Resolution ES-10/13
(October 27, 2003)
The General
Assembly,
Recalling its relevant resolutions, including
resolutions of the tenth emergency special session,
Recalling also Security Council resolutions
242(1967) of 22 November 1967, 267(1969) of 3 July 1969, 298(1971) of
25 September 1971, 446(1979) of 22 March 1979, 452(1979) of 20 July
1979, 465(1980) of 1 March 1980, 476(1980) of 30 June 1980, 478(1980)
of 20 August 1980, 904(1994) of 18 March 1994, 1073(1996) of 28 September
1996 and 1397(2002) of 12 March 2002,
Reaffirming the principle of the inadmissibility
of the acquisition of territory by force,
Reaffirming also its vision of a region where
two States, Israel and Palestine, live side by side within secure and
recognized borders,
Condemning all acts of violence, terrorism
and destruction,
Condemning in particular the suicide bombings
and their recent intensification with the attack in Haifa,
Condemning the bomb attack in the Gaza Strip,
which resulted in the death of three American security officers,
Deploring the extrajudicial killings and their
recent intensification, in particular the attack on 20 October 2003
in Gaza,
Stressing the urgency of ending the current
violent situation on the ground, the need to end the occupation that
began in 1967, and the need to achieve peace based on the vision of
two States mentioned above,
Particularly concerned that the route marked
out for the wall under construction by Israel, the occupying Power,
in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East
Jerusalem, could prejudge future negotiations and make the two-State
solution physically impossible to implement and would cause further
humanitarian hardship to the Palestinians,
Reiterating its call upon Israel, the occupying
Power, to fully and effectively respect the Geneva Convention relative
to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949, 1
Reiterating its opposition to settlement activities
in the Occupied Territories and to any activities involving the confiscation
of land, disruption of the livelihood of protected persons and the de
facto annexation of land,
1. Demands that Israel stop and reverse the
construction of the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including
in and around East Jerusalem, which is in departure of the Armistice
Line of 1949 and is in contradiction to relevant provisions of international
law;
2. Calls upon both parties to fulfil their
obligations under relevant provisions of the road map,2 the Palestinian Authority to undertake visible efforts on the ground
to arrest, disrupt and restrain individuals and groups conducting and
planning violent attacks, and the Government of Israel to take no actions
undermining trust, including deportations and attacks on civilians and
extrajudicial killings;
3. Requests the Secretary-General to report
on compliance with the present resolution periodically, with the first
report on compliance with paragraph 1 above to be submitted within one
month and upon receipt of which further actions should be considered,
if necessary, within the United Nations system;
4. Decides to adjourn the tenth emergency special
session temporarily and to authorize the current President of the General
Assembly to resume its meeting upon request from Member States.
22nd plenary meeting
21 October 2003
1 United Nations, Treaty
Series, vol. 75, No. 973.
2 S/2003/529, annex.
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