Security Council Resolution 1860 (2009) [on a Durable and Fully Respected Ceasefire and the Full Withdrawal of Israeli Forces From the Gaza Strip]

S/RES/1860(2009)View PDF

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A Resolution of the Security Council, under agenda item 50The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, published in 2009.

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18 subjects

Ceasefires Civilian Persons Conferences Egypt Freedom of Movement Gaza Strip Humanitarian Assistance Illicit Arms Trafficking Israel Mediation Middle East Situation Palestine Question Reconciliation Relief Corridors Territories Occupied by Israel Terrorism Troop Withdrawal Violence

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Stresses the urgency of and calls for an immediate, durable and fully respected ceasefire, leading to the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza;

Calls for the unimpeded provision and distribution throughout Gaza of humanitarian assistance, including of food, fuel and medical treatment;

Welcomes the initiatives aimed at creating and opening humanitarian corridors and other mechanisms for the sustained delivery of humanitarian aid;

Calls on Member States to support international efforts to alleviate the humanitarian and economic situation in Gaza, including through urgently needed additional contributions to UNRWA and through the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee;

Condemns all violence and hostilities directed against civilians and all acts of terrorism;

Calls upon Member States to intensify efforts to provide arrangements and guarantees in Gaza in order to sustain a durable ceasefire and calm, including to prevent illicit trafficking in arms and ammunition and to ensure the sustained reopening of the crossing points on the basis of the 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access between the Palestinian Authority and Israel; and in this regard, welcomes the Egyptian initiative, and other regional and international efforts that are under way;

Encourages tangible steps towards intra-Palestinian reconciliation including in support of mediation efforts of Egypt and the League of Arab States as expressed in the 26 November 2008 resolution, and consistent with Security Council resolution 1850 (2008) and other relevant resolutions;

Calls for renewed and urgent efforts by the parties and the international community to achieve a comprehensive peace based on the vision of a region where two democratic States, Israel and Palestine, live side by side in peace with secure and recognized borders, as envisaged in Security Council resolution 1850 (2008), and recalls also the importance of the Arab Peace Initiative;

Welcomes the Quartet’s consideration, in consultation with the parties, of an international meeting in Moscow in 2009;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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