Resolution 55/52
(December 1, 2000)
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 181 (II) of 29 November
1947, 194 (III) of 11 December 1948, 3236 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974,
3375 (XXX) and 3376 (XXX) of 10 November 1975, 31/20 of 24 November
1976, 32/40 A of 2 December 1977, 33/28 A and B of 7 December 1978,
34/65 A of 29 November 1979 and 34/65 C of 12 December 1979, ES-7/2
of 29 July 1980, 35/169 A and C of 15 December 1980, 36/120 A and C
of 10 December 1981, ES-7/4 of 28 April 1982, 37/86 A of 10 December
1982, 38/58 A of 13 December 1983, 39/49 A of 11 December 1984, 40/96
A of 12 December 1985, 41/43 A of 2 December 1986, 42/66 A of 2 December
1987, 43/175 A of 15 December 1988, 44/41 A of 6 December 1989, 45/67
A of 6 December 1990, 46/74 A of 11 December 1991, 47/64 A of 11 December
1992, 48/158 A of 20 December 1993, 49/62 A of 14 December 1994, 50/84
A of 15 December 1995, 51/23 of 4 December 1996, 52/49 of 9 December
1997, 53/39 of 2 December 1998 and 54/39 of 1 December 1999,
Having considered the report of the Committee
on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, 1/
Recalling the signing of the Declaration of
Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, including its Annexes
and Agreed Minutes, by the Government of the State of Israel and the
Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian
people, in Washington, D.C., on 13 September 1993, 2/ as well
as the subsequent implementation agreements, in particular the Israeli-Palestinian
Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, signed in Washington,
D.C., on 28 September 1995, 3/ and the Memorandum signed at Sharm
el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 4 September 1999,
Reaffirming that the United Nations has a permanent
responsibility with respect to the question of Palestine until the question
is resolved in all its aspects in a satisfactory manner in accordance
with international legitimacy,
1. Expresses its appreciation to the Committee
on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People
for its efforts in performing the tasks assigned to it by the General
Assembly;
2. Considers that the Committee can continue
to make a valuable and positive contribution to international efforts
to promote the Middle East peace process and the full implementation
of the agreements reached and to mobilize international support for
and assistance to the Palestinian people during the transitional period;
3. Endorses the conclusions and recommendations
of the Committee contained in chapter VII of its report; 1/
4. Requests the Committee to continue to keep
under review the situation relating to the question of Palestine and
to report and make suggestions to the General Assembly or the Security
Council, as appropriate;
5. Authorizes the Committee to continue to
exert all efforts to promote the exercise of the inalienable rights
of the Palestinian people, to make such adjustments in its approved
programme of work as it may consider appropriate and necessary in the
light of developments, to give special emphasis to the need to mobilize
support and assistance for the Palestinian people and to report thereon
to the General Assembly at its fifty-sixth session and thereafter;
6. Requests the Committee to continue to extend
its cooperation and support to Palestinian and other non-governmental
organizations in order to mobilize international solidarity and support
for the achievement by the Palestinian people of its inalienable rights
and for a peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine, and to involve
additional non-governmental organizations in its work;
7. Requests the United Nations Conciliation
Commission for Palestine, established under General Assembly resolution
194 (III), and other United Nations bodies associated with the question
of Palestine to continue to cooperate fully with the Committee, and
expresses appreciation for the cooperation between the Commission and
the Committee with regard to the modernization and preservation of the
records of the Commission;
8. Requests the Secretary-General to circulate
the report of the Committee to all the competent bodies of the United
Nations, and urges them to take the necessary action, as appropriate;
9. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue
to provide the Committee with all the necessary facilities for the performance
of its tasks.
78th plenary meeting
1 December 2000
1/ Official Records of the General Assembly,
Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 35 (A/55/35).
2/ A/48/486-S/26560, annex.
3/ A/51/889-S/1997/357, annex.
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