. Request a UN report from the on the settlements' economic and social consequences.

Resolution 46/201 (20 December 1991) Assistance to the Palestinian people : Affirms that Palestinians cannot develop their national economy while the Israeli occupation continues. Appreciates countries', UN bodies', and others' assistance to the Palestinian people. Requests they intensify economic and social assistance, cooperating with the PLO. Notes Palestinians' economic losses resulting from the Gulf crisis. Calls for preferential measures for Palestinian exports and for development projects -- including Palestinian development banks -- to be implemented. Calls for Israel to immediately lift restrictions hindering social and economic assistance programs.

Resolution 46/390 (01 June 1991): This document consists of resolutions adopted by the Council of Ministers of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU that Egypt requested be distributed as an official General Assembly document. Those resolutions included one on the Middle East and one on the Question of Palestine. The resolution on the Middle East reaffirms the common struggle of African and Arab people. It condemns Israel's noncompliance with UN resolutions and the Fourth Geneva Convention (1949) and its expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank. It demands Israel's withdrawal from the occupied territories and considers Israel's measures to change the territories and exploit their resources null and void. It demands an International Peace Conference per UN GA resolutions, with the SC members, the concerned parties, and the PLO on equal footing. It also calls on states, international organizations, and banks not to enable Israel exploit the territories' resources. The OAU resolution on the question of Palestine reaffirms the legitimacy of the Palestinians' struggle, under the PLO's leadership, for their full national rights. It condemns Israel's mass deportations, mass detentions, killing of women and children, destruction of homes, confiscation of property, and destruction of holy places. It exhorts the international community to put an end to these human rights violations and calls on the USSR and the USA to act to prevent the settlement of migrant Jews in the occupied territories. It also calls on the UN to provide international protection for the Palestinians and to end Israel's occupation. It recalls Security Council resolution 681 (1990).

Resolution 46/493 (24 September 1991) Letter dated 91/09/23 from the Permanent Representative of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General: This document consists of resolutions adopted by the 85th Inter-Parliamentary Conference held at Pyongyang that the DPR of Korea requested be submitted as an official General Assembly document. Among other things, one of the resolutions does the following: stresses the right of every state in the Middle East, including Israel, to live in peace; urges Israel to implement UN resolutions and to withdraw unconditionally from the occupied Arab territories of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, the Golan Heights and South Lebanon; calls for an end to settlements in the occupied territories; and considers that the Palestinians' national rights should be recognized -- its rights to self-determination and to an independent state on its territory.

Resolution 47/12 (29 October 1992) Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States : Appreciates League of Arab States' desire to develop existing ties with UN for peace and security and its cooperation to implement UN resolutions on Lebanon, Palestine, and the Middle East. Welcomes the peace process on the Middle East, aimed at a just and comprehensive peace, beginning with the Madrid conference in 1991. Realizes peace is directly related to "economic development, disarmament, decolonization, self-determination" and ending racial discrimination. Appreciates the Secretary-General's efforts to implement SC res. 425 (1978) and commends the League's efforts toward Lebanon's reconstruction and the peace process. Requests Secretary-General continue UN cooperation with the League of Arab States, including to implement UN resolutions on the Middle East to ensure a just and comprehensive solution -- noting that the question of Palestine is the core of the conflict.

Resolution 47/48 (09 December 1992) Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : Recalls the General Assembly consensus that a nuclear-free-zone in the Middle East would greatly promote international peace and security. Again promotes the nuclear-arms-free-zone. Urges the relevant countries to take practical and urgent steps to implement the zone. Calls for them to place their nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards, and to declare support for the zone. Invites them not to develop or acquire nuclear weapons, or to allow them on their territory, pending the zone. Invites nuclear-armed states to assist with and not to act counter to this resolution. Reaffirms states' inalienable right to acquire nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and the need to prohibit military attacks on nuclear facilities.

Resolution 47/55 (09 December 1992) Israeli nuclear armament : Expresses alarm at information that Israel is producing nuclear arms. "Deplores Israel's refusal to renounce possession of nuclear weapons." "Urges Israel to accede to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons." Again calls for Israel to comply with SC Res. 487 -- to put its nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards and to refrain from attacking and threatening to attack nuclear facilities. Calls on all states not to aid Israel in the nuclear arms field.

Resolution 47/48 (09 December 1992) Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region : Reaffirms that Mediterranean security is indivisible and is linked both to European and international peace and security. "Expresses concern about "continuing military activities in parts of the Mediterranean that hinder efforts to strengthen security and cooperation in the region." "[C]alls for full adherence to the principles of non-interference, non-intervention, non-use of force or threat of use of force and the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force." Appreciates efforts by some states to promote just and lasting solutions, to ensure the withdrawal of occupation forces and the peoples' rights independence and self-determination per the UN Charter. This resolution recalls relevant GA resolutions, including 46/42 (1991). It reaffirms states' responsibility to act pursuant to the UN Charter, as well as the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.

Resolution 47/63 (A+B) (11 December 1992) The situation in the Middle East : Recalling UN resolution 3314 (XXIX)(1974) in which it defined act of aggression as "the invasion or attack by the armed forces of a State of the territory of another State, or any military occupation, however temporary, resulting from such invasion or attack, or any annexation by the use of force of the territory of another State or part thereof...no consideration of whatever nature, whether political, economic, military or otherwise, may serve as a justification for aggression", and reaffirming the basic legal principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, and the applicability of the Geneva Conventions IV (1949) to the Israeli occupation, declares Israel in violation of UN Security Council violation 497, and that Israel's annexation and imposition of its laws, etc., upon the Golan Heights and Jerusalem are illegal, null and void, and demands Israel withdraw from the Palestinian territories it has occupied since 1967, and calls upon the international community to urge Israel to do so, and deplores those nations that have moved their diplomatic missions to Jerusalem in violation of UN Security Council resolution 478 (1980).

Resolution 47/64 (A-E) (11 December 1992) Question of Palestine : Endorses recommendation from the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Again urges the Security Council to act on them. Requests the Committee cooperate with NGOs in efforts to creating a better atmosphere to implement the recommendations. Requests that the Secretary-General provide the Division of Palestinian Rights with adequate resources to strengthen its research and publications. Requests the Department of Information and the Committee continue the special information program on the question of Palestine, including disseminating UN reports; updating reports, including information on Israeli violations of Palestinians' human rights; and organizing fact-finding missions of journalists. Appreciates states observing the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People each November 29. Reaffirms the urgent need for a just settlement to the Arab-Israeli conflict, "the core of which is the question of Palestine." Again urges an International Peace Conference on the Middle East under UN auspices with the five permanent SC members, and with all parties of the conflict -- including the PLO -- on equal footing, based on SC resolutions including 242 (1967) and 338 (1973) and the Palestinians' national rights, including to self-determination. Reaffirms the following principles for comprehensive peace: Israel's withdrawal from territory occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem; security for all states in the area; resolving the Palestinian refugee problem according to GA resolutions, including 194 III (1948); dismantling Israeli settlements; and guaranteeing access to Holy Places. Notes the desire to put the territories occupied since 1967 under UN supervision temporarily, as part of the peace process. Expresses deep concern at the situation in Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, resulting from Israel's occupation and policies. Notes the Palestinian intifadah. Invites support for the Palestinians. Condemns Israel's human rights violations in the occupied territories, including its army and settlers shooting civilians, beatings, breaking bones, deportations, restrictive economic measures, home demolitions, ransacking, collective punishment and detentions, and violating SC decisions. Reaffirms the occupation does not alter the territories' legal status. Demands Israel stop violating the Geneva Convention. Calls on parties to the Convention to ensure that Israel acts according it, per their obligation in Art. 1. Requests the SC consider international protection for Palestinians. It reaffirms the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949) to Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem.

Resolution 47/69 (A-K) (14 December 1992) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Notes with regret that refugees have not been repatriated or compensated -- as provided for in GA res 194 and GA res. 513 -- so their situation continues to be serious. Reaffirms refugees' right to return to homes in territories occupied since 1967. Considers any agreements with a restriction on the right to return null and void. Demands Israel stop destroying refugees' shelters, stop removing refugees, and release all arbitrarily detained Palestinians -- including UNRWA employees. Calls on it to stop obstructing refugees' return, to facilitate their return, to fulfill its obligations under the Geneva Convention, to stop its aggression in Lebanon, to compensate the UNRWA for damages to its property, to open educational institutions it has closed, and to stop interfering with establishing the University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds." Endorses continued "temporary and emergency" humanitarian assistance to the displaced Palestinians. Condemns Israel's raids on UNRWA facilities -- including 94 into its hospitals in clinics during the reporting period. Calls on the UN to issue identification to all displaced Palestinians and their descendants in the occupied territories. Noting that Palestinian refugees are entitled to their property, requests the Secretary-General act to protect Arab property rights in Israel and to establish a fund from their income for the properties' rightful owners. Deplores Israel's non-cooperation with this effort. Expresses deep concern that the UNRWA has insufficient funds to cover its essential budget. Requests contributions, including for Palestinians' education.

Resolution 47/70 (A-G) (14 December 1992) Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : Condemns Israel's grave and other breaches of the Geneva Convention, including the settling of its population and new immigrants into the occupied territories. Declares again that the occupation is a grave breach of Palestinians' rights, which gives it no right to the territories. Condemns Israel's practices and policies violating Arabs' rights, including using undercover units as death squads; torturing prisoners; collective punishment; destroying homes; arming Israeli settlers to cause death and injuries; repressing and closing educational institutions in the occupied Syrian Golan and the occupied Palestinian territories; forcing Hebrew on Syrian students; "imposing courses that promote hatred, prejudice and religious intolerance;" and violating SC and GA resolutions. Also condemns Israel for illegally altering the demographics and structure of the Syrian Golan and imposing its laws and administration there. Urges the Security Council to consider international protection for the defenseless Palestinians. Calls on Israel to allow the return of all Palestinians displaced since 1967, per SC res. 237 (1967). Calls on states not to recognize Israel's illegal changes to the occupied territories and not to aid its policies of colonization and annexation. Demands that Israel abide by the Geneva Convention. Calls on it to release the arbitrarily detained and stop deporting Palestinians. Urges the Security Council to consider international protection for the defenseless Palestinians. Demands Israel allow the Special Committee access to the occupied territories. This resolution is guided by the principles of the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It reaffirms that forcibly acquiring territory is inadmissible under the UN Charter. It reiterates that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949) applies to the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967. It recalls that Israel is a party to the Conventions and that other states must not only respect the Convention, but must also see that other states respect it, as per art.1.

Resolution 47/73 (14 December 1992) Questions relating to information - Section A - Information in service of humanity; Section B - United Nations public information policies and activities : Urges all countries to reaffirm their commitment to the freedom of the press. Notes deep concern at communications disparities. Stresses the need to ensure that journalists can do their jobs and condemns attacks on them. Discusses UN communications agenda. Instructs the UN Department of Public Information continue disseminating information on UN activities on the question of Palestine and the situation in the Middle East, as well as other issues including disarmament, international peace, human rights, eliminating racial discrimination, and decolonization.

Resolution 47/82 (16 December 1992) Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights : Condemns violations of human and national rights of peoples under foreign and colonial domination and enumerates many violations of these rights by South Africa and Israel. Calls on Israel to stop "the constant deliberate violations of the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people." Expresses alarm at the "the deplorable consequences of Israel's acts of aggression against Lebanon," its occupation of southern Lebanon, and its defiance of Security Council resolutions, including 425 (1978). Demands the unconditional release of those imprisoned for struggling for self-determination. Reaffirms Palestinians' and others' right to self-determination, national independence, and sovereignty without foreign interference and the legitimacy of struggles for independence by all available means. Calls on governments to implement UN resolution on self-determination and to recognize self-determination of peoples under alien subjugation. Urges support for the Palestinians' struggle for self-determination. This resolution reaffirms the importance of GA res. 1514 (1960), implementing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. It also reaffirms the importance of the realization of these principles: self-determination, national sovereignty and territorial integrity. It reaffirms that member states are obliged to comply with the UN Charter and UN resolutions on peoples' self-determination. It also recalls the Geneva Declaration on Palestine and the Programme of Action for the Achievement of Palestinian Rights, adopted by the International Conference on the Question of Palestine and several resolutions specific to South Africa.

Resolution 47/130 (18 December 1992) Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States in their electoral processes : Recalling UN resolution 1514 (XV) (1960) declaring the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, and resolution 2625 (XXV)(1970) declaring principles of international law concerning friendly relations and cooperation amongst States in accordance with the UN Charter, and the UN Charter basic principle not to interfere with the internal affairs of nations, reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggles of the oppressed people of S. Africa to get rid of apartheid, and the Palestinian people to gain their inalienable right of self-determination and national independence, and that any effort to interfere in or influence the internal election process of a nation, is a violation of international law, including the use of military force.

Resolution 47/155 (18 December 1992) Assistance for the reconstruction and development of Lebanon : Notes the severe destruction of Lebanon's infrastructure and the deterioration of its basic services and economic situation. Reaffirms the urgent need for action to assist Lebanon in rebuilding. Calls on member states and organizations to provide assistance. Requests Secretary-General continue and intensify his efforts to mobilize all UN system assistance. Requests UN bodies expand assistance to respond to Lebanon's urgent needs and ensure Beirut offices are adequately staffed at the senior level.

Resolution 47/170 (22 December 1992) Assistance to the Palestinian people : Affirms that Palestinians cannot develop their national economy while the Israeli occupation continues. Appreciates countries', UN bodies', and others' assistance to the Palestinian people. Requests they intensify economic and social assistance, cooperating with the PLO. Calls for trade concessions and preferential measures for Palestinian exports. Calls for development projects, including those mentioned in GA res. 39/223 (1984), to be implemented. Calls for Israel to immediately lift restrictions hindering social and economic assistance programs. Suggests the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People convene a seminar on assistance to the Palestinian people. It also urges Israel to acknowledge the Fourth Geneva Convention's applicability to the territories it has occupied since 1967 and to abide by it.

