Resolution 57/107
(December 3, 2002)
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 and all subsequent
relevant resolutions, including those adopted
by the General Assembly at its emergency special
sessions and resolution 56/33 of 3 December
2001,
Having considered
the report of the Committee on the Exercise
of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian
People,1
Recalling the commencement
of the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, the
mutual recognition between the Government
of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation
Organization, the representative of the Palestinian
people, and the existing agreements between
the two sides, beginning with the Declaration
of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements
of 1993,2 and the subsequent implementation
agreements,
Reaffirming that
the United Nations has a permanent responsibility
towards 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, and
takes note of its annual report,3 including
the conclusions and recommendations contained
in chapter VII thereof ;
2. Requests the Committee
to continue to exert all efforts to promote
the realization of the inalienable rights
of the Palestinian people, to support the
Middle East peace process and to mobilize
international support for and assistance to
the Palestinian people, and authorizes the
Committee to make such adjustments in its
approved programme of work as it may consider
appropriate and necessary in the light of
developments and to report thereon to the
General Assembly at its fifty-eighth session
and thereafter;
3. Also 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, the Security Council
or the Secretary-General, as appropriate;
4. Further requests the Committee to continue to extend its cooperation
and support to Palestinian and other civil
society 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 civil society organizations in
its work;
5. 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 to make available to it, at its request,
the relevant information and documentation
which they have at their disposal;
6. Requests the Secretary-General
to circulate the report of the Committee to
all competent bodies of the United Nations,
and urges them to take the necessary action,
as appropriate;
7. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide
the Committee with all necessary facilities
for the performance of its tasks.
66th plenary meeting
3 December 2002
1. Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh
Session, Supplement No. 35 (A/57/35).
2. See A/48/486-S/26560, annex.
3.Official Records of the
General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement
No. 35 (A/57/35).
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