Resolution 497
(December 17, 1981)
The Security Council,
Having considered the letter of 14 December 1981 from the Permanent
Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic contained in document
S/14791,
Reaffirming that the acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible,
in accordance with the United Nations Charter, the principles
of international law, and relevant Security Council resolutions,
1. Decides that the Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction
and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is null
and void and without international legal effect;
2. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, should rescind forthwith
its decision;
3. Determines that all the provisions of the Geneva Convention
Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
of 12 August 1949 continue to apply to the Syrian territory occupied
by Israel since June 1967;
4. Requests the SecretaryGeneral to report to the Security
Council on the implementation of this resolution within two weeks
and decides that in the event of noncompliance by Israel,
the Security Council would meet urgently, and not later than 5
January 1982, to consider taking appropriate measures in accordance
with the Charter of the United Nations.
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