UN General Assembly Resolutions:
Resolution 57/198

(December 20, 2002)

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The General Assembly,

Aware that the development of friendly relations among nations, based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, is among the purposes and principles of the United Nations, as defined in the Charter,

Recalling the International Covenants on Human Rights, ¹ the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ² the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples³ and the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted at the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, ⁴

Recalling also the Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations,⁵

Recalling further the United Nations Millennium Declaration, ⁶

Expressing the urgent need for the resumption of negotiations within the Middle East peace process on its agreed basis and for the speedy achievement of a final settlement between the Palestinian and Israeli sides,

Affirming the right of all States in the region to live in peace within secure and internationally recognized borders,

1. Reaffirms the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including the right to their independent State of Palestine;

2. Urges all States and the specialized agencies and organizations of the United Nations system to continue to support and assist the Palestinian people in the early realization of their right to self-determination.

¹ Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.
² Resolution 217 A (III).
³ Resolution 1514 (XV).
⁴ A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.
⁵ See resolution 50/6.
⁶ See resolution 55/2.

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