Resolution 47/172 (22 December 1992) Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli settlements on the Palestinian people in the Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, occupied since 1967, and on the Arab population of the Syrian Golan : Deplores Israel's settlements in Palestinian and other Arab territory occupied since 1967, including in Jerusalem, which are "illegal" and "an obstacle to peace." Recognizes that the settlements hurt the Arab population's social and economic development. Strongly deplores Israel's land confiscation, appropriation of water resources, depletion of the territories' resources, and displacement of their population. Reaffirms Palestinians' and Syrians' of Golan inalienable rights to their resources and regards infringements on their rights as illegal. Request a UN report from on progress implementing this resolution. This resolution notes the UN Charter, the inadmissibility of acquiring territory by force, Economic and Social Council resolution 1992/57, GA res. 46/199 (1991), SC resolutions 242 (1967), 465 (1980), and 497 (1981), and other resolutions affirming the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949) to Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem.

Resolution 47/204 (22 December 1992) Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : Discusses funding for the UNDOF and its difficulties meeting its financial obligations. Notes that certain states are still withholding contributions and appreciates one state's voluntary contribution. Appropriates about $39 million to operate the force from June 1, 1992 until May 31, 1993. Authorizes the Secretary-General to commit the force to about $3 million monthly from June 1 until November 30, 1993, if the force is continued beyond the six months authorized in SC res. 790 (1992). Invites voluntary contributions and suspends some UN financial regulations.

Resolution 47/205 (22 December 1992) Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : Notes problems meeting the UNFIL's financial commitments, due to certain states withholding their contributions. Appropriates about $148 million to operate the force from February 1, 1992 to January 31, 1993. Authorizes the Secretary-General to commit the force to about $12 million monthly for 12-months following February 1, 1993, if the force is continued beyond the six months authorized in SC res. 768 (1992). Appreciates voluntary contributions that some governments made, invites more contributions and suspends some financial regulations.

Resolution 47/558 (28 June 1992): This document consists of resolutions adopted by the Organization of African Unity that Mauritania's representative requested be submitted as an official GA document. It includes a resolution on the Middle East, which reaffirms the OAU's "total support for the Palestinian People and the Arab countries which are victims of Israeli aggression;" endorses Pres. Mubarak's proposal that the Middle East be free of all weapons of mass destruction; and demands that Israel stop exploiting the occupied territories' resources and calls on all states from actions that could enable it to do so. It also includes an OAU resolution on Palestine that condemns Israel's "continued inhuman acts" in the occupied territories; condemns its illegal expansionist settlement policies, which are the main obstacle to peace; urgently requests international protection for the Palestinians living under occupation; and welcomes peace negotiations based on international law, including SC res. 242 and 338, and "land for peace" which "will lead to the withdrawal of Israel from all Palestinian and Arab territories occupied in 1967, including Jerusalem, thus allowing the Palestinian people to recover their inalienable rights, including their right to return to their homeland, self-determination and the establishment of independent and sovereign State of Palestine."

Resolution 48/40(A-J) (10 December 1993) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East - Section A - Assistance to Palestine refugees; Section B - Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Section C - Assistance to persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities; Section D - Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees; Section E - Palestine refugees in the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967; Section F - Return of population and refugees displaced since 1967; Section G - Revenues derived from Palestine refugees' properties; Section H - Protection of Palestine refugees; Section I - University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees; Section J - Protection of Palestinian students and educational institutions and safeguarding of the security of the facilities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in the occupied Palestinian territories : Notes that repatriation or compensation of Palestinian refugees has not happened yet, and the dire conditions of the Palestinian refugees, despite the best efforts by UNRWA and the UN Conciliation Commission, and the special education needs of the refugees (including the need to support the proposed University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestinian refugees), but notes the new hope from the signing of the Oslo Accords, and the Conference to support Middle East Peace, but notes the continuing financial problems of UNRWA, and thus calls upon all governments and groups to send aid to UNRWA and Palestinian universities, and commends the efforts of the Special Working Group on the Financing of UNRWA. Also demands that Israel stop demolishing refugee homes and transferring refugees to areas far from their homes, and requests UN continue the registration of refugees, and reaffirms the inalienable right of all refugees to return to their homes and for Israel to help them do so, and that refugees have a right to the income earned from their properties by Israel, and that the UN should take steps to protect refugee properties while they are in possession of Israel. Also takes note of the importance to protect Palestinian civilians under Israeli occupation, and holds Israel responsible for their safety, and reaffirms the applicability of the Geneva Conventions IV (1949) to the Israeli occupation, including Lebanon, and calls upon Israel once again to desist from acts of aggression against the Palestinian and Lebanese civilian populations in Lebanon and the occupied territories, including attacks on schools and disruption of medical services, and release civilians and UN workers arbitrarily arrested, and compensate the UN for damages to UN facilities.

Resolution 48/41(A-D) (10 December 1993) Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : Reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Conventions IV (1949), and convinced that the Israeli occupation itself is a violation of human rights, and condemns Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights, but noting the signing of the Oslo Accords, and commends the efforts of the UN Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, and requests that the Committee continue its efforts, including the investigating rights violations of Arabs in Israeli prisons, acts of collective punishment, area closures, annexation of occupied territory (which is illegal, null and void) and other steps to change the geographic and demographic nature of the occupied territories including massive deportation of Palestinians and building Israeli settlements on occupied land (which are illegal), and the actions of dangerous armed Israeli settlers. Calls for accelerated release of Palestinians arbitrarily imprisoned by Israel, and respect for Palestinian schools. Also calls upon Israel to end its occupation, and that the annexation of Syrian Golan is illegal violating UN Security Council resolution 497 (1981) and the Geneva Conventions, and must be rescinded, and calls upon all member-nations not to recognize the Israeli illegal actions.

Resolution 48/44 (10 December 1993) Questions relating to information - Section A - Information in the service of humanity; Section B - United Nations public information policies and activities : Recognizing the importance of the independence, pluralism and diversity of the press, and the impact that a country's level of development has on these factors, urges all countries to work toward protecting freedom, diversity, pluralism and independence of the press, including safety and training of reporters, and improvement of infrastructure, cooperation across all boundaries, and give support to the International Programme for the Development of Communication of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Reaffirming that the UN Dept. of Public Information of the Secretariat is the focal point of UN public communications, which includes giving special attention to the dissemination of info about the struggle in Palestine.

Resolution 48/58 (14 December 1993) Middle East peace process : Noting the signing of the Oslo Accords, and the convening of the Madrid Peace Conference on the Middle East, and the signing of the agreement between Israel and Jordan on The Common Agenda, recognizes the need for more progress and calls upon all nations to help out the States in the region with aid, and considers the importance that the UN continue to take an active role in the peace process.

Resolution 48/59 (A+B) (14 December 1993) The situation in the Middle East - Section A - Jerusalem; Section B - Syrian Golan : Recalling previous UN resolutions declaring all steps by Israel to change the legal status of Jerusalem, including the Basic Law: Jerusalem, to be illegal, and thus null and void, and calls upon all States to withdraw their diplomatic missions from Jerusalem who have moved them there in violation of UN Security Council resolution 478 (1980), and condemns them for violating that resolution. Also, considering the official definition of aggression (resolution 3314 (XXIX)(1974)) and reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Conventions IV (1949), declares that Israel is in violation of UN Security Council resolution 497 (1981) by refusing to withdraw from the Syrian Golan, and that Israel's annexation of the Golan is illegal, null and void, and that Israel should withdraw from the Golan and end its occupation there.

Resolution 48/71 (16 December 1993) Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : Reaffirming the right of all nations to develop peaceful uses of nuclear power and the right to be free of attack upon their nuclear facilities, but welcoming all efforts toward general disarmament, and recalls previous UN resolutions asking for all parties in the Middle East to take practical steps to establish a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East by committing to not owning or acquiring or manufacturing nuclear weapons, and to place all of their nuclear facilities under the safeguards of the IAEA.

Resolution 48/78 (16 December 1993) Israeli nuclear armament : Calls upon Israel to renounce possession of nuclear weapons and to join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and calls upon all states to place their nuclear facilities under the safeguards of the IAEA.

Resolution 48/81 (16 December 1993) Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region : Recognizing the efforts of the countries of the Mediterranean area to work toward peace and economic and social and environmental cooperation and development, and increased cooperation with Europe, including to respect the rights of self-determination of all peoples, and to fight terrorism, at a long list of Conferences.

Resolution 48/94 (20 December 1993) Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights : Reaffirming UN resolution 1514 (XV)(1960) declaring the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, and the universal realization of the right of self-determination, national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the obligations of all member-nations to comply with these principles of the UN Charter and subsequent resolutions, and reaffirming the application of this to Namibia, S. Africa, Mozambique, Comoros, and the Israeli occupation of Lebanon, and taking note of the signing of the Oslo Accords, reaffirms the legitimacy of all struggles to realize these principles of self-determination and independence from colonial rule, including the palestinian people, and calls upon all nations to implement UN resolutions to make this happen, and specifically for Israel and S. Africa to do so, and calls upon all nations and groups to assist the struggles for liberation, including the Palestinian and Namibian struggles. Calls upon signatories to the National Peace Accord to follow through with their commitments. Strongly condemns as criminal acts the employment of armed groups to fight liberation movements, and demands the full application of the arms embargo against S. Africa, as per Security Council resolution 418 (1977), and to help Lesotho with its refugee problem, and commends Angola for their peace efforts, and demands that S. Africa pay compensation to Angola for its losses, and demands the release of all people imprisoned for their activities in support of liberation movements.

Resolution 48/124 (20 December 1993) Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States in their electoral processes : Recalling UN resolution 1514 (XV) (1960) declaring the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, and resolution 2625 (XXV)(1970) declaring principles of international law concerning friendly relations and cooperation amongst States in accordance with the UN Charter, and the UN Charter basic principle not to interfere with the internal affairs of nations, reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggles of the oppressed people of S. Africa to get rid of apartheid, and the Palestinian people to gain their inalienable right of self-determination and national independence, and that any effort to interfere in or influence the internal election process of a nation, is a violation of international law, including the use of military force.

Resolution 48/158 (A-D) (20 December 1993) Question of Palestine - Section A - Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People; Section B - Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat; Section C - Department of Public Information of the Secretariat; Section D - Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : Expresses appreciation to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for their efforts, endorses their recommendations and requests them to continue, and asks the UN Conciliation Commission for Palestine to work with them. Also gives support to the work of the UN Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat, and asks for full cooperation of the UN Department of Public Information with them, and the recognition of member-nations of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Also expresses appreciation to the UN Department of Public Information to publicize information about the Palestinian struggle. Stresses that resolving the Palestinian/Israeli conflict is the core issue of Middle East peace in general, and notes the positive results of the Madrid Peace Conference on the Middle East, including mutual recognition between the Israeli government and the PLO, recognizes the need for more peace efforts, and asks member-nations to give more aid to the Palestinian people, and reaffirms the need for Israel to withdraw, and that the final settlement of the Oslo Accords should include discussion about respecting the inalienable right of self-determination of the Palestinian people, and that the settlements are illegal, and that the Palestinian people have the right to return to their homes, and the importance of protecting holy places.

Resolution 48/212 (21 December 1993) Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli settlements on the Palestinian people in the Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, occupied since 1967, and on the Arab population of the Syrian Golan : Reaffirming the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, and that the Geneva Conventions IV (1949) applies to the Israeli occupation, and the basic principles that people have the right of permanent sovereignty over their own natural resources, and that acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible, reaffirms that the Israeli settlements are illegal, and that they have a negative impact on the economic and social health of the Palestinian people.

Resolution 48/213 (21 December 1993) Assistance to the Palestinian people : Welcoming the signing of the Oslo Accords, and that the UN should take an active role in their implementation, but gravely concerned about the economic conditions in the occupied territories and how occupation makes economic development difficult, welcomes the results of the Conference to Support Middle East Peace held in Washington DC, and expresses appreciation to nations and groups helping the Palestinian people, urges more aid to the Palestinian people, and countries to open their markets to Palestinian exports.

Resolution 48/253 (26 May 1994) Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : Discusses funding for the UNDOF and the UNDOF's difficulties meeting its financial obligations. Expresses deep concern that governments owe more than $20 million to the UNDOF. Affirms that governments' failure to fulfill their obligations have damaged the effectiveness of peace keeping operations. Appropriates about $34 million to operate the force from June 1, 1993 until May 31, 1994. Authorizes the Secretary-General to commit the force to about $2.6 million monthly for six months beginning on June 1, 1994, if the force is continued beyond the six months authorized in SC res. 887 (1993). Appreciates the voluntary contribution that was donated and invites more.

Resolution 48/254 (26 May 1994) Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : Concerned about the financial problems of the UNIFIL, and member-states who are not fulfilling their obligations to help with the financing of UNIFIL, urges all member-nations and groups to help out UNIFIL and meet their obligations, decides to appropriate aproximately $260,000,000 plus another $71,000,000 plus another $48,000,000 to the Special Account for UNIFIL for different periods of operation, the cost to be shared amongst all member-nations. Asks member-nations to help out UNIFIL with voluntary contributions. Requests UN Secretary-General to consider cost-saving measures such as replacing international staff with local people.

Resolution 49/35 (A-G) (09 December 1994) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East - Section A - Assistance to Palestine refugees; Section B - Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Section C - Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities; Section D - Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees; Section E - Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Section F - Revenues derived from Palestine refugees' properties; Section G - University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees : Notes with regret that refugees have not been repatriated or compensated -- as provided for in GA res. 194 -- so their situation continues to be a concern. Endorses continued "temporary and emergency" UNRWA humanitarian assistance to displaced Palestinians. Notes that the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government create a new context for UNRWA assistance. Expresses deep concern that the UNRWA has a deficit which will result in worsening living conditions for Palestinian refugees. Requests contributions to the UNRWA and to Palestinians education, including to universities. Reaffirms refugees' right to return to homes in territories occupied since 1967. Hopes their return will speed up pursuant to the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements. Reaffirms that the Fourth Geneva Convention (1949) applies to the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, and calls on Israel to acknowledge that and abide by it. Calls on Israel to abide by UN Charter articles 100, 104 and 105, regarding the safety of UNRWA personnel and institutions and to safeguard its facilities in the occupied Palestinian territory, and to compensate the UNRWA for damages Israel caused to its property. Calls on the Secretary-General to continue working to establish the University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" and for Israel to remove the hindrances it put in the way. Calls on the UN to issue identification to all displaced Palestinians and their descendants in the occupied territories. Noting that Palestinian refugees are entitled to their property, requests the Secretary-General act to protect Arab property rights in Israel and to establish a fund from their income for the properties' rightful owners. This resolution recalls the principle of international law that no one should be arbitrarily deprived of his or her property.

