Resolution 45/183
(December 21, 1990)
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 44/235 of 22 December
1989,
Taking into account the intifadah of the
Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory against the
Israeli occupation, including Israeli economic and social policies and
practices,
Rejecting Israeli restrictions on external
economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people in the occupied
Palestinian territory,
Aware of the increasing need to provide economic
and social assistance to the Palestinian people,
Affirming that the Palestinian people cannot
develop their national economy as long as the Israeli occupation persists,
1. Takes note of the report of the
Secretary-General on assistance to the Palestinian people;1/
2. Expresses its appreciation to the States,
United Nations bodies and intergovernmental and non-governmental
organizations that have provided assistance to the Palestinian people;
3. Requests the World Food Programme to provide
food assistance to the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian
territory;
4. Requests the international community, the
organizations of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and
non-governmental organizations to sustain and increase their assistance to
the Palestinian people, in close co-operation with the Palestine Liberation
Organization;
5. Calls for treatment on a transit basis of
Palestinian exports and imports passing through neighbouring ports and
points of exit and entry;
6. Also calls for the granting of trade
concessions and concrete preferential measures for Palestinian exports on
the basis of Palestinian certificates of origin;
7. Further calls for the immediate lifting of
Israeli restrictions and obstacles hindering the implementation of
assistance projects by the United Nations Development Programme, other
United Nations bodies and others providing economic and social assistance
to the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory;
8. Reiterates its call for the implementation of
development projects in the occupied Palestinian territory, including the
projects mentioned in its resolution 39/223 of 18 December 1984;
9. Calls for facilitation of the establishment of
Palestinian development banks in the occupied Palestinian territory, with a
view to promoting investment, production, employment and income therein;
10. Requests the Secretary-General to report in
full to the General Assembly at its forty-sixth session, through the
Economic and Social Council, on the progress made in the implementation of
the present resolution.
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1/ A/45/503.
RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 45/183: 135-2-0
In favour: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola,
Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil,
Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Byelorussia, Canada,
Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo,
Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark,
Djibouti, Dominica, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland,
France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland,
Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic,
Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali,
Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique,
Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman,
Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saint
Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa,
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 Kingdom, United Republic of
Tanzania, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia,
Zimbabwe.
Against: Israel, United States.
Abstaining: None.
Absent: Benin*, Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros,
Dominican Republic, Grenada*, Guatemala*, Haiti, Kenya*, Liechtenstein,
Luxembourg*, Nicaragua*, Niger, Panama*, Papua New Guinea*, Qatar*, Rwanda,
Zaire.
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*Later advised the Secretariat that it had intended to vote in favour.
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