Resolution 44/41
(December 6, 1989)
A
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 181 (II) of 29 November
1947, 194 (III) of 11 December 1948, 3236 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974, 3375
(XXX) and 3376 (XXX) of 10 November 1975, 31/20 of 24 November 1976, 32/40
of 2 December 1977, 33/28 of 7 December 1978, 34/65 A and B of 29 November
1979 and 34/65 C and D of 12 December 1979, ES-7/2 of 29 July 1980, 35/169
of 15 December 1980, 36/120 of 10 December 1981, ES-7/4 of 28 April 1982,
ES-7/5 of 26 June 1982, ES-7/9 of 24 September 1982, 37/86 A of 10 December
1982, 38/58 A of 13 December 1983, 39/49 A of 11 December 1984, 40/96 A of
12 December 1985, 41/43 A of 2 December 1986, 42/66 A of 2 December 1987
and 43/175 A of 15 December 1988,
Having considered the report of the Committee on
the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People,1/
1. Expresses its appreciation to the Committee on
the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People for its
efforts in performing the tasks assigned to it by the General Assembly;
2. Endorses the recommendations of the Committee
contained in paragraphs 110 to 118 of its report and draws the attention of
the Security Council to the fact that action on the Committee's
recommendations, as repeatedly endorsed by the General Assembly at its
thirty-first session and subsequently, is still awaited;
3. Requests the Committee to continue to keep
under review the situation relating to the question of Palestine as well as
the implementation of the Programme of Action for the Achievement of
Palestinian Rights 2/ and to report and make suggestions to the
General Assembly or the Security Council, as appropriate;
4. Authorizes the Committee to continue to exert
all efforts to promote the implementation of its recommendations, including
representation at conferences and meetings and the sending of delegations,
to make such adjustments in its approved programme of seminars and symposia
and meetings for non-governmental organizations as it may consider
necessary, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-fifth
session and thereafter;
5. Also requests the Committee to continue to
extend its co-operation to non-governmental organizations in their
contribution towards heightening international awareness of the facts
relating to the question of Palestine and creating a more favourable
atmosphere for the full implementation of the Committee's recommendations,
and to take the necessary steps to expand its contacts with those
organizations;
6. Requests the United Nations Conciliation
Commission for Palestine, established under General Assembly resolution 194
(III), as well as other United Nations bodies associated with the question
of Palestine, to continue to co-operate fully with the Committee and to
make available to it, at its request, the relevant information and
documentation which they have at their disposal;
7. Decides to circulate the report of the
Committee to all the competent bodies of the United Nations and urges them
to take the necessary action, as appropriate, in accordance with the
Committee's programme of implementation;
8. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to
provide the Committee with all the necessary facilities for the performance
of its tasks.
B
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Committee on
the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People,1/
Taking note, in particular, of the relevant
information contained in paragraphs 64 to 93 of that report,
Recalling its resolutions 32/40 B of 2 December
1977, 33/28 C of 7 December 1978, 34/65 D of 12 December 1979, 35/169 D of
15 December 1980, 36/120 B of 10 December 1981, 37/86 B of 10 December
1982, 38/58 B of 13 December 1983, 39/49 B of 11 December 1984, 40/96 B of
12 December 1985, 41/43 B of 2 December 1986, 42/66 B of 2 December 1987
and 43/175 B of 15 December 1988,
1. Takes note with appreciation of the action
taken by the Secretary-General in compliance with General Assembly
resolution 43/175 B;
2. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the
Division for Palestinian Rights of the Secretariat with the necessary
resources and to ensure that it continues to discharge the tasks detailed
in paragraph 1 of General Assembly resolution 32/40 B, paragraph 2 (b) of
resolution 34/65 D, paragraph 3 of resolution 36/120 B, paragraph 3 of
resolution 38/58 B, paragraph 3 of resolution 40/96 B and paragraph 2 of
resolution 42/66 B, in consultation with the Committee on the Exercise of
the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and under its guidance;
3. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure
the continued co-operation of the Department of Public Information and
other units of the Secretariat in enabling the Division for Palestinian
Rights to perform its tasks and in covering adequately the various aspects
of the question of Palestine;
4. Invites all Governments and organizations to
lend their co-operation to the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable
Rights of the Palestinian People and the Division for Palestinian Rights in
the performance of their tasks;
5. Takes note with appreciation of the action
taken by Member States to observe annually on 29 November the International
Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
C
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Committee on
the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People,1/
Taking note, in particular, of the information
contained in paragraphs 94 to 109 of that report,
Recalling its resolutions 43/175 C, 43/176 and
43/177 of 15 December 1988,
Convinced that the world-wide dissemination of
accurate and comprehensive information and the role of non-governmental
organizations and institutions remain of vital importance in heightening
awareness of and support for the inalienable rights of the Palestinian
people to self-determination and to the establishment of an independent
sovereign Palestinian State,
1. Takes note with appreciation of the action
taken by the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat in
compliance with General Assembly resolution 43/175 C;
2. Requests the Department of Public Information,
in full co-operation and co-ordination with the Committee on the Exercise
of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, to continue its
special information programme on the question of Palestine for the biennium
1990-1991, with particular emphasis on public opinion in Europe and North
America and, in particular:
(a) To disseminate information on all the
activities of the United Nations system relating to the question of
Palestine, including reports of the work carried out by the relevant United
Nations organs;
(b) To continue to issue and update publications
on the various aspects of the question of Palestine, including Israeli
violations of the human rights of the Arab inhabitants of the occupied
territories as reported by the relevant United Nations organs;
(c) To expand its audio-visual material on the
question of Palestine, including the production of special series of radio
programmes and television broadcasts;
(d) To organize fact-finding news missions to the
area for journalists;
(e) To organize regional and national encounters
for journalists.
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1/ A/44/35.
2/ Report of the International Conference on
the Question of Palestine, Geneva, 29 August-7 September 1983 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.83.I.21), chap. I, sect. B.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 44/41 A: 133-3-21
In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola,
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados,
Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Byelorussia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte
d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic
Yemen, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon,
Gambia, German Democratic Republic, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran,
Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic,
Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives,
Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique,
Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua
New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra
Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan,
Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia,
Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of
Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire,
Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Against: Dominica, Israel, United States.
Abstaining: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize,
Canada, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, Federal Republic of
Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom.
Absent: Dominican Republic, Honduras.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 44/41 B: 133-3-20
In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola,
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados,
Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria,
Burkina Faso, Burundi, Byelorussia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African
Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte
d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampuchea, Democratic
Yemen, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia,
Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, German Democratic Republic, Ghana, Greece, Grenada,
Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia,
Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic
Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,
Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco,
Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan,
Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar,
Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Sri
Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and
Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, USSR, United Arab Emirates,
United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen,
Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Against: Dominica, Israel, United States.
Abstaining: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize,
Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Iceland,
Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway,
Portugal, Sweden, United Kingdom.
Absent: Dominican Republic, Honduras.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 44/41 C: 136-3-17
In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola,
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh,
Barbados, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam,
Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Byelorussia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central
African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica,
Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Kampuchea,
Democratic Yemen, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea,
Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, Gabon, Gambia, German Democratic Republic, Ghana,
Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary,
India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's
Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi,
Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia,
Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman,
Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,
Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal,
Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Sri
Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad
and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, USSR, United Arab Emirates,
United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen,
Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Against: Dominica, Israel, United States.
Abstaining: Australia, Belgium, Belize, Canada,
Denmark, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, United
Kingdom.
Absent: Dominican Republic, Honduras.
Sources: The United Nations |