Resolution 49/36 (A-D) (09 December 1994) Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : Deplores Israel's violations of Palestinians' and other Arabs' human rights in territories it occupies, as reflected in the Special Committee report. Reaffirms again that the occupation itself is a primary human rights violation. Hopes that these violations will end soon, in light of recent diplomatic developments. Requests that the Special Committee continue its work, including continuing its investigation of the treatment of prisoners in the occupied territories. Deplores Israel's policies of collective punishment; closure of areas; annexation; establishment of settlements; and acts to change the status, demographics, and geography of occupied Palestinian territory. Expresses particular concern at the acts of illegal armed settlers on occupied Palestinian territory, including one settler massacring Palestinian worshippers on February 25, 1994. Reaffirms that Israel's settlements on territory occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, are "illegal and an obstacle to a comprehensive settlement}." Demands Israel cease its violations of UN resolutions and the Geneva Convention. Demands it facilitate the return of all deported Palestinians who have not been allowed to return and that it cooperate with the Special Committee. Calls on it to respect Palestinians' fundamental freedoms and to release arbitrarily detained Palestinians. Condemns Israel's 1981 decision to impose its laws and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan, which the Security Council declared illegal and without any legal effect in SC res. 497. Finds that all of Israel's measures to alter the Syrian Golan's legal status and demographics are flagrant violations of international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention. Calls on Israel to cease its repression and its attempts to force Israeli citizenship on Syrians in the Syrian Golan. Calls on all countries that are parties to the Geneva Convention to fulfill their obligation under art. 1 of the Convention by exerting all efforts to ensure that Israel abides by it. Calls on all counties not to recognize Israel's illegal changes to the Syrian Golan. This resolution is guided by the UN Charter and principles of the international humanitarian law including the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It reaffirms the "principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition territory by force." It reiterates that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949) applies to the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan. It recalls relevant SC resolutions, including 497 (1981) and 904 (1994). It also recalls GA resolutions 2443 (1968), 48/41 (1993), and all other UN resolutions calling on Israel to end its illegal occupation of Arab territory. It recalls relevant Commission on Human Rights resolutions. The resolution notes it considered the reports of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People.

Resolution 49/62 (A-D) (14 December 1994) Question of Palestine - Section A - Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People; Section B - Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat; Section C - Department of Public Information of the Secretariat; Section D - Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : Endorses recommendations from the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People. Considers that it can contribute to efforts for the effective implementation of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements and to mobilize international support for the Palestinians during the transition. Authorizes it to continue its work to promote the exercise of the inalienable rights of the Palestinians. Requests the Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat continue its work, such as research, monitoring, and preparing studies. Requests the Committee continue its special information program on the question of Palestine. Appreciates states observing the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People each November 29. Asks the Committee to keep organizing an annual exhibit on Palestinian rights with the Palestinian UN observer mission on November 29. Affirms that Israel's settlements in territories occupied since 1967 are illegal, as are Israel's acts to change Jerusalem's status. Expresses support for the peace process, hoping it will lead to a "comprehensive, just and lasting peace" in the Middle East. Calls for a timely implementation of the agreement. Urges assistance to the Palestinians. Stresses the need for the realization of Palestinians' national rights; Israel's withdrawal from territory occupied since 1967; and resolving the Palestinian refugee problem according to GA resolutions, including 194 III (1948). This resolution affirms the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war.

Resolution 49/71 (15 December 1994) Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : Recalls the General Assembly consensus that a nuclear-free-zone in the Middle East would greatly promote international peace and security. Again promotes the nuclear-arms-free-zone. Urges the relevant countries to take practical and urgent steps to implement the zone. Calls for them to place their nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards. Invites them to declare support for the zone in writing and to give that declaration to the Security Council. Also invites them not to develop or acquire nuclear weapons, or to allow them on their territory, pending the zone. Notes the importance of the Middle East peace negotiations in promoting confidence and security in the region. Asks nuclear-armed states to assist with and not to act counter to this resolution. Reaffirms states' inalienable right to acquire nuclear energy for peaceful purposes and the need to prohibit military attacks on nuclear facilities.

Resolution 49/78 (15 December 1994) The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : Calls upon Israel and all other States of the region that are not yet party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, not to develop produce, test or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons, to renounce possession of nuclear weapons and to accede to the Treaty." Calls on states in the region that have not done so to put their nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards.

Resolution 49/81 (15 December 1994) Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region : Reaffirms that Mediterranean security is indivisible and is linked both to European and international peace and security. Expresses concern about “persistent tension and continuing military activities in parts of the Mediterranean that hinder efforts to strengthen security and cooperation in the region." "[C]alls for full adherence to the principles of non-interference, non intervention, non-use of force or threat of use of force and the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force. Appreciates efforts by states to promote just and lasting solutions through peaceful means, to ensure the withdrawal of occupation forces and respect for peoples' rights to independence and self-determination. Encourages a "genuine openness and transparency in military matters," including by reporting to the UN on military expenditures.

Resolution 49/87 (A+B) (16 December 1994) The situation in the Middle East: Section A - Jerusalem; Section B - The Syrian Golan : Again determines Israel's imposition of its law on Jerusalem is illegal, null, and void. Deplores that some states transferred their missions to Jerusalem, violating S.C. res. 478. Again asks them to comply with UN resolutions, as required by the UN Charter. Declares again that Israel's decision to impose of its laws and administration on the Syrian Golan is illegal, a grave violation of SC res. 497, and has no validity. Declares again that the occupation and effective annexation of the Syrian Golan are " a stumbling-block in the way of achieving a just, comprehensive and lasting peace in the region}." Reiterates its demand Israel that Israel withdraw from the Syrian Golan, per Security Council resolutions. This resolution recalls GA resolutions 36/120 E (1981), 37/123 C (1982), 38/180 C (1983), 39/146 C (1984), 40/168 C (1985), 41/162 C (1986), 42/209 D (1987), 43/54 C (1988), 44/40 C (1989), 45/83 C (1990), 46/82 B (1991), 47/63 B (1992), and 48/59 A (1993), which declared Israel's attempts to alter Jerusalem's character and status and declare it its capitol null and void. It also recalls SC res. 478 (1980), which decided not to recognize the "Basic Law." It recalls S.C. res. 497 (1981). The resolution also reaffirms "the fundamental principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force" and reaffirms that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949) and the Hague Convention IV apply to the occupied Syrian Golan.

Resolution 49/88 (16 December 1994) Middle East peace process : Stresses the need for a “comprehensive, just and lasting peace" in the region. Welcomes the peace process, and expresses support for its achievements so far as important steps to achieving a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace in the Middle East. Calls on governments to give the financial and technical assistance to parties in the region and to the peace process. "Considers that an active United Nations role in the Middle East peace process and in assisting in the implementation of the Declaration of Principles can make a positive contribution."

Resolution 49/132 (19 December 1994) Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli settlements on the Palestinian people in the Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, occupied since 1967, and on the Arab population of the Syrian Golan : Acknowledges the " negative and grave economic and social repercussions of the Israeli settlements on the Palestinian people. "Reaffirms that Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, are illegal and an obstacle to economic and social development." Reaffirms the inalienable rights of Palestinians and Syrians of Golan to their resources and regards infringements on their rights as illegal. This resolution reaffirms the "principle of the permanent sovereignty of people under foreign occupation over their national resources." It is guided by the UN Charter principles, affirming the inadmissibility of acquiring territory by force. It recalls Economic and Social Council resolution 1994/45, GA res. 47/172 (1992), and SC resolutions 242 (1967) and 497 (1981). It also recalls SC res. 465 (1980) and other resolutions affirming the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949) to Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem. The resolution recalls SC res. 904 (1994), in which the Security Council called on Israel, as the occupying Power, to take measures to guarantee the safety and protection of Palestinians in territory Israel occupies, including to confiscate arms "with the aim of preventing illegal acts of violence by Israeli settlers."

Resolution 49/149 (23 December 1994) The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : Reaffirms the Palestinians' right to self-determination and urges all governments and UN bodies to support their quest for self-determination. Expresses hope that the Palestinians will soon exercise this right in the peace process. Affirms all Middle Eastern states' right to live in peace within their recognized borders. This resolution recalls the International Covenants on Human Rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (1993). It also notes that the friendly relations between governments, based on respect for equal rights and self-determination, is one of the principles of the UN Charter.

Resolution 49/180 (23 December 1994) Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States in their electoral processes : Recalling UN resolution 1514 (XV) (1960) declaring the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples, and resolution 2625 (XXV)(1970) declaring principles of international law concerning friendly relations and cooperation amongst States in accordance with the UN Charter, and the UN Charter basic principle not to interfere with the internal affairs of nations, reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggles of the oppressed people of S. Africa to get rid of apartheid, and the Palestinian people to gain their inalienable right of self-determination and national independence, and that any effort to interfere in or influence the internal election process of a nation, is a violation of international law, including the use of military force.

Resolution 49/225 (23 December 1994) Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : Discusses funding for the UNDOF and difficulties meeting its financial obligations. Notes that certain governments are still not paying their contributions or are paying them late and that governments owe more than $69 million to the UNDOF. Appropriates about $32 million to operate the force from June 1, 1994 until May 31, 1995. Authorizes the Secretary-General to commit the force to obligations of about $2.6 million monthly from June 1 until November 30, 1995, if the force is continued beyond the six months authorized in SC res. 962 (1994). Invites voluntary contributions. It also bears in mind the permanent Security Council members' special responsibility financing operations, as per GA res. 1874 (S-IV) (1963).

Resolution 49/226 (23 December 1994) Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : Expresses deep concern about problems caused by the UNIFIL's financial situation, which are due to certain states withholding their contributions and paying late. Also notes permanent Security Council members'special responsibility to finance such forces, per GA res. 1874 (S-IV) (1963). Appropriates about $138 million to operate the force from August 1, 1994 to July 31, 1995. Authorizes the Secretary-General to commit the force to about $11 million monthly for up to six months beginning August1, 1995, if the force is continued beyond July 31, 1995. Appreciates voluntary contributions that some governments made; invites more contributions; and suspends some financial regulations.

Resolution 49/287 (29 July 1994): This consists of resolutions passed by the Eleventh Ministerial Conference of the countries of the Non-Aligned Movement, which Egypt requested be recorded an official GA document. One of the resolutions concerns disarmament and international security, which supports the establishment of a nuclear arms free zone. It notes that the zone was originally proposed by Iran and Egypt and it calls for practical steps to establish the zone and for Israel to renounce possession of nuclear arms, to accede to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and to put its nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards. Another resolution is titled "Palestine and the Middle East Question." This reaffirms the ministers' support for the peace process, affirming that a comprehensive regional peace should include Israel's full withdrawal from all Palestinian and other Arab territory occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem; the realization of Palestinian national rights; peace and security for all nations in the region within their international borders; resolving the Palestinian refugee problem per GA res. 194 (1948); and "resolving the problem of Israeli settlements." It also calls on Israel to rescind its measures to change Jerusalem's status, which violate SC res. 252 (1968). It reaffirms that Israel's settlements in the occupied territories are illegal and should be dismantled; that the Fourth Geneva Convention applies to the occupied territories; and that Israel should facilitate the return of deported Palestinians, release the arbitrarily detained, and respect Palestinians' fundamental freedoms, including freedoms relating to education. The ministers call for action to prevent more acts like the massacre of unarmed Palestinians by an armed settler in Hebron, which was condemned in SC res. 904 (1994) and they demand Israel's withdrawal from occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories, reiterating the principle of the inadmissibility of territory by force.\line\line This GA document also includes the ministers' resolution on Lebanon, which expressed grave concern about Israel's repeated aggression against towns and villages in Lebanon, killing dozens of civilians. It reiterates its support for Lebanon's right to self-defense and to resist the Israeli occupation with all available means, pursuant to the principles of international law and the UN Charter. It calls on the SC and the sponsors of the peace process -- the US and Russia -- to act to stop the aggression to prevent the collapse of the peace process.

Resolution 49/313 (15 June 1994): This consists of Council of Ministers of the Organization of African resolutions that Ethiopia requested be recorded an official GA document. One of the resolutions is regarding the Middle East and another is about the question of Palestine. The OAU resolution regarding the Middle East again expresses total support for the Palestinian people and other Arabs' efforts to end the occupation of their territories and to establish a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace. It also reaffirms that a just peace cannot be established unless Israel totally withdraws from all occupied territories, enabling the Palestinian people to exercise their inalienable rights. It urges the UN and international community to ensure Israel's compliance with UN resolutions, IAEA resolutions, and the Geneva Convention, "with a view to avoiding double standards in the implementation of international resolutions" and endorses President Mubarak's proposal to make the Middle East a region without weapons of mass destruction.\line\line The OAU resolution on the question of Palestine reaffirms the legitimacy of the Palestinians' struggle to recover their territories and exercise their national rights. It also calls for a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace, including Israel's withdrawal from all occupied territories, including Jerusalem; recognition of Palestinian national rights, including to return and an independent state with Jerusalem as its capitol; no more violence against the Palestinian people and the release of Palestinian detainees and prisoners; and the cessation of settlements in the occupied territories, including Jerusalem. It reaffirms the need to solve the Palestinian refugee problem based on human rights and UN resolutions, including GA res. 194 and SC res. 237. It also supports the Declaration of Principles as a first step, urging Israel and the PLO to continue the process and welcoming the formation of the interim Palestinian government, calling on states to help it develop institutions.

