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The Situation in the Middle East

A/RES/39/146No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 36Situation in the Middle East, published in 1985.

What else is in this group?

67 documents · 1967–1996
Newer documents in this group exist (latest: 1996).
  • 1996A/RES/50/22CThe situation in the Middle EastCompare with earlier document
  • 1995A/RES/50/22[B]The situation in the Middle East resolutionsCompare with earlier document
  • 1995A/RES/50/22[A]The situation in the Middle East resolutionsCompare with earlier document
  • 1995A/RES/50/22The situation in the Middle East resolutionsCompare with earlier document
  • 1995A/RES/49/87[B]The situation in the Middle EastCompare with earlier document

This group bundles related documents that are not individually ordered.

iGrouped automatically by matching titles within the same organ.

What subjects does this mandate have?

24 topics
ConferencesCultural RelationsDiplomatic RelationsEconomic AssistanceEmbassiesForeign RelationsGolan HeightsInternational CooperationInternational OrganizationsIsraelJerusalemMiddle East SituationMilitary AssistancePalestine QuestionPalestiniansSanctionsSelf-Determination of PeoplesSettlement PolicySouth AfricaSpecialized Agencies

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 1985.

  • 1985A/40/668Report of the Secretary-General.

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

13 operative paragraphs

A

1
Reaffirms its conviction that the question of Palestine is the core of the conflict in the Middle East and that no comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the region will be achieved without the full exercise by the Palestinian people of its inalienable national rights and the immediate, unconditional and total withdrawal of Israel from all the Palestinian and other occupied Arab territories;
2
Reaffirms further that a just and comprehensive settlement of the situation in the Middle East cannot be
Security Council, Thirty-ninth Year, Supplement for January, February and
Records of the Security Council, Thirty-nimh Year, Supplement for July, achieved without the participation on an equal footing of all the parties to the conflict, including the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people;
3
Declares once more that peace in the Middle East is indivisible and must be based on a comprehensive, just and lasting solution of the Middle East problem, under the auspices of the United Nations and on the basis of relevant resolutions of the United Nations, which ensures the complete and unconditional withdrawal of Israel from the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, and which enables the Palestinian people, under the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization, to exercise its inalienable rights, including the right to return and the right to self-determination, national independence and the establishment of its independent sovereign State in Palestine, in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations relevant to the question of Palestine, in particular General Assembly resolutions ES-7 /2 of 29 July 1980, 36/ 120 A to F of 10 December 1981, 37/86 A to D of 10 December 1982, 37/86 E of 20 December 1982 and 38/58 A to E of 13 December 1983;
4
Considers the Arab Peace Plan adopted unanimously at the Twelfth Arab Summit Conference, held at Fez, Morocco, on 25 November 1981 and from 6 to 9 September 1982, 126 as an important contribution towards the achievement of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East;
5
Condemns Israel's continued occupation of the Palestinian and other Arab territories, including Jerusalem, in violation of the Charter of the United Nations, the principles of international law and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, and demands the immediate, unconditional and total withdrawal of Israel from all the territories occupied since June 1967;
6
Rejects all agreements and arrangements which violate the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and contradict the principles of a just and comprehensive solution to the Middle East problem to ensure the establishment of a just peace in the area;
7
Deplores Israel's failure to comply with Security Council resolutions 476 (1980) of 30 June 1980 and 478 (1980) of 20 August I 980 and General Assembly resolutions 35/207 of 16 December 1980 and 36/226 A and B of 17 December 1981, determines that Israel's decision to annex Jerusalem and to declare it as its "capital" as well as the measures to alter its physical character, demographic composition, institutional structure and status are null and void and demands that they be rescinded immediately, and calls upon all Member States, the specialized agencies and all other international organizations to abide by the present resolution and all other relevant resolutions and decisions;
8
Condemns Israel's aggression, policies and practices against the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories and outside these territories, particularly Palestinians in Lebanon, including the expropriation and annexation of territory, the establishment of settlements, assassination attempts and other terrorist, aggre11ive and repressive measures, which are in violation of the Charter and the principles of international law and the relevant international conventions;
Security Council, Thirty-ninth Year, Supplement for October, November and
9
Strongly condemns the imposition by Israel of its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, its annexationist policies and practices, the establishment of settlements, the confiscation of lands, the diversion of water resources and the imposition of Israeli citizenship on Syrian nationals, and declares that all these measures are null and void and constitute a violation of the rules and principles of international law relative to belligerent occupation, in particular the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949;
10
Considers that the agreements on strategic co-operation between the United States of America and Israel signed on 30 November 1981, together with the recent accords concluded in this context, would encourage Israel to pursue its aggressive and expansionist policies and practices in the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since 196 7, including Jerusalem, would have adverse effects on efforts for the establishment of a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East and would threaten the security of the region;
11
Calls upon all States to put an end to the flow to Israel of any military, economic and financial aid, as well as of human resources, aimed at encouraging it to pursue its aggressive policies against the Arab countries and the Palestinian people;
12
Strongly condemns the continuing and increasing collaboration between Israel and the racist r~me of South Africa, especially in the economic, military and nuclear fields, which consitutes a hostile act against the African and Arab States and enables Israel to enhance its nuclear capabilities, thus subjecting the States of the region to nuclear blackmail;
13
Reaffirms its call for the convening of an International Peace Conference on the Middle East - as specified in paragraph 5 of the Geneva Declaration on Palestine, 127
adopted on 7 September 1983 by the International Conference on the Question of Palestine - under the auspices of the United Nations and on the basis of relevant resolutions of the United Nations;

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