The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 3237 (XXIX) of 22 November 1974, 43/177
of 15 December 1988 and 52/250 of 7 July 1998,
Recalling also Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22
November 1967, 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973, 1397 (2002) of 12 March
2002 and 1515 (2003) of 19 November 2003,
Recalling further the relevant provisions of international law
as well as relevant United Nations resolutions with regard to Israeli
settlements and to Occupied East Jerusalem,
Reaffirming the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition
of territory by force,
Noting that Palestine, in its capacity as observer and pending
its attainment of full membership in the United Nations, does not present
credentials to the General Assembly,
Affirming the need to enable the Palestinian people to exercise
sovereignty and to achieve independence in their State, Palestine,
1. Affirms that the status of the Palestinian territory occupied
since 1967, including East Jerusalem, remains one of military occupation,
and affirms, in accordance with the rules and principles of international
law and relevant resolutions of the United Nations, including Security
Council resolutions, that the Palestinian people have the right to self-determination
and to sovereignty over their territory and that Israel, the occupying
Power, has only the duties and obligations of an occupying Power under
the Fourth Geneva Convention1and the
Regulations annexed to the Hague Convention Respecting the Laws and
Customs of War of 1907;2
2. Expresses its determination to contribute
to the achievement of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people
and the attainment of a just and comprehensive negotiated peace settlement
in the Middle East resulting in two viable, sovereign and independent
States, Israel and Palestine, based on the pre-1967 borders and living
side by side in peace and security.
1 United Nations, Treaty
Series, vol. 75, No. 973.
2See Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace, The Hague Conventions
and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 (New York,
Oxford University Press, 1915).