Resolution 49/448 (10 October 1994): This consists of Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers resolutions that Pakistan requested be recorded an official GA document. One of the resolutions concerns the question of Palestine and the Israeli-Arab conflict. That resolution expresses support for the peace process, and believes its success hinges on the following: a settlement based on international legality, including SC resolutions 242 and 338, with Israel's full withdrawal from occupied territories including Al-Quds Al-Sharif so that Palestinians can exercise their rights, including the right of return; applicability of SC res. 232 to all occupied Arab territories; establishing Al-Quds Al-Sharif as the capital of the sovereign State of Palestine; dismantling all Israeli settlements, which are unlawful; and international protection of Palestinians to implement the Fourth Geneva Convention and halt Israel's terrorist and repressive practices, its expropriations, and its violations of Christian and Islamic holy places. The resolution also urges the international community to do the following: compel Israel to stop violating international law; work for the return of international observers to Al-Khalil; and compel Israel to comply with UN resolutions, including SC res. 497, and to accede to the treaty of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. It calls on the UN to stop Israel's aggression in Lebanon and its occupation of Lebanese territory; condemns Israel's violation of SC res. 497, by continuing its occupation of and effective annexation of the Syrian Golan; and demands it withdraw. It also calls on member states to continue diplomatic and educational efforts to stop Israel's plan to partition the Ibrahimi Mosque Enclosure in the occupied city of Al-Khalil to build a Jewish temple on the site. It further calls on them to diplomatically compel Israel to release detainees, to bring back deportees, to end collective punishment, and to stop endangering life and the environment in occupied Arab territories.

Resolution 49/12 B (24 May 1995) Organization of the list of speakers for the Special Commemorative Meeting of the General Assembly on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations : Recalling resolution 48/215 B to convene a special commemorative meeting on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the UN Charter, to which Palestine and other observers will be invited, and the list of speakers will be decided by special procedure as described in the annex to the resolution, and Palestine and other observers will be included.

Resolution 50/20 A (01 December 1995) Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : Recalling that the financing of the UN Disengagement Force required special procedures, and noting its financial problems, and that only about 30% of nations have contributed, asks all nations to meet their obligations concerning this, and appropriates $891,000 for the Force, to be spread amongst the member-nations.

Resolution 50/20 B (07 June 1996) Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : Considering past resolutions establishing and financing the UNDOF, which cost is born by all member-nations, which includes the decision to use different procedures to develop adequate funding for UNDOF, and concerning about the ongoing financial difficulties of UNDOF, expresses appreciation for the voluntary donations to UNDOF, but takes note pledges which have not been fulfilled, urges all member-states to make donations and fulfill their pledges, endorses the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, and decides to appropriate about $22 million total for the Force, and that there will be a corresponding set-off against the amount due from each state.

Resolution 50/21 (04 December 1995) Middle East peace process : Welcomes all the different efforts which are parts of the international peace process, especially the Oslo agreements, and asks all nations to extend economic and technical aid to the parties of the region.

Resolution 50/21 O (13 April 1995) Special economic assistance to individual countries or regions : Requests UNRWA to help finance the Palestinian Police Force upon its start-up, and encourages all member-states to help out with this.

Resolution 50/22 (A+B) (04 December 1995) The situation in the Middle East : Section A: Decides that all measures taken by Israel, including passing the “Basic Law: Jerusalem”, to change the status of Jerusalem, are null and void and illegal. Declares that those states who have moved their diplomatic missions to Jerusalem are in violation of UNresSC 478 (1980). Section B: Decides that Israel is in violation of UN resolutions to withdraw from the Golan Heights, and that the Knesset decision to annex the Golan Heights is a grave violation of UN resolutions (ex. 497) and the Hague (1907) and Geneva Conventions (1949), and is invalid and void, and calls upon Israel to rescind it. Demands that Israel also withdraw from all the occupied territories in compliance with relevant UN resolutions.

Resolution 50/22 C (25 April 1996) The situation in the Middle East: Section C: The Israeli military attacks against Lebanon and their consequences : Stressing the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to the conflict between Israel and Lebanon and Syria, condemns the Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Syria resulting in heavy loss of civilian life, including those who had taken refuge in a UNIFIL facility, which has been condemned by the ICRC, and the bombing of protected archaeological and cultural sites in Tyre, and calls upon Israel to withdraw from Lebanon, and considers that Lebanon is entitled to redress for the destruction of its territory, and calls upon all member-nations to offer humanitarian and otherwise.

Resolution 50/28 (A-G) (06 December 1995) United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Section A - Assistance to Palestine refugees; Section B - Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Section C - Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities; Section D - Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees; Section E - Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; Section F - Revenues derived from Palestine refugees' properties; Section G - University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees : Section A: Noting that repatriation or compensation for the Palestinian refugees has not happened, expresses thanks to the UNRWA head and staff, but regrets the failure of the UN Conciliation Commission toward the above goals, but urges it to continue, and notes the success of the UNRWA peace effort, urges all nations to help UNRWA out, approves of UNRWA plans to move headquarters to West Bank, but is worried about UNRWA’s financial problems, and decides to extend the mandate of UNRWA another 4 years. Section B: Concerned by the financial problems of UNRWA, expresses thanks to the Working Group focused on helping UNRWA with its finances, and asks the Working Group to continue with this effort. Section C: Reaffirms right of displaced persons to return home, and hopes this will happen as per the Interim Agreement signed by Israel and the PLO. And expresses thanks to UNRWA for its continuing efforts on behalf of the refugees. Section D: Reiterates needs of Palestinian refugees for higher education and vocational training, and asks governments to help with this, including the proposed University of Jerusalem “Al Quds”. Section E: Affirming the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (1949), and deeply concerned about the financial problems of UNRWA, but glad of the success of its peace program and its move to the occupied territories, and welcomes the signing of the Interim Agreement and other agreements, expresses appreciation and thanks to UNRWA and the countries that help out, and encourages it to proceed with plan to issue ID cards to the refugees, and calls upon Israel to accept the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (1949) and to respect the workers and agencies of the UN which are in the area, and thus to compensate UNRWA for the damage to its facilities which it caused. Section F: As per international law, moves forward to protect the property in Israel of the Palestinian refugees. Section G: Recognizes the need to aid Palestinians with their need for higher education and thus support the establishment of the University of Jerusalem “Al Quds”, and requests Israel to cooperate with this effort.

Resolution 50/29 (A-D) (06 December 1995) Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : “Convinced that occupation itself represents a primary violation of human rights”, deplores Israeli policies and practices that violate Palestinian human rights, but hopes with the signing of the Oslo agreements, those policies and practices may come to an end, and does appreciate the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza Jericho and resumption of control by the PA, and Israel returning some deportees, and commends the work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, and asks it to continue, and for the efforts of internationals to help protect Palestinian citizens. Reaffirms the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (1949), and asks all nations to exert pressure on Israel to accept their application, being concerned about Israeli illegal practices in violation of the Geneva Conventions like collective punishment, area closures, annexations of occupied territory, building settlements, and especially the actions of armed settlers including the massacre of Palestinian worshippers in Al-Khalil and the annexation of the Golan Heights. Asks Israel to also release Palestinians arrested and imprisoned illegally, and to reverse its annexation of the Golan Heights and stop imposing citizenship and laws upon its inhabitants, which are violations of UN resolutions and the Geneva Conventions (1949).

Resolution 50/58 H (20 December 1995) Assistance to the Palestinian people : Notes the appointment of the UN Special Coordinator in the Occupied Territories and asks all nations and organizations to assist the Palestinian people, especially in terms of building the Palestinian economy.

Resolution 50/66 (12 December 1995) Establishment of a Nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East : Reaffirms the rights of all states to have nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, but also calls upon all parties in the region to take the steps to create a nuclear weapons free zone, and to place all of their facilities under the IAEA safeguards, and to deposit their official endorsements of the zone with the UN, and supports general disarmament throughout the region.

Resolution 50/73 (12 December 1995) The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : Welcomes the United Arab Emirates to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and calls upon Israel and all other states of the region to do so as well, and place their nuclear facilities under the safeguard of the IAEA.

Resolution 50/75 (12 December 1995) Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region : Reaffirms the security of Europe and the Mediterranean are interconnected, and expressing appreciation for the peace efforts both in the Mediterranean and Middle East regions, and encourages all efforts toward disarmament and equalitarian economic development and cooperate in fighting terrorism and drug trafficking.

Resolution 50/84 (A-D) (15 December 1995) Question of Palestine : Expresses appreciation for the work of the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People supporting implementation of the Oslo agreements, and asks all UN organizations in the region to cooperate with it, and also expresses appreciation for the UN Division for Palestinian Rights for its work organizing meetings and seminars and research on the Palestinian situation. And asks all governments and NGO’s to cooperate with and assist this UN Committee and Division as much as possible, as well as to observe and support International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. And expresses appreciation for UN Special Information Programme on the Question of Palestine, of the UN Department of Public Information, for its work distributing info to the public about Palestine, which includes running special tours for journalists, which all supports greater success in negotiations and cooperation. And, affirming the illegality of the Israeli settlements and annexation of Jerusalem, expresses appreciation for the peace process beginning with the Conference in Madrid, and the Oslo agreements, which must be implemented, and thus stresses the need for realization of the self-determination of the Paelstinian people, the complete end to the occupation, letting the Palestinian refugees return to their homes.

Resolution 50/89 (19 December 1995) Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : Noting the financial problems of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon, and the decision to use different procedures for acquiring finances, and urges all states to meet their financial obligations toward the Force, and to make extra donations as well, and decides to give to the Special Account for the Force $67,407,000 more.

Resolution 50/89 B (07 June 1996) Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : Considering the past resolutions establishing and financing the UNIFIL, and deciding that a unique procedure is need for financing the UNIFIL, but there are still difficulties financing the Force, including unpaid commitments, but notes 17% have paid their commitments, and requests that the other do as well, and endorses the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions. Also asks the Secretary-General to report on the damages to UNIFIL facilities from the attack on 18 April 1996 in Qana. Decides to appropriate total of $230 million to the Force and to offset this amount as per what each member-nation is required to pay.

Resolution 50/129 (20 December 1995) Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli settlements on the Palestinian people in the Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, occupied since 1967, and on the Arab population of the occupied Syrian Golan : Reaffirms the applicability of the Geneva Conventions IV (1949) and thus that the Israeli settlements are illegal, and have a negative economic and social impact on the Palestinian people, and the self-determination rights of the Palestinian people and their rights to their lands and its resources, and thus illegal any interference with these rights.

Resolution 50/140 (21 December 1995) The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : Reaffirms the right of self-determination of the Palestinian people, and urges all nations and organizations to support this right.

Resolution 49/151 (07 February 1995) Importance of the universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination and of the speedy granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples for the effective guarantee and observance of human rights : Reaffirms, and asks all states to support, the self-determination rights and national sovereignty and territorial integrity of colonial countries and peoples as part of the full enjoyment of human rights, and calls for assistance to all victim peoples of racism and discrimination, and asks for the release of all who are imprisoned for fighting for human rights (and not for criminal reasons).

Resolution 50/172 (22 December 1995) Respect for the principles of national sovereignty and non-interference in the internal affairs of States in their electoral processes : Reaffirming the purpose of the UN to facilitate friendly relations between nations, and its resolution that all colonial nations and people are to be set free, and all have the right of self-determination, and that this extends to elections as well, and thus all should also be free from outside interference by other countries. Reaffirms the self-determination rights of the Palestinian people.

Resolution 50/201 (01 December 1995) Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : Recalling that the expenses of the UN Disengagement Observer Force were to be covered by the UN (which member-nations cover), which now requires different procedures than those involving the regular UN budget, but that there is now a shortage of funds, and voluntary contributions are inadequate, urges nations to meet their obligations concerning this, and appropriates to the Special Account for the Force $15,065,498, which will be spread amongst the member-nations. Reaffirming the principle of the permanent sovereignty of peoples under foreign occupation over their natural resources.

Resolution 51/23 (04 December 1996) Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : Welcoming the signing of the Oslo Accords, expresses appreciation to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, encourages the Committee to continue with its work, and to fully cooperate with all other groups involved, including the UN Conciliation Commission.

Resolution 51/24 (04 December 1996) Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : Expresses appreciation for the work of the Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat organizing seminars and meetings with NGO’s and through research and studies and publications and monitoring activities and dissemination of info about the Palestinian situation, and asks it to continue this work, and for all member-states to support this work, and also expresses appreciation for the member-nations who supported and observed the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people.

Resolution 51/25 (04 December 1996) Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : Convinced of the importance of public information in the struggle to support the human rights of the Palestinian people, and considers how it is supportive of the peace process, notes that some of the provisions of the UN Dept. of Public Information of the Secretariat in reference to the question of Palestine have not been implemented, and stresses the importance that all of the provisions must be implemented.

Resolution 51/26 (04 December 1996) Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : Convinced that the Palestine/Israeli conflict is the core issue of Middle East peace, and affirming that acquisition of territory by force is not admissible, but that all states have a right to live in peace within their internationally recognized borders, and aware of the mutual recognition that was part of the signing of the Oslo Accords, which led to a subsequent withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza and Jericho areas, and the assumption of authority over those areas by the PA, which was then followed by elections. Noting the establishment of the UN Special Coordinator in the Occupied Territories, and welcoming the convening of the Conference to Support Middle East peace, but concerned about the deteriorating conditions of the Palestinian people, and stress that all agreements must be fulfilled, and asks the whole world to help the peace process, reaching goals such as the realization of the rights of the Palestinian people, withdrawal of Israeli occupation from Palestinian territory, and return of the refugees as per resolution 194(III).

Resolution 51/27 (04 December 1996) Jerusalem : Recalling repeated UN resolutions on this point, determines that Israel’s measures to annex Jerusalem are illegal, null and void, including the Basic Law: Jerusalem, and deplores the transfer by some states of their diplomatic missions to Jerusalem in violation of UN resolution 478, and calls upon all states to obey resolutions concerning this matter.

Resolution 51/28 (04 December 1996) The Syrian Golan : Reaffirming the principle that acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible, and the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) and the Hague Regulations (1907) to the Israeli occupation, declares Israel in violation of UN resolution 497 so far, especially with Israel’s decision to annex the Syrian Golan, which it declares null and void, and demands Israel withdraw, and there be a resumption of the peace talks.

