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Living Conditions of the Palestinian People in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

A/RES/39/169No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1985.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 1983–1988
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/42/190
  • 1988A/RES/42/190Living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territoriesLatestCompare with previous version
  • 1986A/RES/40/201Living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territoriesCompare with previous version
  • 1985A/RES/39/169Living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territoriesCompare with previous version
  • 1984A/RES/38/166Living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territoriesCompare with previous version
  • 1983A/RES/37/222Living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
ConferencesDevelopmentLiving ConditionsPalestiniansTerritories Occupied by Israel

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 1985 — as an annex rather than the report itself.

  • 1985A/40/373annexLiving conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories report of the Secretary-General.

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

What does this mandate say?

10 operative paragraphs

I.

Takes note with concern of the report of the Secretary-General on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories;37 2.
Takes note also of the statement made on 29 October 1984 by the Observer of the Palestine Liberation Organization;38 3.
Rejects the Israeli plans and actions intended to change the demographic composition of the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly the increase and expansion of the Israeli settlements, and other plans and actions creating conditions leading to the displacement and exodus of Palestinians from the occupied Palestinian territories;
4
Expresses its alarm at the deterioration, as a result of the Israeli occupation, in the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967;
5
Affirms that the Israeli occupation is contradictory to the basic requirements for the social and economic development of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories;
6
Requests the Secretary-General:
a
To organize, in 1985, a seminar on remedies for the deterioration of the economic and social conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territories;
b
To make the necessary preparations for the seminar providing for the participation of the Palestine Liberation Organization;
c
To invite experts to present papers to the seminar;
d
To invite also relevant intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations;
e
To report to the General Assembly at its fortieth session, through the Economic and Social Council, on the seminar.

iParagraph content is machine-extracted from UN documents. For authoritative content, please refer to the official UN document.

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