Resolution 60/104
(December 8, 2005)
The General Assembly,
Guided by the purposes
and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Guided also by international
humanitarian law, in particular the Geneva Convention
relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time
of War, of 12 August 1949,1 as well as international
standards of human rights, in particular the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights2 and the International
Covenants on Human Rights,3
Recalling its relevant resolutions,
including resolutions 2443 (XXIII) of 19 December 1968
and 59/121 of 10 December 2004, and the relevant resolutions
of the Commission on Human Rights,
Recalling also the relevant
resolutions of the Security Council,
Taking into account the advisory
opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International
Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction
of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,4 and recalling in this regard General Assembly resolution
ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004,
Convinced that occupation
itself represents a gross and grave violation of human
rights,
Gravely concerned about the
continuing detrimental impact of the events that have
taken place since 28 September 2000, including the excessive
use of force by the Israeli occupying forces against
Palestinian civilians, resulting in thousands of deaths
and injuries, and the widespread destruction of property,
Having considered the report
of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices
Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People
and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories5 and the relevant reports of the Secretary-General,6
Recalling the Declaration
of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements
of 13 September 19937 and the subsequent
implementation agreements between the Palestinian and
Israeli sides,
Expressing the hope that the
Israeli occupation will be brought to an early end and
that therefore the violation of the human rights of
the Palestinian people will cease, and recalling in
this regard its resolution 58/292 of 6 May 2004,
1. Commends the Special Committee
to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human
Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of
the Occupied Territories for its efforts in performing
the tasks assigned to it by the General Assembly and
for its impartiality;
2. Reiterates its demand that
Israel, the occupying Power, cooperate with the Special
Committee in implementing its mandate;
3. Deplores those policies
and practices of Israel that violate the human rights
of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied
territories, as reflected in the report of the Special
Committee covering the reporting period;
4. Expresses grave concern
about the critical situation in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem, since 28 September
2000, as a result of unlawful Israeli practices and
measures, and especially condemns all Israeli settlement
activities and the construction of the wall, as well
as the excessive and indiscriminate use of force against
the civilian population, including extrajudicial executions;
5. Requests the Special Committee,
pending complete termination of the Israeli occupation,
to continue to investigate Israeli policies and practices
in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East
Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel
since 1967, especially Israeli violations of the Geneva
Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons
in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, and to consult, as
appropriate, with the International Committee of the
Red Cross according to its regulations in order to ensure
that the welfare and human rights of the peoples of
the occupied territories are safeguarded and to report
to the Secretary-General as soon as possible and whenever
the need arises thereafter;
6. Also requests the Special
Committee to submit regularly to the Secretary-General
periodic reports on the current situation in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;
7. Further requests the Special
Committee to continue to investigate the treatment of
prisoners and detainees in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab
territories occupied by Israel since 1967;
8. Requests the Secretary-General:
(a) To provide the Special Committee
with all necessary facilities, including those required
for its visits to the occupied territories, so that
it may investigate Israeli policies and practices referred
to in the present resolution;
(b) To continue to make available such
staff as may be necessary to assist the Special Committee
in the performance of its tasks;
(c) To circulate regularly to Member
States the periodic reports mentioned in paragraph 6
above;
(d) To ensure the widest circulation
of the reports of the Special Committee and of information
regarding its activities and findings, by all means
available, through the Department of Public Information
of the Secretariat and, where necessary, to reprint
those reports of the Special Committee that are no longer
available;
(e) To report to the General Assembly
at its sixty-first session on the tasks entrusted to
him in the present resolution;
9. Decides to include in the
provisional agenda of its sixty-first session the item
entitled “Report of the Special Committee to Investigate
Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the
Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories”.
62nd plenary meeting
8 December 2005
Notes
1United Nations, Treaty
Series, vol. 75, No. 973.
2Resolution 217 A (III).
3Resolution 2200 A (XXI),
annex.
4See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1.
5See A/60/380.
6A/60/294-298.
7A/48/486-S/26560, annex.
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