Resolution 51/29 (04 December 1996) The Middle East peace process : Recalling the convening of the peace conferences in Madrid and Washington DC, and the signing of the Oslo Accords, and the declarations of the Middle East/North Africa Economic Summit and Conference held in Casablanca, Amman and Cairo, welcomes this progress, and express full support for further progress, and urges all parties to fulfill their obligations as per the agreements signed, and calls upon all nations to aid all states in the region.

Resolution 51/30 C (31 January 1997) Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: special economic assistance to individual countries or regions: Section C - Assistance for the reconstruction and development of Lebanon : Recalling the Economic and Social Council resolutions calling for intensified efforts because of the urgent recovery needs in Lebanon because of extensive damage to its infrastructure, appeals to all member-states and groups to help out financially and to support government programs in social reconstruction, environmental management, public service and to help displaced persons, specifically in South Lebanon and Baalbeck-Hermel.

Resolution 51/41 (10 December 1996) Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : Noting the Middle East peace process, and recalling previous UN resolutions for a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East to refrain from acquiring and building nuclear weapons, and submit their nuclear facilities to IAEA safeguards, while reaffirming the right of all states to nuclear energy, and that all such peaceful facilities should be free from attack, invites all nations to join these efforts and take these steps.

Resolution 51/48 (10 December 1996) The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : Cognizant of the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the Middle East, and recalling previous resolutions calling for all nations to place their nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards, and to adhere to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons treaty, and noting that Israel is the only state in the Middle East with no plans to join the treaty, calls upon Israel to join the treaty.

Resolution 51/50 (10 December 1996) Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region : Noting the previous UN resolutions and progress made so far on this topic, leading to economic and social development and environmental and cultural cooperation for all the peoples of the region, and ties to Europe and the rest of the Middle East, and Maghreb, and noting the efforts of the states of the region to end the occupations in the region, and to end economic inequities in the region, and calls upon all states of the region to join the various treaties that have been developed along these lines, including those calling for military transparency and the registering of conventional arms, and to strengthen their anti-terrorism and anti-drug and anti-arms smuggling efforts, and to convene a regional conference on this issue.

Resolution 51/82 (12 December 1996) The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : Noting the many instruments of international humanitarian law and the Middle East peace process, including the signing of the Oslo Accords, and affirming the right of all nations to live in peace within internationally recognized borders, reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, and urges all states to assist and support the Palestinian people in their quest to realize their right of self-determination.

Resolution 51/124 (13 December 1996) Assistance to Palestine refugees : Notes with regret that repatriation or compensation of the Palestinian refugees has not happened as per UN resolution 194 (III) despite the efforts of UNRWA and the UN Conciliation Commission for Palestine, but notes the progress of the UN Peace Implementation Programme with the signing of the Oslo Accords, and calls upon all nations to help these agencies with their efforts.

Resolution 51/125 (13 December 1996) Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Takes note of the financial strain of UNRWA and the efforts of the Special working group to resolve this problem and asks that working group to continue with its efforts.

Resolution 51/126 (13 December 1996) Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities : Taking note that the provisions in the Oslo Accords for the return of refugees of the 1967 fighting to their homes has not been fulfilled, and that all refugees have the right to return to their homes once fighting has ended, and commends UNRWA for their efforts to provide emergency humanitarian aid to the 1967 refugees, and urges all nations to help them in this effort.

Resolution 51/127 (13 December 1996) Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees : Cognizant of the losses of the 1948 refugees, urges all nations and groups to help them with their educational needs including higher levels, vocational training and the proposed University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds".

Resolution 51/128 (13 December 1996) Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Conventions IV (1949) and the losses of the 1948 refugees displaced to areas throughout the region, and recognizing the great work of UNRWA to help them, while itself suffering financial crisis, and the great work of the Peace Implementation Programme with the signing of the Oslo Accords, calls upon Israel to obey the Geneva Conventions IV (1949) and other international laws and the UN Charter to coooperate with the UN agencies working in the area and to compensate them for damaging their facilities, and requests the distribution of ID cards to Palestinian refugees to continue and other works to help create economic and social stability in the area.

Resolution 51/129 (13 December 1996) Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues : Taking note of the international legal principles that protect the property and rights of refugees and the income derived from that property including those of 1948 Palestine, and that the registration of the property and lands of these refugees is now complete, and that the signed Oslo Accords include provisions for discussing the needs of the 1948 refugees, and thus calls upon Israel to cooperate with all of these efforts.

Resolution 51/130 (13 December 1996) University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees : Emphasizes the need to take care of the educational needs of the Palestinian people living under the Israeli occupation, especially the establishment of the University of Jerusalem “Al-Quds”, and calls upon Israel to cooperate with this effort.

Resolution 51/131 (13 December 1996) Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : Guided by International Humanitarian Law, especially the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights, and considering that the Israeli “occupation itself represents a primary violation of human rights”, but hoping with the peace process and the signing of the Oslo Accords peace will eventually happen, commends the work of the UN Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, and demands that Israel cooperate with this Committee, deplores Israel’s practices that violate human rights as described in the reports of the Committee, and requests the Committee to continue its work especially in reference to Israel’s violation of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), and to work with the International Red Cross on this topic, and also to investigate the treatment of prisoners in the occupied territories. Also, asks the UN Secretary-General to make sure that the reports of the Committee are circulated as widely as possible.

Resolution 51/132 (13 December 1996) Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories : Considering Israel’s responsibilities under international law including the UN Charter, and reaffirming that the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) are applicable to the Israeli occupation, demands Israel accept its applicability, and obey it scrupulously, and asks all parties to the Conventions to exert all efforts to make Israel comply and respect the Conventions in its occupation.

Resolution 51/133 (13 December 1996) Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan : Guided by the UN Charter and the principle that acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible, and the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to the Israeli occupation, and welcoming the peace process and signing of the Oslo Accords, expresses grave concern that Israel has decided to resume settlement activities on occupied land in violation of international humanitarian law, UN resolutions, and agreements signed with the other parties in the conflict, and especially the arming of Israeli settlements, which has resulted in a massacre of Palestinian worshippers in Al-Khalil Mosque on 25 February 1994, demands Israel accept the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to its occupation, and stop all settlement activity, and to disarm the settlers.

Resolution 51/134 (13 December 1996) Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem : Reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to the Israeli occupation, and the inadmissibility of acquisition of territory by force, and the signing of the Oslo Accords, takes note of the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and Jericho, and redeployment from 6 cities in the West Bank, as per those agreements, and the take over of those areas by the Palestinian Authority, but concerned about continued use of collective punishment including area closures in violation of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), but grateful to those countries who provided a protective international presence in Hebron, determines that all measures taken by Israel in violation of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) are illegal and should be rescinded immediately, including ensuring the full freedom of movement of the Palestinian people throughout the territories and to the outside world, and that Israel should release all Palestinians arbitrarily imprisoned, and should respect all the other basic freedoms and rights of the Palestinian people.

Resolution 51/135 (13 December 1996) The occupied Syrian Golan : Recalling previous resolutions calling for Israel to end its occupation, and reaffirming that acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible, and the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to the Israeli occupation, and reaffirming the illegality of Israel’s annexation of the Syrian Golan and that it is null and void, and calls upon Israel to rescind it, and desist building settlements there and imposing Israeli citizenship and ID cards on the inhabitants there, all in violation of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), and calls upon all member-states not to give recognition to what Israel has done there.

Resolution 51/150 (13 December 1996) Assistance to the Palestinian people : Welcoming the signing of the Oslo Accords, but gravely concerned about the extreme unemployment and economic problems of the Palestinian people in the territories, but noting the convening of the UN Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People, "Building the Palestinian Economy - Challenges and Prospects", held in Cairo in May 1996, and the appointment of a new UN Special Coordinator for the Occupied Territories, and the results of the Conference to Support Middle East Peace, convened in Washington, D.C., on 1 October 1993, and the establishment of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee and the work being done by the World Bank as its secretariat, as well as the establishment of the consultative group and the convening in Paris, on 9 January 1996, of the Ministerial Conference on Economic Assistance to the Palestinian People, expresses appreciation to all states and groups who have offered assistance to the Palestinian people, and to continue to do so to facilitate development in the West Bank and Gaza, and to open foreign markets to Palestinian goods, and to convene in 1997 a UN sponsored Seminar on the Palestinian economy.

Resolution 51/190 (16 December 1996) Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources : Reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Conventions IV (1949), and expressing concern at Israel's exploitation of the natural resources of the occupied territories, and the detriment impact of the Israeli settlements on Palestinian society, calls upon Israel to stop exploiting the natural resources belonging to the territories, and recognizes the right of the Palestinian people to receive compensation for their losses in this respect.

Resolution 51/223 (13 March 1997) Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, in particular in occupied East Jerusalem : Expressing deep concern about the new Jebel Abu Ghneim settlement in East Jerusalem and other measures taken in that area by Israel, and stressing that the settlements and all the measures taken by Israel to alter the status of Jerusalem are illegal and invalid and obstacles to peace, and thus concerned about the peace process, and thus calls upon Israel to stop all settlement activities, and to comply scrupulously with the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), and urges all parties to resume peace negotiations.

Resolution 51/232 (13 June 1997) Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : Recalling previous resolutions creating and financing the UN Disengagement Observer Force, noting with concern the financial difficulties of the Force, but noting with appreciation donations to help with the financing of the Force, decides to appropriate to the Force about $33,600,000, which shall be spread amongst the members, with special consideration for those who have already met their obligations, and invites others to meeting their obligations, and/or make voluntary donations.

Resolution 51/233 (13 June 1997) Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : Recalling past resolutions installing and financing UNIFIL, and how the cost is spread amongst the member-nations, concerned about the financial problems of UNIFIL, including the cost of the damages to UNIFIL headquarters in Qana on 18 April 1996, amounting to $1,773,618, which should be charged to Israel, but expressing appreciation for the volunteer donations, requests all member-nations to meet their obligations, and to consider voluntary donations, endorses the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, decides to allocate about $130 million to the Force.

Resolution ES-10/1 (25 April 1997) Credentials of representatives to the tenth emergency special session of the General Assembly : Approves of the report of the Credentials Committee.

Resolution ES-10/2 (25 April 1997) Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory : Condemns the construction of a new settlement near Jebel Abu Ghneim, and other illegal actions around Jerusalem, and reaffirms the principle that acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible, and considering how recent Israeli actions interfere with the peace process, and reaffirming the importance of protecting religious sites, and of the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), and conscious of the serious consequences for Middle East peace and security of persistent violation of the Geneva Conventions and UN resolutions and international law by Israel, and reaffirms that all Israeli settlements are illegal, and steps to alter the status of Jerusalem are illegal, null and void, and demands that all settlement building and the steps to change Jerusalem status must stop immediately, and to accept the de jure applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), and to comply with all relevant UN resolutions, and to respect the territorial integrity of the occupied territories, and the rights of free movement and access to Jerusalem of their inhabitants, and recommends that all parties to the Geneva Conventions take the necessary steps to ensure Israeli compliance with them, and that there be scrupulous implementation of the Oslo agreements by all parties to it, and rejects terrorism in all its forms.

Resolution ES-10/3 (15 July 1997) Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory : Having been informed that Israel continues building illegal settlements and by-pass roads, including those at Abu Ghneim, and confiscating more lands for settlements, in violation of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) and UN resolutions, including UN resolution ES-10/2, thus condemns Israel for its UN resolution violations, and its restrictions it has imposed on the UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, and harmful actions against Palestinians living in Jerusalem, and asks member-nations not to support such illegal activities, wishes for Israel to make available to member-nations lists of all goods produced in the illegal settlements. Calls for revitalization of the peace process, and for parties to the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) convene a conference over enforcement of the Conventions pertaining to Israel’s violations in the occupied territories including Jerusalem.

Resolution ES-10/4 (13 November 1997) Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory : Reiterates “the demands made in resolutions ES-10/2 and ES-10/3” : (a) end all settlement building, specifically in Jebel Abu Ghneim and in Jerusalem, (b) accepts de jure applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) and complies with relevant UN resolutions, (c) stop immediately all illegal actions against Palestinians in Jerusalem, (d) Israel make available to member-states a list of goods made in the illegal settlements, which have been ignored up to this point by Israel, condemns Israel for failing to comply with the above resolutions, calls upon all nations and groups not to aid Israel’s illegal activities, calls upon all parties to the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), including the government of Switzerland as the holder of the Conventions, to take necessary steps, including convening a conference, to be attended by the PLO, to ensure Israeli respect for the Conventions, and fulfillment of the Oslo agreements.

Resolution 52/34 (09 December 1997) Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : Recalling the many previous UN resolutions calling for a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East, and for all states in the region to refrain from acquiring and developing nuclear weapons, and to place their nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards, and reaffirming the right of all states to have peaceful nuclear energy facilities, and for those facilities to be free from attack, and welcoming all measures toward all disarmaments, urges all parties to implement the above resolutions.

Resolution 52/41 (09 December 1997) The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : Noting the one state in the Middle East who is not party to the non-proliferation treaty, and the adoption of the Comprehension Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty ratified by 149 nations, calls upon that one state to join the treaty, renounce developing and acquiring nuclear weapons, and to place its facilities under IAEA safeguards.

Resolution 52/43 (09 December 1997) Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region : Recalling previous resolutions, conferences and summits on this subject, including those aimed at closer ties to Europe, the Maghreb and the Middle East, and the Middle East peace process, but also noting the continuing tensions and military actions in the Middle East, expressing satisfaction for the process so far, including respect for sovereignty, military withdrawals, respect for self-determination, non-interference, non-use of forceful acquisition of territory, in a spirit of multilateral partnership, and to strengthen their military transparency, and cooperation in anti-terrorism and anti-drug and arms trafficking efforts, and efforts in support of human rights.

Resolution 52/49 (09 December 1997) Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : Recalling the signing of the Oslo Accords, and expresses appreciation to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for its efforts in support of the Oslo Accords and the human rights of the Palestinian people, and requests all parties, including the UN Conciliation Commission, to cooperate with the Committee.

