Resolution 55/51
(December 1, 2000)
The
General Assembly,
Having
considered the item entitled
"The situation in the Middle East",
Taking
note of the report of the Secretary-General, 1/
Recalling Security
Council resolution 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981,
Reaffirming the fundamental principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition
of territory by force, in accordance with international law and the
Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming once more the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection
of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 2/
to the occupied Syrian Golan,
Deeply
concerned that Israel has not
withdrawn from the Syrian Golan, which has been under occupation since
1967, contrary to the relevant Security Council and General Assembly
resolutions,
Stressing the illegality of the Israeli settlement construction and activities
in the occupied Syrian Golan since 1967,
Noting
with satisfaction the convening
in Madrid on 30 October 1991 of the Peace Conference on the Middle East,
on the basis of Security
Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 338
(1973) of 22 October 1973 and 425
(1978) of 19 March 1978 and
the formula of land for peace,
Expressing
grave concern over the halt
in the peace process on the Syrian track, and expressing the hope that
peace talks will soon resume from the point they had reached,
1. Declares that Israel has failed so far to comply with Security Council resolution
497 (1981);
2. Also
declares that the Israeli decision
of 14 December 1981 to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration
on the occupied Syrian Golan is null and void and has no validity whatsoever,
as confirmed by the Security Council in its resolution 497 (1981), and
calls upon Israel to rescind it;
3. Reaffirms
its determination that all relevant
provisions of the Regulations annexed to the Hague Convention of 1907, 3/
and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons
in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 2/ continue to apply to the Syrian territory occupied by Israel since 1967,
and calls upon the parties thereto to respect and ensure respect for
their obligations under those instruments in all circumstances;
4. Determines
once more that the continued
occupation of the Syrian Golan and its de facto annexation constitute
a stumbling block in the way of achieving a just, comprehensive and
lasting peace in the region;
5. Calls
upon Israel to resume the talks
on the Syrian and Lebanese tracks and to respect the commitments and
undertakings reached during the previous talks;
6. Demands
once more that Israel withdraw
from all the occupied Syrian Golan to the line of 4 June 1967 in implementation
of the relevant Security Council resolutions;
7. Calls
upon all the parties concerned,
the co-sponsors of the peace process and the entire international community
to exert all the necessary efforts to ensure the resumption of the peace
process and its success by implementing Security Council resolutions
242 (1967) and 338 (1973);
8. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth
session on the implementation of the present resolution.
78th plenary meeting
1 December 2000
1/
A/55/538.
2/
United Nations, Treaty Series,
vol. 75, No. 973.
3/
See Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The
Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 (New York, Oxford University Press, 1915).
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