Resolution 54/71
(December 6, 1999)
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 2252 (ES-V) of 4 July 1967 and 2341
B (XXII) of 19 December 1967 and all subsequent related resolutions,
Recalling also Security Council resolutions 237 (1967) of 14
June 1967 and 259 (1968) of 27 September 1968,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted
in pursuance of its resolution 53/48 of 3 December 1998, 1/
Taking note also of the report of the Commissioner-General of
the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in
the Near East covering the period from 1 July 1998 to 30 June 1999, 2/
Concerned about the continuing human suffering resulting from
the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities,
Taking note of the relevant provisions of the Declaration of
Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, signed in
Washington, D.C., on 13 September 1993 by the Government of the State
of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, 3/ with
regard to the modalities for the admission of persons displaced in
1967, and concerned that the process agreed upon has not yet been
effected,
1. Reaffirms the right of all persons displaced as a result of
the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities to return to their homes or
former places of residence in the territories occupied by Israel
since 1967;
2. Expresses the hope for an accelerated return of displaced
persons through the mechanism agreed upon by the parties in article
XII of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government
Arrangements; 3/
3. Endorses, in the meanwhile, the efforts of the
Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to continue to provide
humanitarian assistance, as far as practicable, on an emergency
basis, and as a temporary measure, to persons in the area who are
currently displaced and in serious need of continued assistance as a
result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities;
4. Strongly appeals to all Governments and to organizations
and individuals to contribute generously to the Agency and to the
other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations concerned
for the above-mentioned purposes;
5. Requests the Secretary-General, after consulting with the
Commissioner-General, to report to the General Assembly before its
fifty-fifth session on the progress made with regard to the
implementation of the present resolution.
71st plenary meeting
6 December 1999
1/ A/54/377.
2/ Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fourth
Session, Supplement No. 13 and addendum (A/54/13 and Add.1).
3/ 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.
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