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Permanent Sovereignty over National Resources in the Occupied Palestinian and Other Arab Territories

A/RES/37/135No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 12Report of the Economic and Social Council, published in 1983.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1982–1984
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/38/144
  • 1984A/RES/38/144Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territoriesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1983A/RES/37/135Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territoriesCompare with previous version
  • 1982A/RES/36/173Permanent sovereignty over national resources in the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories

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What subjects does this mandate have?

6 topics
CompensationIsraelNatural ResourcesNatural Resources PolicyPermanent SovereigntyTerritories Occupied by Israel

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs
1
Condemns Israel for its exploitation of the national resources of the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories;
2
Emphasizes the right of the Palestinian and other Arab peoples whose territories are under Israeli occupation to full and effective permanent sovereignty and control over their natural and all other resources, wealth and economic activities;
3
Reaffirms that all measures undertaken by Israel to exploit the human, natural and all other resources, wealth and economic activities in the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories are illegal and calls upon Israel to desist immediately from such measures;
4
Further reaffirms the right of the Palestinian and other Arab peoples subjected to Israeli aggression and occupation to the restitution of and full compensation for the exploitation, depletion and loss of and damages to their natural, human and all other resources, wealth and economic activities, and calls upon Israel to meet their just claims;
Calls upon all States to support the Palestinian and 5. other Arab peoples in the exercise of their above-mentioned rights;
6
Calls upon all States, international organizations, specialized agencies, business corporations and all other institutions not to recognize, or co-operate with or assist in any manner in, any measures undertaken by Israel to exploit the national resources of the occupied Palestinian and other Arab territories or to effect any changes in the demographic composition, the character and form of use of their natural resources or the institutional structure of those territories;
7
Requests the Secretary-General to prepare and submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-eighth session, through the Economic and Social Council, the two reports requested in Assembly resolution 36/173.

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