Resolution 56/60
(December 10, 2001)
The General Assembly,
Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions of
the Security Council,
Recalling its relevant resolutions,
Having considered the reports of the Special
Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights
of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories1 and the relevant reports of the Secretary-General,2
Considering that the promotion of respect for
the obligations arising from the Charter of the United
Nations and other instruments and rules of international law is
among the basic purposes and principles of the United Nations,
Noting the convening of the meeting of experts
of the high contracting parties to the Geneva Convention relative to
the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,3 at Geneva from 27 to 29 October 1998, at the initiative of the Government
of Switzerland in its capacity as the depositary of the Convention,
concerning general problems of application of the Convention in general
and, in particular, in occupied territories,
Noting also the convening for the first time,
on 15 July 1999, of a Conference of High Contracting Parties to the
Fourth Geneva Convention, as recommended by the General Assembly in
its resolution ES-10/6 of 9 February 1999, on measures to enforce the
Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem,
and to ensure respect thereof in accordance with article 1 common to
the four Geneva Conventions,4 and aware
of the statement adopted by the Conference,
Stressing that Israel, the occupying Power,
should comply strictly with its obligations under international law,
1. Reaffirms that the Geneva Convention relative
to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,3
is applicable to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem,
and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
2. Demands that Israel accept the de jure applicability
of the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem,
and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, and that it
comply scrupulously with the provisions of the Convention;
3. Calls upon all States parties to the Convention,
in accordance with article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions,5 to exert all efforts in order to ensure respect for its provisions by
Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since
1967;
4. Reiterates the need for speedy implementation
of the recommendations contained in its resolutions ES-10/3 of 15 July
1997, ES-10/4 of 13 November 1997, ES-10/5 of 17 March 1998, ES-10/6
of 9 February 1999 and ES-10/7 of 20 October 2000 with regard to ensuring
respect by Israel, the occupying Power, for the provisions of the Convention;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to report
to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session on the implementation
of the present resolution.
82nd plenary meeting
10 December 2001
Notes:
1.See A/56/428 and Add.1 and A/56/491.
2.A/56/215 and A/56/218.
3.United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.
4.Ibid., Nos. 970–973.
5. Ibid.
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