Resolution 53/37
(December 2, 1998)
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 36/120 E of 10 December 1981, 37/123 C of
16 December 1982, 38/180 C of 19 December 1983, 39/146 C of 14 December
1984, 40/168 C of 16 December 1985, 41/162 C of 4 December 1986, 42/209 D
of 11 December 1987, 43/54 C of 6 December 1988, 44/40 C of 4 December
1989, 45/83 C of 13 December 1990, 46/82 B of 16 December 1991, 47/63 B of
11 December 1992, 48/59 A of 14 December 1993, 49/87 A of 16 December 1994,
50/22 A of 4 December 1995, 51/27 of 4 December 1996 and 52/53 of 9
December 1997, in which it determined that all legislative and
administrative measures and actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power,
which have altered or purported to alter the character and status of the
Holy City of Jerusalem, in particular the so-called "Basic Law"
on Jerusalem and the proclamation of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel,
were null and void and must be rescinded forthwith,
Recalling also Security Council resolution 478 (1980) of 20 August
1980, in which the Council, inter alia, decided not to recognize the
"Basic Law" and called upon those States which had established
diplomatic missions at Jerusalem to withdraw such missions from the Holy
City,
Having considered the report of the Secretary-General,1/
1. Determines that the decision of Israel to impose its laws,
jurisdiction and administration on the Holy City of Jerusalem is illegal
and therefore null and void and has no validity whatsoever;
2. Deplores the transfer by some States of their diplomatic missions
to Jerusalem in violation of Security Council resolution 478 (1980) and
their refusal to comply with the provisions of that resolution;
3. Calls once more upon those States to abide by the provisions of
the relevant United Nations resolutions, in conformity with the Charter of
the United Nations;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its fifty-fourth session on the implementation of the present
resolution.
76th plenary meeting
2 December 1998
1/ A/53/550.
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