Resolution 60/100
(December 8, 2005)
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 194
(III) of 11 December 1948 and all its subsequent resolutions
on the question, including resolution 59/117 of 10 December
2004,
Recalling also its resolution
302 (IV) of 8 December 1949, by which, inter alia, it
established the United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees in the Near East,
Recalling further relevant
Security Council resolutions,
Aware of the fact that, for
more than five decades, the Palestine refugees have
suffered from the loss of their homes, lands and means
of livelihood,
Affirming the imperative of
resolving the problem of the Palestine refugees for
the achievement of justice and for the achievement of
lasting peace in the region,
Acknowledging the essential
role that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees in the Near East has played for
more than fifty-five years since its establishment in
ameliorating the plight of the Palestine refugees in
the fields of education, health and relief and social
services,
Taking note of the report
of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief
and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near
East covering the period from 1 July 2004 to 30 June
2005,1
Aware of the continuing needs
of the Palestine refugees throughout all the fields
of operation, namely Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab
Republic and the Occupied Palestinian Territory,
Expressing grave concern at
the especially difficult situation of the Palestine
refugees under occupation, including with regard to
their safety, well-being and living conditions,
Noting the signing of the
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government
Arrangements on 13 September 1993 by the Government
of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization2 and the subsequent implementation agreements,
Aware of the important role
to be played in the peace process by the Multilateral
Working Group on Refugees of the Middle East peace process,
1. Notes with regret that
repatriation or compensation of the refugees, as provided
for in paragraph 11 of General Assembly resolution 194
(III), has not yet been effected and that, therefore,
the situation of the Palestine refugees continues to
be a matter of grave concern;
2. Also notes with regret
that the United Nations Conciliation Commission for
Palestine has been unable to find a means of achieving
progress in the implementation of paragraph 11 of General
Assembly resolution 194 (III), and reiterates its request
to the Conciliation Commission to exert continued efforts
towards the implementation of that paragraph and to
report to the Assembly as appropriate, but no later
than 1 September 2006;
3. Affirms the necessity for
the continuation of the work of the United Nations Relief
and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near
East and the importance of its operation and its services
for the well-being of the Palestine refugees and for
the stability of the region, pending the resolution
of the question of the Palestine refugees;
4. Calls upon all donors to
continue to make the most generous efforts possible
to meet the anticipated needs of the Agency, including
those mentioned in recent emergency appeals.
62nd plenary meeting
8 December 2005
Notes
1Official Records of the
General Assembly, Sixtieth Session, Supplement No. 13
(A/60/13); and ibid., Supplement No. 13A (A/60/13/Add.1).
2A/48/486-S/26560, annex.
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