Resolution 54/40
(December 1, 1999)
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Committee on the Exercise
of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, 1/
Taking note in particular of the relevant information
contained in chapter V.B of that report,
Recalling its resolutions 32/40 B of 2 December 1977, 33/28 C
of 7 December 1978, 34/65 D of 12 December 1979, 35/169 D of 15
December 1980, 36/120 B of 10 December 1981, 37/86 B of 10 December
1982, 38/58 B of 13 December 1983, 39/49 B of 11 December 1984, 40/96
B of 12 December 1985, 41/43 B of 2 December 1986, 42/66 B of 2
December 1987, 43/175 B of 15 December 1988, 44/41 B of 6 December
1989, 45/67 B of 6 December 1990, 46/74 B of 11 December 1991, 47/64
B of 11 December 1992, 48/158 B of 20 December 1993, 49/62 B of 14
December 1994, 50/84 B of 15 December 1995, 51/24 of 4 December 1996,
52/50 of 9 December 1997 and 53/40 of 2 December 1998,
1. Notes with appreciation the action taken by the
Secretary-General in compliance with its resolution 53/40;
2. Considers that the Division for Palestinian Rights of the
Secretariat continues to make a useful and constructive contribution;
3. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the
Division with the necessary resources and to ensure that it continues
to carry out its programme of work as detailed in the relevant
earlier resolutions, in consultation with the Committee on the
Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and
under its guidance, including, in particular, the organization of
meetings in various regions with the participation of all sectors of
the international community, the further development and expansion of
the documents collection of the United Nations Information System on
the Question of Palestine, the preparation and widest possible
dissemination of publications and information materials on various
aspects of the question of Palestine, the provision of assistance in
completing the project on the modernization of the records of the
United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine and the
provision of the annual training programme for staff of the
Palestinian Authority;
4. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure the continued
cooperation of the Department of Public Information and other units
of the Secretariat in enabling the Division to perform its tasks and
in covering adequately the various aspects of the question of
Palestine;
5. Invites all Governments and organizations to extend their
cooperation to the Committee and the Division in the performance of
their tasks;
6. Notes with appreciation the action taken by Member States
to observe annually on 29 November the International Day of
Solidarity with the Palestinian People, requests them to continue to
give the widest possible publicity to the observance, and requests
the Committee and the Division to continue to organize, as part of
the observance of the Day of Solidarity, an annual exhibit on
Palestinian rights in cooperation with the Permanent Observer Mission
of Palestine to the United Nations.
68th plenary meeting
1 December 1999
1/ A/54/457-S/1999/1050; see Official Records of the
Security Council, Fifty-fourth Year, Supplement for October, November
and December 1999, document S/1999/1050.
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