Recent Developments in Connexion with Excavations in Eastern Jerusalem

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 64Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories, published in 1981.

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7 topics

Archaeological Excavations Cultural Property Protection Human Rights Violations Israel Jerusalem Political Status Territories Occupied by Israel

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4 operative paragraphs

Decides that such violations by Israel constitute a serious obstruction to achieving a comprehensive and just peace in the Middle East as well as a threat to international peace and security:

Demands that Israel desist forthwith from all excavations and transformations of the historical. cultural and religious sites of Jerusalem, particularly beneath and around the Moslem Holy Sanctuary of AI-Haram Al-Sharif (Al Masjid Al Aqsa and the Sacred Dome of the Rock), the structures of which are in danger of collapse:

Requests the Security Council to conside1 this situation in case Israel fails to comply immediately with the present resolution;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly and the Security Council, not later than 23 November 1981 . on the implementation of the present resolution.

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