Resolution 54/37
(December, 1999)
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, 52/53 of 9 December 1997 and 53/37 of 2 December
1998, in which it, inter alia, 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 ABasic 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as the capital of Israel, were null and void and must be rescinded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-fifth session on the implementation of the
present resolution.
68th plenary meeting
1 December 1999
1/ A/54/495.
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