Resolution 52/50 (09 December 1997) Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : Considers that the Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat continues to do positive work on behalf of the Palestinians through public education programs, including the UN Information System on the Question of Palestine, and cooperation with the UN Office of Communications and Public Information, and invites all states to support this effort, including support and observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

Resolution 52/51 (09 December 1997) Special information programme on the question of Palestine : Convinced of the importance of public education about Palestine, and the role of NGO’s and the UN agencies dealing with information in helping bring peace to the Middle East, including fact-finding trips for jounalists, and media trainings for Palestinians.

Resolution 52/52 (09 December 1997) Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : Aware that it has been 50 years since the UN passage of the Partition Plan resolution 181 (II)(1947), and 30 years since the start of the Israeli occupation, and convinced that the core of Middle East peace is resolution of the Palestine/Israeli conflict, and that the principles of equal rights and self-determination are amongst the key principles of the UN Charter, and affirming the principle that acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible, and that the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) are applicable to the Israeli occupation, and that the settlements and changing the status of Jerusalem all are illegal, and affirming the right of all states in the region to live in peace within their internationally recognized borders, and the withdrawal of Israeli military from Gaza and Jericho areas, and the recent successful Palestinian elections, and the challenges faced by the peace process, stresses the necessity of realizing UN resolutions 242 and 338, and bringing the peace process back on track, and “realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, primarily the right to self-determination”, and withdrawal of Israel from Palestinian territory, and resolving the needs of the Palestinian refugees as per UN resolution 194 (III), and asks states to aid the Palestinian people.

Resolution 52/53 (09 December 1997) Jerusalem : Recalls past UN resolutions determining that all Israeli efforts to change the status of Jerusalem, including the “Basic Law: Jerusalem”, are illegal, null and void and must be rescinded, and which also calls for member- nations not to move their diplomatic missions to Jerusalem in violation of UN resolution 478 (1980).

Resolution 52/54 (09 December 1997) The situation in the Middle East: the Syrian Golan : Reaffirming the principle that the acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible and that the Hague Conventions (1899 & 1907) and Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) are applicable to the Israeli occupation, and thus that the settlements are illegal, and the Golan occupation has not ended, and concerned that the peace process for Lebanon and Syria has ended, declares that Israel is so far in violation of UN resolution 497 with its continuing defacto annexation of the Syrian Golan, and calls upon Israel to resume peace talks concerning Lebanon and Syria conflicts, and demands once more that Israel withdraw from the Syrian Golan, and calls upon all nations to support the peace process.

Resolution 52/57 (10 December 1997) Assistance to Palestine refugees : Notes with regret that repatriation or compensation of refugees as per UN resolution 194 (III) has not happened, but expressing appreciation to UNRWA for its efforts, and regret that the UN Conciliation Commission has not been able to succeed, but notes the success of the Peace Implementation Programme since the signing of Oslo Accords, urges all states and groups to help them in their work, especially with the financial problems of UNRWA.

Resolution 52/58 (10 December 1997) Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Deeply concerned about UNRWA’s financial crisis, which directly impacts services to the refugees, commends the Working Group on Financing UNRWA for its efforts, and requests it to continue.

Resolution 52/59 (10 December 1997) Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities : Reaffirms the right of return of all peoples displaced by 1967 and subsequent fighting, as per the Oslo Accords (Declaration of Principles, article XII), and expresses appreciation for the efforts of UNRWA in the meantime, and asks all governments and groups to help UNRWA with this effort.

Resolution 52/60 (10 December 1997) Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees : “Cognizant of the fact that the Palestinian refugees have, for the last five decades, lost their homes, lands and means of livelihood”, appeals to all states to help out with Palestinian educational and vocational training needs, especially to the proposed University of Jerusalem “Al-Quds” for Palestinian refugees.

Resolution 52/61 (10 December 1997) Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Affirming the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to the Israeli occupation, and “aware of the fact that Palestine refugees have, for five decades, lost their homes, lands and means of livelihood”, and deeply concerned about the financial problems of UNRWA, expresses appreciation to both UNRWA and the Advisory Commission of UNRWA, and welcomes the completion of the transfer of its headquarters to Gaza, and acknowledges the support of the PLO while making this move, calls upon Israel to abide by the UN Charter and compensate UNRWA for damages caused by Israel, and calls for the Commissioner-General of UNRWA to continue registering refugees. Notes the new context for progress created by the signing of Oslo, all the different international conferences, and peace efforts, and urges all states to aid UNRWA.

Resolution 52/62 (10 December 1997) Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues : Recalling UN resolution 374 (V)(1950) calling for measures to protect the rights, property and interests of the Palestinian refugees, and taking note of the completion of the registration of refugees properties, confirms that the Palestinian refugees are entitled to their property and any income derived from it, and requests that UN agencies take the necessary step to protect that stuff, and call upon Israel to help with this effort and program.

Resolution 52/63 (10 December 1997) University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees : Appeals to all states to help out with Palestinian educational and vocational training needs, especially to the proposed University of Jerusalem “Al-Quds” for Palestinian refugees, and calls upon Israel once more to cooperate with this effort.

Resolution 52/64 (10 December 1997) Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : Guided by international humanitarian law, and recalling the uprising of the Palestinian people (the intifada), and that “the occupation itself represents a primary violation of human rights”, commends the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories for its work, and requests it to continue (including the treatment of prisoners in the occupied territories), and demands that Israel cooperate with the Committee, deplores Israeli practices that violate Palestinian human rights and is causing a deterioration of conditions in the occupied territories, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure the widest circulation possible of the reports of the Committee.

Resolution 52/65 (10 December 1997) Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories : Reaffirms the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to the Israeli occupation, including Jerusalem, and demands that Israel accept this applicability and comply with its provisions scrupulously, and asks all parties to the Conventions to exert maximum influence on Israel to comply with its provisions.

Resolution 52/66 (10 December 1997) Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan : Affirming the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, and the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to the Israeli occupation, including Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan, and aware of the Middle East peace process, but gravely concerned about the actions of the armed Israeli settlers (for example the massacre of Palestinian worshippers in Al-Khalil on 25 February 1994), reaffirms that the Israeli settlements are illegal and an obstacle to peace, calls on Israel to accept the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), and demands the complete cessation of new settlement construction throughout the territories, and to continue disarming the Israeli settlers (as per UN resolution 904 (1994)).

Resolution 52/67 (10 December 1997) Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem : Reaffirming the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force and the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to the Israeli occupation, and noting the withdrawal of the Israeli military from Gaza and Jericho areas, and the redeployment from 6 West Bank cities, but deeply concerned about Israeli violation of Palestinian human rights, especially the use of collective punishment, building settlements, annexation and closure of areas, but especially the closure of the entire occupied territory causing great economic and social hardship, and in violation of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), and expressing appreciation for the international presence in the occupied territories to help protect Palestinians, determines that all Israeli measures in violation of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) and UN resolutions are illegal, null and void, and which violate Palestinian human rights, should cease immediately. Stresses the need to preserve Palestinian freedom of movement, and the territorial integrity of the territories, including access to Jerusalem.

Resolution 52/68 (10 December 1997) The occupied Syrian Golan : Recalling previous UN resolutions calling for the end to the Israeli occupation, and the illegality of Israel’s annexation of the Syrian Golan, and reaffirming the principle of international law that the acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible, and the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to the Israeli occupation, and welcoming the peace process, calls upon Israel to comply with UN resolutions concerning its annexation of the Syrian Golan, which it considers to be illegal and null and void, and to stop building settlements there, and imposing Israeli citizenship and ID cards on the inhabitants there, and calls upon all member-nations to not recognize Israel’s annexation of the Syrian Golan.

Resolution 52/114 (12 December 1997) The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : Expressing deep concern over the deterioration of the peace process, reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, and urges all states and groups to support them in attaining it.

Resolution 52/169 (10 February 1998) Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance: special economic assistance to individual countries or regions; Section D: Assistance for the reconstruction and development of Lebanon : Recalling UN Economic and Social Council resolution calling for intensification of aid programs for Lebanon because urgent need there, especially because of the destruction of infrastructure there, therefore appeals to all member-states and groups to intensify aid to Lebanon, including rebuilding infrastructure, social development, environmental management, public services, and reintegration of displaced persons, especially in Southern Lebanon and Baalbeck-Hermet.

Resolution 52/170 (16 December 1997) Assistance to the Palestinian people : Aware of the negative impact of the Israeli occupation on development in the occupied territories, and the urgent need for improvement to the infrastructure there, and international aid for that purpose, and taking note of the appointment of the UN Special Coordinator in the Occupied Territories, and welcoming the results of the Conference to Support Middle East Peace in Washington DC, and the establishment of the Ad Hoc Liason Committee to the PA, and the consultative group in Paris for the proposed UN assistance program, expresses appreciation to all donor member-nations and groups who are providing assistance to the Palestinian people, and urges all to help out as much as possible with development in the occupied territories in cooperation with the PLO and other Palestinian groups, including pledged amounts, and urges member-nations to open their markets to Palestinian products, and suggests the convening in 1998 of a UN sponsored Seminar on the Palestinian Economy.

Resolution 52/207 (18 December 1997) Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources : Reaffirming occupied peoples’ sovereignty over their own natural resources, the inadmissibility of territory gained by force, and the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to the Israeli occupation, and aware of the detrimental impact of the Israeli settlements on Palestinian society and economy, calls upon Israel to stop exploiting the natural resources of the occupied lands (including land and water), and recognizes the right of the Palestinian people to restitution for their losses due to this exploitation.

Resolution 52/236 (26 June 1998) Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : Recalling past resolutions establishing and financing the UNDOF, and how its cost is spread amongst the member-nations, and recalling the necessity for special procedures to handle the finances of the UNDOF, and expressing appreciation for the voluntary contributions, expresses concern about the financial problems of the UNDOF, urges all members to meet their financial obligations regarding the UNDOF and also consider giving voluntary donations, requests the Secretary-General to continue efforts to acquire more donations, decides to appropriate about $35,000,000 for the UNDOF.

Resolution 52/237 (26 July 1998) Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : Recalling resolutions establishing and financing the UNIFIL, and reaffirming its cost will be spread amongst member-states, recalling how special procedures were decided on to handle the financing of UNIFIL, concerned about the continuing financial difficulties of the Force, but expressing appreciation for voluntary donations received, concerned about Israeli violation of resolution 51/233, and requesting that Israel comply with that resolution demanding restitution to the Force for the facilities at Qana that Israel damaged on 18 April 1996, makes note of the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions, requests Secretary-General to continue the effort to hire local staff to save money, decides to appropriate about $143 million to the Force, and asks member-states to consider paying their obligations, and adding voluntary donations to help the Force.

Resolution 52/250 (07 July 1998) Participation of Palestine in the work of the United Nations : Recalling resolution 3237 (XXIX)(1974) wherein it granted observer status to the PLO, and resolution 43/160 wherein the PLO was recognized as a “national liberation movement” and that its communications were accepted as official UN documents, and other resolutions recognizing the PLO and Palestine as a part of the UN, and Palestine’s participation in other international diplomatic bodies, and aware of Palestine’s democratic elections held in January, 1996, decides to “confer upon Palestine, in its capacity as observer, and as contained in the annex to the present resolution, additional rights and privileges of participation in the sessions and work of the General Assembly and the international conferences convened under the auspices of the Assembly and other organs of the United Nations…”. The Annex summarizes the following additional rights: 1.The right to participate in the general debate of the Assembly, (2) the right to be a listed speaker on subjects other than Palestine and the Middle East, (3) The right to reply, (4) The right to raise points of order related to proceedings covering the Middle East, except to challenge decisions of the presiding officer, (5) right to co-sponsor resolutions pertaining to the Middle East (call for a vote must come from a member-state), (6) The right to make interventions (with a precursory explanation), (7) seating will include six seats following seating of non-members, but before other observers, (8) Palestine still cannot vote or put forward candidates.

Resolution ES-10/5 (17 March 1998) Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory : Increasingly concerned about the persistent Israeli violations of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), including settlement construction at Jebel Abu Ghneim, as well as its failure to accept the de jure application of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to its occupation, and condemns Israel’s violations of resolutions ES-10/2, ES-10/3 and ES-10/4, and reiterates the demands of those resolutions, and reiterates its recommendation that the high contracting parties of the Geneva Conventions meet to develop measures to enforce the Conventions as per Israel, and reiterates its recommendation to the Government of Switzerland, as the depositary of the Geneva Conventions to convene the above meeting to cover enforcement of the Conventions, extends the target date for such a meeting to April, 1998, and also to include the PLO in such a meeting, and will next consider taking the steps recommended in resolution 377 (A)(V)(1950).

Resolution 53/27 (18 November 1998) Bethlehem 2000 : Considering that Bethlehem is the birthplace of Jesus Christ, and thus one of the historic and significant places on earth, and noting the upcoming special millennium celebrations planned there, and the importance of this moment for the Palestinian people and other peoples of the region, and aware of the need for help with planning this event, thus expresses support for the Bethlehem 2000 project, and expresses appreciation for the international assistance with this project, and expresses the need for need for change in the area to allow freedom of movement and access to holy places.

Resolution 53/37 (02 December 1998) Jerusalem : Determines that Israeli defacto annexation of Jerusalem is null and void and illegal, and deplores the transfer by some states of their diplomatic missions to Jerusalem in violation of UN resolution 478 (1980), and calls upon those states to comply with the UN resolutions, in conformity with the UN Charter.

Resolution 53/38 (02 December 1998) The situation in the Middle East: the Syrian Golan : Reaffirming the fundamental principle that acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible and the applicability of the Hague Regulations (1907) and the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to Israel’s occupation of the Syrian Golan, and deeply concerned about lack of Israeli withdrawal from the Syrian Golan in violation of UN resolutions (especially UN resolution 497 (1981)), and the illegality of the settlements, and the halt of peace talks, and declares that Israeli defacto annexation of the Syrian Golan is null and void, and calls upon Israel to rescind it and resume peace talks with Syria and Lebanon, and completely withdraw from the Syrian Golan.

