Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including Jerusalem, and the Occupied Syrian Golan

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 88Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories, published in 2002.

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6 versions · 1997–2002

2002A/RES/56/61Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian GolanLatestCompare with previous version
2001A/RES/55/132Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian GolanCompare with previous version
2000A/RES/54/78Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian GolanCompare with previous version
1999A/RES/53/55Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian GolanCompare with previous version
1998A/RES/52/66Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian GolanCompare with previous version

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9 topics

Golan Heights Human Rights in Armed Conflicts Israel Jerusalem Palestinians Settlement Policy Territories Occupied by Israel Violence Weapons Surrender

What does this mandate say?

6 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms that Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan are illegal and an obstacle to peace and economic and social development;

Calls upon Israel to accept the de jure applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,1 to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and to the occupied Syrian Golan and to abide scrupulously by the provisions of the Convention, in particular article 49;

Demands complete cessation of the construction of the settlement in Jabal Abu-Ghneim and of all Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan;

Stresses the need for full implementation of Security Council resolution 904 (1994) of 18 March 1994, in which, among other things, the Council called upon Israel, the occupying Power, to continue to take and implement measures, including confiscation of arms, with the aim of preventing illegal acts of violence by Israeli settlers, and called for measures to be taken to guarantee the safety and protection of the Palestinian civilians in the occupied territory;

Reiterates its call for the prevention of illegal acts of violence by Israeli settlers, particularly in the light of recent developments;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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