Resolution 52/66
(December 10, 1997)
The General Assembly,
Guided by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and
affirming the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force,
Recalling its relevant resolutions, including those adopted at its
tenth emergency special session, as well as relevant Security Council
resolutions, including resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 446
(1979) of 22 March 1979, 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980 and 497 (1981) of
17 December 1981,
Reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the
Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 1/ to
the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and to the
occupied Syrian Golan,
Aware of the Middle East peace process started at Madrid and the
agreements reached between the parties, in particular the Declaration of
Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of
13 September 1993 2/ and the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip of
28 September 1995, 3/
Expressing grave concern about the decision of the Government of
Israel to resume settlement activities, including the construction of the
new settlement in Jabal Abu Ghneim, in violation of international
humanitarian law, relevant United Nations resolutions and the agreements
reached between the parties,
Gravely concerned in particular about the dangerous situation
resulting from actions taken by the illegal armed Israeli settlers in the
occupied territory, as illustrated by the massacre of Palestinian
worshippers by an illegal Israeli settler in Al-Khalil on 25 February
1994,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General, 4/
1. Reaffirms that Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory,
including Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan are illegal and an
obstacle to peace and economic and social development;
2. Calls upon Israel to accept the de jure applicability of the Geneva
Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War,
of 12 August 1949, 1/ to the occupied Palestinian territory, including
Jerusalem, and to the occupied Syrian Golan and to abide scrupulously by
the provisions of the Convention, in particular article 49;
3. Demands complete cessation of the construction of the new
settlement in Jabal Abu Ghneim and of all Israeli settlement activities
in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and in the
occupied Syrian Golan;
4. Stresses the need for full implementation of Security Council
resolution 904 (1994) of
18 March 1994, in which, among other things, the Council called upon
Israel, the occupying Power, to continue to take and implement measures,
including, inter alia, confiscation of arms, with the aim of preventing
illegal acts of violence by Israeli settlers, and called for measures to
be taken to guarantee the safety and protection of the Palestinian
civilians in the occupied territory.
69th plenary meeting
10 December 1997
Notes
1/ United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.
2/ A/48/486-S/26560, annex; see Official Records of the Security Council,
Forty-eighth Year, Supplement for October, November and December 1993,
document S/26560.
3/ A/51/889-S/1997/357, annex; see Official Records of the Security
Council, Fifty-second Year, Supplement for April, May and June 1997,
document S/1997/357.
4/ A/51/517.
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