Resolution 54/78
(December 6, 1999)
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 continuation by Israel of
settlement activities, including the ongoing construction of the new
settlement at Jebel Abu-Ghneim, in violation of international
humanitarian law, relevant United Nations resolutions and the
agreements reached between the parties,
Taking into consideration the detrimental impact of Israeli
settlement policies, decisions and activities on the Middle East
peace process,
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 at 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 at Jebel 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 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;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General
Assembly at its fifty-fifth session on the implementation of the
present resolution.
71st plenary meeting
6 December 1999
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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/54/183.
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