Resolution 57/269
(December 20, 2002)
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 56/204 of 21 December 2001, and taking note of Economic and Social Council
resolution 2002/31 of 25 July 2002,
Reaffirming the principle of the permanent
sovereignty of peoples under foreign occupation over their natural resources,
Guided by the principles of the Charter of
the United Nations, affirming the inadmissibility of the acquisition
of territory by force, and recalling relevant Security Council resolutions,
including resolutions 242
(1967) of 22 November 1967, 465
(1980) of 1 March 1980 and 497
(1981) of 17 December 1981,
Reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva
Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of
War, of 12 August 1949,1 to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,
and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967,
Expressing its concern at the exploitation
by Israel, the occupying Power, of the natural resources of the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories
occupied by Israel since 1967,
Also expressing its concern at the extensive
destruction by Israel, the occupying Power, of agricultural land and
orchards in the Occupied Palestinian Territory during the recent period,
Aware of the additional detrimental economic
and social impact of the Israeli settlements on Palestinian and other
Arab natural resources, especially the confiscation of land and the
forced diversion of water resources,
Reaffirming the need for the immediate resumption
of negotiations within the Middle East peace process, on the basis of
Security Council resolutions 242 (1967), 338
(1973) of 22 October 1973 and 425 (1978) of 19 March 1978
and the principle of land for peace, and for the achievement of a final
settlement on all tracks,
Taking note of the note by the Secretary-General
on the economic and social repercussions of the Israeli occupation on
the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied
Syrian Golan,2
1. Reaffirms the inalienable rights of the
Palestinian people and the population of the occupied Syrian Golan over
their natural resources, including land and water;
2. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power,
not to exploit, cause loss or depletion of or endanger the natural resources
in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and
in the occupied Syrian Golan;
3. Recognizes the right of the Palestinian
people to claim restitution as a result of any exploitation, loss or
depletion of, or danger to, their natural resources, and expresses the
hope that this issue will be dealt with in the framework of the final
status negotiations between the Palestinian and Israeli sides;
4. Requests the Secretary-General to report
to it at its fifty-eighth session on the implementation of the present
resolution, and decides to include in the provisional agenda of its
fifty-eighth session an item entitled "Permanent sovereignty of the
Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including
East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan
over their natural resources".
78th plenary meeting
20 December 2002
Notes
1 United
Nations, Treaty Series,
vol. 75, No. 973.
2 A/57/63-E/2002/21.
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