Resolution 53/39 (02 December 1998) Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People :

Resolution 53/ ( December 1998) : Recalling the signing of the Oslo Accords, expresses appreciation for the work of this Committee, and will continue to contribute to the implementation of the Oslo Accords and work in support of Palestinian inalienable rights in cooperation with other groups, endorses the recommendations of the latest report of the Committee, and requests the Secretary-General to distribute this report to all bodies of the UN.

Resolution 53/40 (02 December 1998) Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : “Considers that the Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat continues to make a useful and constructive contribution” and requests its consulting with the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the UN Dept. of Public Information to continue, and invites all member-states to cooperate with the Committee and Division, and commends those who participated in the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 of November, including their annual exhibit on Palestinian rights assembled in cooperation with the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine.

Resolution 53/41 (02 December 1998) Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : Convinced of the importance of dessiminating accurate info about the conflict, expresses appreciation for the work of the UN Dept. of Public Information of the Secretariat, especially its special information programme on the question of Palestine, and requests it to continue cooperation with the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, including tours and seminars for the press, and media training for the Palestinians.

Resolution 53/42 (02 December 1998) Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : Convinced that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the key to Middle East peace, and that equal rights and self-determination and the inadmissibility of acquisition of territory by force are important principles in the UN Charter, and that the Israeli settlements and Israeli effort to change the status of Jerusalem are both illegal, and also affirming the right of all states to live in peace within internationally recognized borders, and recalling the mutual recognition found in the Oslo Accords and the subsequent withdrawal of Israeli military from the areas of Jericho and Gaza, and redeployment in the rest of the West Bank, but welcoming the peace efforts like the Wye River Memorandum, stresses the necessity for commitment to the principle of land for peace, which is the basis of the peace process, and calls upon all parties to bring the peace process back on track, stressing the need for (1) realization of Palestinian inalienable rights (especially the right of self-determination), (2) Israeli withdrawal from all occupied territories, and resolving the refugee situation as per resolution 194 (III)(1948), and urges all member-states to give aid to the Palestinian people.

Resolution 53/46 (03 December 1998) Assistance to Palestine refugees : Welcoming the signing of the Oslo Accords, and encouraging the Multilateral Working Group on Refugees to continue its efforts, and expresses thanks to UNRWA for doing its best, but notes with regret the failure of UN Conciliation Commission efforts thus that the refugees still have not been repatriated or compensated as per UN resolution 194 (III), but also notes the continuing success of the Peace Implementation Programme for Oslo Accords, and the growing cooperation between UNRWA and the World Bank, and the efforts of UNRWA to be more transparent about finances, and urges all member states to help out UNRWA and the Palestinian people.

Resolution 53/47 (03 December 1998) Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Taking note of the great work of UNRWA, but also concerned about its financial problems, commends UNRWA for its work, and requests the Working Group to continue to seek solutions for this problem.

Resolution 53/48 (03 December 1998) Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities : Taking note of the Oslo Accords, but how its provisions for the sake of displaced persons have not been implemented yet, and reaffirming the right of all displaced persons to return to their homes following the end of the 1967 fighting, and appreciates the efforts of UNRWA caring for the Palestinian refugees in the meantime, and asks all nations and groups to help UNRWA with this work.

Resolution 53/49 (03 December 1998) Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees : Cognizant of the fact that the refugees have lost everything and it has been 5 years, and urges all states and groups to help out the Palestinian educational programs, and expresses appreciation to all who have helped out, especially with establishing vocational training centers and the University of Jerusalem “Al-Quds”.

Resolution 53/50 (03 December 1998) Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Affirming the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to the Israeli occupation, and UN articles concerning the privileges and immunities of the UN, and that the Palestinian refugees have for 5 decades lost everything, and the work of UNRWA to protect the refugees, and of the PLO’s new working relationship with the agency, including moving its headquarters to Gaza, and notes the continuing success of the UNRWA Peace Implementation Programme, but deeply concerned about the financial problems of UNRWA, calls upon Israel to accept the Geneva Conventions de jure application to its occupation, and to treat UN facilities and personnel with respect, and to compensate UNRWA for the damage it has caused to UNRWA facilities, and urges all states and groups to help UNRWA accomplish its task.

Resolution 53/51 (03 December 1998) Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues : Recalling the basic principle of international law that “no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his or her property”, and recent UN resolutions calling for the UN Conciliation Committee to find ways to protect the rights and properties of Palestinian refugees, and noting the completion of the registration of Palestinian refugees and their property, and issuance of ID cards to them, and also recalling that as per the Oslo Accords, that the final status negotiations would include the issue of the refugees, and that the refugees are entitled to keep all their property and any income derived from it, and calls once again upon Israel to help with this matter.

Resolution 53/52 (03 December 1998) University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees : Emphasizes the need to strengthen the Palestinian education system, especially the establishment of the University of Jerusalem “Al-Quds”, and calls upon Israel to cooperate with this effort.

Resolution 53/53 (03 December 1998) Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : Aware of the lasting impact of the Intifada, and “convinced that occupation itself represents a primary violation of human rights”, commends the work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, and requests that it continue, demands Israel cooperate with the Committee, and deplores Israeli practices that violate Palestinian human rights, requests the Committee to investigate, in cooperation with the ICRC, Israeli violation of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), as well as treatment of prisoners in the occupied territories, and requests the Secretary-General to distribute the Committee’s reports as widely as possible.

Resolution 53/54 (03 December 1998) Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories : “Noting the convening of the meeting of experts of the high contracting parties to the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 3/ at Geneva, from 27 to 29 October 1998, at the initiative of the Government of Switzerland in its capacity as the depository of the Convention, concerning general problems of application of the Convention in general and, in particular, in occupied territories,” reaffirms that the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) are applicable to the Israeli occupation, and demands that Israel accept the de jure applicability of those Conventions, and calls upon all state parties to the Convention to exert all effort to ensure compliance with the Conventions, as per UN emergency session resolutions.

Resolution 53/55 (03 December 1998) Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory,including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan : Affirming the principle that acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible, and the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), expresses grave concern about the resumption of settlement building, especially around Jebel Abu Ghneim, and the actions of armed settlers, illustrated by the massacre of worshippers in the Al-Khalil Mosque on 25 February 1994. reaffirms that Israeli settlements in the Golan are illegal and an obstacle to peace, and calls upon Israel to stop all settlement building and to accept the de jure applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to the occupation, and to disarm settlers.

Resolution 53/56 (03 December 1998) Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem : Reaffirming the principle that acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible, and the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), and noting the signing of the Oslo Accords, and Israeli withdrawal in Gaza and West Bank, but concerned about the continuing violation of Palestinian human rights, such as practice of collective punishment, area closures, annexation of occupied territory, building settlements, and the closure of the West Bank inhibiting movement leading to great economic and social hardship, in violation of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), but convinced of the value of the international presence protecting Palestinian civilians, that the above actions by Israel are in violation of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) and UN resolutions, and demands that Israel rescind the above actions, stressing the need to preserve the territorial integrity of the occupied territories and the freedom of movement of the Palestinian people, and release all Palestinian people arbitrarily imprisoned.

Resolution 53/57 (03 December 1998) The occupied Syrian Golan : Reaffirming that Israel’s defacto annexation of the Syrian Golan is illegal and in violation of UN resolutions, as per the principle that acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible, and the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), calls upon Israel to obey UN resolutions and Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), which it has violated, and rescind its defacto annexation, including halting of imposition of Israeli citizenship and ID cards on the native inhabitants of the Golan.

Resolution 53/74 (04 December 1998) Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : Emphasizing the basic provisions of past UN resolutions calling for a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East to get all states in the region to officially register their commitment that they will not build or buy nuclear weapons and will place all their nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards, and to support general disarmament throughout the region, and notes the ongoing Middle East peace negotiations and the efforts of the Working Group on Arms Control and Regional Security, but reaffirms the right of all nations to have nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, and to be free of threat of attack, urges all parties to take the above steps.

Resolution 53/80 (04 December 1998) The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : Noting that Israel remains the only state in the Middle East who is not party to the Non-Proliferation Nuclear Weapons Treaty, calls upon Israel to join the Treaty, and commit to not produce or acquire nuclear weapons, and to place its nuclear facilities under the safeguard of the IAEA, to also help build confidence in the region in international controls over nuclear weapons.

Resolution 53/82 (04 December 1998) Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region : Bearing in mind all of the previous efforts to bring about peace and stability and security in the Mediterranean region, through economic, social, cultural and environmental cooperation and dialog, and recognizing the efforts to become closer with Europe as well, and their commitment to their responsibilities as per international law, and noting the importance of the peace process to the Mediterranean region, but also the ongoing military conflicts as well, and recognizes the efforts to eliminate economic and social disparities, and calls upon all member-states in the region to cooperate in disarmament and fighting terrorism, international crime and drugs, and greater harmony amongst them (through measures such as financial transparency).

Resolution 53/89 (07 December 1998) Assistance to the Palestinian people : Welcomes signing of the Oslo Accords and all the different conferences and seminars taking place out of concern for the Palestinian people, but gravely concerned about the difficult economic and employment conditions facing the Palestinian people, expresses appreciation to all those states and groups that have aided the Palestinian people, and urges them to continue to aid the Palestinian people, and fulfill their pledges, in cooperation with the PLO, and urges all nations to open their markets to Palestinian products, and to convene a UN-sponsored seminar in 1999.

Resolution 53/98 (09 December 1998) Israeli nuclear disarmament : Recalling previous UN resolutions calling for a nuclear-weapon-free-zone in the Middle East, expresses alarm at increasing evidence that Israel continues to seek to acquire nuclear weapons, and has refused to adhere to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and has refused to place its nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards, and recalling how the IAEA decided that Israel’s attack on the Iraq facility was an attack on the IAEA treaty regime, and recalling the UN repeated condemnation of Israel-South Africa nuclear collaboration, and recognizing that Israel now has full nuclear weapon capabilities, “requests the Security Council to prohibit all forms of co-operation with Israel in the nuclear field”, and to institute effective enforcement procedures against Israel to prevent it from endangering peace and security with its nuclear weapons, requests Israel to obey all of the UN resolutions referred to above, and requests the Secretary-General to give maximum distribution to the report on Israeli nuclear armament.

Resolution 53/136 (09 December 1998) The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : Recalling international humanitarian and human rights law, and expressing deep concern about the obstacles emerging in the Middle East peace process, and reaffirming the right of all states to live in peace in the region within internationally recognized borders, “reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, without excluding the option of a State”, and urges all states and groups to support their quest to realize this right.

Resolution 53/196 (15 December 1998) Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources : “Reaffirming the principle of the permanent sovereignty of peoples under foreign occupation over their natural resources”, and that acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible, and the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to the Israeli occupation, and aware of the detrimental impact of the Israeli settlements on the Palestinian people, which includes confiscation of lands and forced diversion of water resources, reaffirms the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and the residents of the Syrian Golan over their own natural resources, including land and water, and calls upon Israel not to exploit or deplete those resources, and recognizes the right of the Palestinian people and people residing in the Syrian Golan to demand restitution for any losses caused by that exploitation or depletion by Israel of their natural resources.

Resolution 53/226 (08 June 1999) Financing of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force : Recalling previous UN resolution establishing, financing and extending the mandate of the UNDOF, and noting with appreciation voluntary donations to the Force, but concerned about the financial problems facing the Force, urges all member-nations to meet their financial obligations to the Force, as well as to consider making voluntary donations, and commends the efforts of the Secretary-General to increase donations, and to work at increasing the efficiency and reduce costs of the Force (including by hiring staff locally), and to improve working conditions considering the move of headquarters from Damascus to Gaza’s Fort Faouar, decides to appropriate to the Force approximately $35,300,000.

Resolution 53/227 (08 June 1999) Financing of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon : Recalling previous resolutions establishing, financing and renewing the mandate of the UNIFIL, and noting with appreciation voluntary donations to the Force, but concerned about the financial problems facing the Force, urges all member-nations to meet their financial obligations to the Force, as well as to consider making voluntary donations, and commends the efforts of the Secretary-General to increase donations, and to work at increasing the efficiency and reduce costs of the Force (including by hiring staff locally), expressing concern that Israel has violated UN resolutions 51/233 and 52/237, and repeating that Israel should abide by those resolutions, but reduces the estimated cost of the attack on the UNIFIL Qana headquarters thus reducing amount due from Israel from $1,773,618 to $1,284,633, and to improve working conditions considering the move of headquarters from Damascus to Gaza’s Fort Faouar, decides to appropriate to the Force approximately $148,900,000 for the Force.

Resolution ES-10/6 (09 February 1999) Illegal Israeli actions in Occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory : Condemns Israel for violating resolutions of UN General Assembly Emergency Sessions and international law including the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), as it continues illegal activity in occupied East Jerusalem and elsewhere in the occupied territories, which are judged to be null and void, including the building of a new settlements at Jebel Abu Ghneim and elsewhere, confiscating lands, and building by-pass roads, but commending Switzerland’s efforts as the depositary nation of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to get respect for the Conventions by attempting to hold meetings between the involved parties and the ICRC, as well as a meeting of experts, and greatly concerned by Israeli suspension on 20 Dec. 1998 of the Wye River Memorandum, and thus demands in the strongest terms that Israel stop the illegal activity and accept de jure the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to the occupation, and also repeats demand that member-nations not support the illegal activities of Israel, and affirms renewing efforts to bring back the peace process based on the principle of “land for peace”, and repeats its recommendation that the High Contracting Parties of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) hold a Conference on enforcing the Conventions in the occupied territories, which should include representatives of the Palestinian people.

Resolution 54/7 (27 October 1999) Cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference : Recalling previous resolutions inviting the Organization of the Islamic Conference to participate in UN sessions and work as an official observer, and taking into account cooperation of the two groups on such issues as “political, economic, social, humanitarian, cultural and technical fields and in their common search for solutions to global problems, such as questions relating to international peace and security, disarmament, self-determination, decolonization, fundamental human rights and economic and technical development”, requests this cooperation to continue, including information exchange, and encourages other specialty groups to participate.

