The Security Council,
Taking note of the reports of the Commission of the Security Council
established under resoltuion 446 (1979) to examine the situation relating to
settlements in the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem,
contained in documents S/13450 and Corr. 1 and S/13679,
Taking note also of letters from the Permanent Representatives of Jordan
(S/13801) and the Permanent Representative of Morocco, Chairman of the Islamic
Group (S/13802),
Strongly deploring the refusal by Israel to co-operate with the Commission
and regretting its formal rejection of resolutions 446 (1979) and 452 (1979),
Affirming once more that the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the
Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 is applicable to
the Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem,
Deploring the decision of the Government of Israel to officially support
Israeli settlement in the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since
1967,
Deeply concerned over the practices of the Israeli authorities in
implementing that settlement policy in the occupied Arab territories, including
Jerusalem, and its consequences for the local Arab and Palestinian population,
Taking into account the need to consider measures for the impartial
protection of private and public land and property, and water resources,
Bearing in mind the specific status of Jerusalem and, in particular, the
need for protection and preservation of the unique spiritual and religious
dimension of the Holy Places in the city,
Drawing attention to the grave consequences which the settlement policy is
bound to have on any attempt to reach a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in
the Middle East,
Recalling pertinent Security Council resolutions, specifically resolutions
237 (1967) of 14 June 1967, 252 (1968) of 21 May 1968, 267 (1969) of 3 July
1969, 271 (1969) of 15 September 1969 and 298 (1971) of 25 September 1971, as
well as the consensus statement made by the President of the Security Council on
11 November 1976,
Having invited Mr. Fahd Qawasmeh, Mayor of Al-Khalil (Hebron), in the
occupied territory, to supply it with information pursuant to rule 39 of the
provisional rules of procedure,
1. Commends the work done by the Commission in preparing the report
contained in document S/13679;
2. Accepts the conclusions and recommendations contained in the
above-mentioned report of the Commission;
3. Calls upon all parties, particularly the Government of Israel, to
co-operate with the Commission;
4. Strongly deplores the decision of Israel to prohibit the free travel of
Mayor Fahd Qawasmeh in order to appear before the Security Council, and requests
Israel to permit his free travel to the United Nations Headquarters for that
purpose;
5. Determines that all measures taken by Israel to change the physical
character, demographic composition, institutional structure or status of the
Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem,
or any part thereof, have no legal validity and that Israel's policy and
practices of settling parts of its population and new immigrants in those
territories constitute a flagrant violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention
relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War and also
constitute a serious obstruction to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting
peace in the Middle East;
6. Strongly deplores the continuation and persistence of Israel in
pursuing those policies and practices and calls upon the Government and people
of Israel to rescind those measures, to dismantle the existing settlements and
in particular to cease, on an urgent basis, the establishment, construction and
planning of settlements in the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including
Jerusalem;
7. Calls upon all States not to provide Israel with any assistance to be
used specifically in connexion with settlements in the occupied territories;
8. Requests the Commission to continue to examine the situation relating
to settlements in the Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem,
to investigate the reported serious depletion of natural resources, particularly
the water resources, with a view to ensuring the protection of those important
natural resources of the territories under occupation, and to keep under close
scrutiny the implementation of the present resolution;
9. Requests the Commission to report to the Security Council before 1
September 1980, and decides to convene at the earliest possible date thereafter
in order to consider the report and the full implementation of the present
resolution.