Resolution 52/65
(December 10, 1997)
The General Assembly,
Recalling its relevant resolutions,
Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,
Having considered the reports of the Special Committee to Investigate
Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People
and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories 1/ and the relevant reports
of the Secretary-General, 2/
Considering that the promotion of respect for the obligations arising
from the Charter of the United Nations and other instruments and rules
of international law is among the basic purposes and principles of the
United Nations,
Stressing that Israel, the occupying Power, should comply strictly
with its obligations under international law,
1. Reaffirms that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of
Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 3/ is applicable to
the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab
territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
2. Demands that Israel accept the de jure applicability of the
Convention in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem,
and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, and that it
comply scrupulously with the provisions of the Convention;
3. Calls upon all States parties to the Convention, in accordance with
article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions, 4/ to exert all efforts
in order to ensure respect for its provisions by Israel, the occupying
Power, in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and
other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its fifty-third session on the implementation of the present
resolution.
69th plenary meeting
10 December 1997
Notes
1/ See A/52/131 and Add.1 and 2.
2/ A/52/550-553.
3/ United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.
4/ Ibid., Nos. 970-973.
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