Resolution 54/9 (26 October 1999) Cooperation between the United Nations and the League of Arab States : Recalling previous resolutions encouraging cooperation with the League of Arab States, and noting the desire of both organizations to strengthen their cooperation, and noting the efforts of the Secretary-General to increase cooperation with regional groups in general, commends the efforts of the League of Arab States to encourage multilateral cooperation amongst Arab nations, and commends the efforts of the Secretary-General to increase this cooperation, and encourages UN agencies to engage the League and its members’ cooperation and resources in UN development programmes for the Middle East, and for other groups to join them, and for everyone to hold meetings at least every two years to work on this cooperation, and to specifically hold a meeting on “Youth and Employment” in particular in May, 2000.

Resolution 54/22 (10 November 1999) Bethlehem 2000 : Recalling that Bethlehem being the birthplace of Jesus Christ, and thus being one of the most important places on earth, and noting plans for a major millennium celebration in Bethlehem at the end of this year (1999), and stressing the importance of this event for the Palestinian people, and the need for assistance for planning and putting this event on, and welcoming the convening of the Bethlehem 2000 International Conference in Rome with high-level international participation, and stressing the need for increasing freedom of movement and protection of access and condition of holy places around Bethlehem, the General Assembly expresses support for this project, and appreciation for the international cooperation supporting this project.

Resolution 54/37 (01 December 1999) Jerusalem : Recalling the decision of the Security Council not to recognize Israel’s alteration of the status of Jerusalem, including the Basic Law: Jerusalem, determines once again that the decision to do this is illegal and thus null and void, and deplores the actions of nations who have moved their diplomatic missions to Jerusalem in violation of UN Security Council resolution 478 (1980).

Resolution 54/38 (01 December 1999) The Syrian Golan : “Reaffirming the fundamental principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, in accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations” and the applicability of both the Hague Regulations (1907) and the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949), deeply concerned that Israel has not withdrawn from the Syrian Golan, and stresses that settlement construction there is illegal, labels its activities there a “de facto annexation”, and expressing great concern over the halt of the peace process despite start in Madrid, “declares that Israel has failed so far to comply with Security Council resolution 497 (1981)”, and demands once again that Israel withdraw from the Syrian Golan, and all parties to participate in the peace process.

Resolution 54/39 (01 December 1999) Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People : Recalling the signing of the Oslo Accords, expresses appreciation for the efforts of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, and that the Committee should continue its work, and cooperation with the Palestinian people and with other groups such as the UN Conciliation Commission.

Resolution 54/40 (01 December 1999) Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat : Considers with appreciation the work of the Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat, such as organizing meetings in different regions on the conflict, advances in document collection, dissemination of publications on the conflict, and training staff of the PA, and cooperating with the UN Department of Public Information of the Secretariat, and invites all governments and groups to work with the Division in its work, and appreciates the participation of member-nations in observation of the annual International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, including the exhibit assembled with the help of the UN Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine.

Resolution 54/41 (01 December 1999) Special information programme on the question of Palestine of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat : Convinced of the importance of world-wide dissemination of accurate info on the conflict, and aware of the signing of the Oslo Accords and the Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum, and requests continued cooperation with the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, and to continue with the updating of materials, and development of audio-visual materials, and to promote fact-finding tours for journalists, and to organize seminars world-wide about the conflict, and to provide media training to Palestinian groups and journalists, and to promote the Bethlehem 2000 project, including a Bethlehem 2000 website.

Resolution 54/42 (01 December 1999) Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : Concerned about the passage of 50 years since the creation of the State of Israel, and 30 years since the start of the occupation, and that resolving the Palestine/Israeli conflict is at the core of Middle East peace, and the mutual recognition expressed in the signing of the Oslo Accords, and affirming the principle of the inadmissibility of acquisition of territory by force, and the illegality of the Israeli settlements and status changing of Jerusalem, and the right of a nations to live in peace within internationally recognized borders, and recognizing the Israeli withdrawal in 1995, and the holding of Palestinian national elections, expresses full support for the peace process and the principle of land for peace, and the implementation of UN resolutions 242 and 338, which are the basis of the peace process, stresses the need for “the realization of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, primarily the right to self-determination”, end of the occupation, resolving the Palestinian refugee problem as per UN resolution 194, and urges member-nations to lend aid to the Palestinian people.

Resolution 54/51 (01 December 1999) Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East : Recalling previous UN resolutions calling for a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East, which calls for commitments not to buy or produce nuclear weapons, and to place their nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards, and to officially declare support for such a zone in the Middle East, and reaffirming the right of all nations to have access to peaceful nuclear power, and the right to take measures to protect facilities from attack, and supporting general disarmament, urges all parties to take the above steps, and takes note of the ongoing bilateral peace negotiations which includes the above topics, and asks all nations to assist in this effort.

Resolution 54/57 (01 December 1999) The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East : Mindful of the immediate need for all parties to place their nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards, and adherence to the non-proliferation treaty, and noting that only Israel in the entire Middle East region has not done either of the above, and calls upon Israel to do so.

Resolution 54/59 (01 December 1999) Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region : Noting past UN resolutions on this topic, and noting the efforts taken so far to resolve problems in the Middle East, and reaffirming the importance of ties to Europe, and reaffirming the role of all states in bringing about this peace, and recognizes the importance of eliminating economic and social disparities to achieving peace, and encourages all states to participate in the many multilateral agreements concerning such topics as disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, and to take confidence-building measures such as practicing openness and transparency on military matters by participating in standardized reporting on military expenditures and the UN Register of Conventional Arms, and to cooperate in fighting terrorism, international crime, illegal arms and drugs trafficking, which destroy peace, human rights and democracy.

Resolution 54/69 (06 December 1999) Assistance to Palestine refugees : Welcoming the signing of Oslo and the Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum, but notes with regret that repatriation or compensation has not happened for the Palestinian refugees as per UN resolution 194, and the failure of the UN Conciliation Commission in these matters, but encourages them to continue to try, and expresses appreciation to UNRWA also for its efforts on behalf of the refugees, and welcomes the increased cooperation amongst all the groups involved, urges all member-nations to help out with this effort, but expresses concern for the financial crisis of UNRWA, and how this negatively impacts the refugees, but welcomes the efforts of the staff and others to make the agency more efficient and cost effective.

Resolution 54/70 (06 December 1999) Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Deeply concerned about the financial crisis of UNRWA, which has direct negative impact on the refugees, commends the work of the Working Group for Financing, and requests that it continue its efforts, and welcomes the new budget structuring which includes greater transparency.

Resolution 54/71 (06 December 1999) Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities : Taking note that the Oslo Accords provisions for persons displaced by 1967 fighting have not been implemented, reaffirms their right to return to their homes which are now in the occupied territories, and endorses the efforts of UNRWA on behalf of these refugees, and strongly appeals to all member-nations to help out with efforts on behalf of these refugees.

Resolution 54/72 (06 December 1999) Offers by Member States of grants and scholarships for higher education, including vocational training, for Palestine refugees : Considering the losses of the last 50 years for the Palestinian refugees, urges all nations and groups to aid refugee educational needs including university level and vocational training, and scholarships, and especially to support the development of the University of Jerusalem “Al-Quds”, and expresses appreciation to those who have responded to past pleas.

Resolution 54/73 (06 December 1999) Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East : Reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) to the Israeli occupation, and recalling the signing of the Oslo Accords and Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum, and deeply concerned about the financial crisis of UNRWA which directly negatively impacts the refugees, expresses appreciation for the work of UNRWA and the Advisory Commission of UNRWA, and for the transfer of the headquarters to Gaza, and calls upon Israel to accept the de jure applicability of the Geneva Conventions to the Israeli occupation, and the UN Charter and Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations regarding safety of UN personnel and facilities, and calls for Israel to pay for damages it has caused to UN facilities, and notes the success of the Peace Implementation Programme of UNRWA, but repeats the request of UNRWA for modernizing its archives, and urges all nations to help out with aid to UNRWA.

Resolution 54/74 (06 December 1999) Palestine refugees' properties and their revenues : Noting basic principle of international law that no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of their property, and noting the completion of the UN Conciliation Commission registration program for Palestinian refugees and their properties, recalling the Oslo Accords signing including an agreement to negotiate a permanent status for the refugees, reaffirms that the refugees are entitled to both return to their property and to receive any income that is earned from it, and calls upon Israel to help the UN make this happen.

Resolution 54/75 (06 December 1999) University of Jerusalem "Al-Quds" for Palestine refugees : Emphasizes the need to strengthen the educational system in the occupied Palestinian territories and especially the proposed University of Jerusalem “Al-Quds” for Palestinian refugees, and calls upon Israel to cooperate with this effort, and remove its obstacles to this effort.

Resolution 54/76 (06 December 1999) Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories : Guided by the principles of international law and the UN Charter, and “convinced that occupation itself represents a gross violation of human rights”, and recalling the signing of the Oslo Accords, and that with further progress the occupation will end, and therefore violations of Palestinian human rights will cease, commends the work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, and requests that the Committee continue with this work, especially investigation of Geneva Conventions violations in cooperation with the Red Cross, and especially the treatment of prisoners in the occupied territories, and demands that Israel cooperate with the Committee, and deplores Israeli practices violating Palestinian human rights which are described in the Committee reports, and requests the Secretary-General to assure wideset circulation possible of the Committee reports.

Resolution 54/77 (06 December 1999) Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories : Noting the meeting of experts on the Geneva Conventions to discuss the problems of applicability of the Conventions in the occupied territories, and the first time meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Conventions to discuss their enforcement in the occupied territories, reaffirms the applicability of the Conventions to the Israeli occupation, and demands that Israel accept their de jure application to its occupation, and comply with them scrupulously, and calls upon all States party to the Conventions to take all necessary steps to ensure Israel’s respect for the Conventions, and reiterates the need for speedy implementation of the Emergency Session resolutions concerning Israel and the occupation.

Resolution 54/78 (06 December 1999) Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan : Reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) and the principle of the inadmissibility of acquisition of territory by force, and the signing of the Oslo Accords, but gravely concerned that Israel continues to build settlements in violation of international law, and the illegal arming of Israeli settlers, which has resulted in the massacre of worshippers at the Al-Khalil Mosque in 1994, reaffirms that the settlements are illegal and obstacle to peace, and calls upon Israel to stop the building of settlements (especially the new settlement at Jebel Abu Ghneim), and to disarm the settlers, and to accept the de jure applicability of the Geneva Conventions to their occupation.

Resolution 54/79 (06 December 1999) Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem : Reaffirming the applicability to the Israeli occupation of the Geneva Conventions (IV)(1949) and the principle that the acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible, and recalling the signing of the Oslo Accords and the Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum, and the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and Jericho, and redeployment in other areas, and appreciative of the positive impact of internationals in the area protecting Palestinian civilians, but concerned about the “continuing violation of the human rights of the Palestinian people by Israel, the occupying Power, including the use of collective punishment, closure of areas, annexation and establishment of settlements and the continuing actions by it designed to change the legal status, geographical nature and demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem”, determines that all the measures by Israel in violation of the Geneva Conventions are void and illegal, and should be stopped immediately, and demands that Israel stop all human rights violations against the Palestinian people, including respecting the territorial integrity of the occupied territories and respect freedom of movement, especially into and out of Jerusalem and to and from the outside world.

Resolution 54/80 (06 December 1999) The occupied Syrian Golan : Reaffirming the principle that acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible, the applicability of the Geneva Conventions to the Israeli occupation, and recalling previous UN resolutions calling for an end to the Israeli occupation, and the illegality of Israel’s pseudo annexation of the Syrian Golan, but welcoming the peace process with the convening of the Peace Conference in Madrid, calls upon Israel to comply with previous resolutions concerning the Syrian Golan, especially UN resolution 497 (1981) wherein the Security Council judged its imposition of its laws and jurisdiction over the Syrian Golan to be illegal and null and void, and to rescind it immediately, and also calls upon Israel to desist from changing its physical, demographic, institutional and legal status, and to stop building settlements there, and determines that all Israeli actions to make the legal changes of status are null and void and constitute a flagrant violation of international law and of the Geneva Conventions, and also calls upon Israel to halt imposing citizenship and Israeli ID cards and repressive measures against the native population in the Syrian Golan, deplores Israel’s violations of the Geneva Conventions in the Syrian Golan, and calls upon all nations not to give recognition to Israel’s efforts there.

Resolution 54/116 (15 December 1999) Assistance to the Palestinian people : Welcoming the signing of the Oslo Accords and the Sharm el-Sheikh Memorandum, and the convening of the UN Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People, and other conferences and efforts on behalf of the Palestinian people, but gravely concerned about the difficult conditions facing the Palestinian people which is made difficult by the occupation, and stresses the importance of the work of the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, and the UN Secretary-General’s personal rep. to the PLO and PA, urges all UN member-nations and UN agencies to aid the Palestinian people, and open their markets to Palestinian goods, and for member-nations and groups to fulfill their pledges, and suggests the convening of a conference on the Palestinian economy in year 2000.

Resolution 54/152 (17 December 1999) The right of the Palestinian people to self-determination : Recalling the principles of international human rights law, and hoping for rapid progress in the peace process, and affirming the right of all states to live in peace within internationally recognized borders, “(1) Reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including the option of a State;”, and urges all member-states and groups to support the Palestinian struggle to realize this right.

Resolution 54/230 (22 December 1999) Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources : Guided by the principles of the UN Charter such as the inadmissibility of territory acquired by force, and “the principle of the permanent sovereignty of peoples under foreign occupation over their natural resources”, and reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Conventions to the Israeli occupation, and expressing concern about Israel’s exploitation of Palestinian natural resources, and of the detrimental impact of the Israeli settlements on the Palestinian economy and society, especially with the confiscation of land and diversion of water resources to them, but hoping that the Madrid peace process using the principle of land for peace, will help with this, reaffirms the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people over their natural resources, including land and water, and calls upon Israel to stop exploiting these resources causing their depletion, and recognizes the right of the Palestinian people to claim restitution for their losses due to this exploitation by Israel.

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