{"id":177751,"date":"1990-12-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=177751"},"modified":"2019-03-11T20:33:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:33:22","slug":"auto-insert-177751","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-177751\/","title":{"rendered":"The uprising (intifadah) of the Palestinian people\/SecCo measures needed to provide international protection – GA resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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45\/69.  The uprising (intifadah) of the Palestinian people<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The General Assembly,<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Aware <\/i>of the uprising (intifadah<\/i>) of the Palestinian people since 9 December 1987 against Israeli occupation, which has received significant attention and sympathy from world public opinion,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Deeply concerned <\/i>at the alarming situation in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, as a result of the continued occupation by Israel, the occupying Power, and of its persistent policies and practices against the Palestinian people,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Reaffirming <\/i>that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,1<\/u>\/ is applicable to the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem, and to the other occupied Arab territories,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Expressing its profound shock <\/i>at the continued measures by Israel, the occupying Power, including the killing and wounding of Palestinian civilians, and at the recent acts of violence committed by the Israeli security forces, which took place on 8 October 1990 at the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem, resulting in injuries and loss of human lives,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Stressing <\/i>the need to promote international protection to the Palestinian civilians in the occupied Palestinian territory,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recognizing <\/i>the need for increased support to, aid for and solidarity with the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Having considered <\/i>the recommendations contained in the reports of the Secretary-General of 21 January 1988 2<\/u>\/ and 31 October 1990,3<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling <\/i>its relevant resolutions as well as the relevant Security Council resolutions,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>1.\t<\/span>Condemns <\/i>those policies and practices of Israel, the occupying Power, which violate the human rights of the Palestinian people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and, in particular, such acts as the opening of fire by the Israeli army and settlers that result in the killing and wounding of defenceless Palestinian civilians, the beating and breaking of bones, the deportation of Palestinian civilians, the imposition of restrictive economic measures, the demolition of houses, the ransacking of real or personal property belonging individually or collectively to private persons, collective punishment and detentions, and so forth;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>2.\t<\/span>Demands <\/i>that Israel, the occupying Power, abide scrupulously by the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, and desist immediately from those policies and practices which are in violation of the provisions of the Convention;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>3.\t<\/span>Calls upon <\/i>all the High Contracting Parties to the Convention to ensure respect by Israel, the occupying Power, for the Convention in all circumstances, in conformity with their obligation under article 1 thereof;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>4.\t<\/span>Strongly deplores <\/i>the continuing disregard by Israel, the occupying Power, of the relevant decisions of the Security Council;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>5.\t<\/span>Reaffirms <\/i>that the occupation by Israel of the Palestinian territory since 1967, including Jerusalem, and of the other Arab territories in no way changes the legal status of those territories;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>6.\t<\/span>Requests <\/i>the Security Council to examine with urgency the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory with a view to considering measures needed to provide international protection to the Palestinian civilians in the Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>7.\t<\/span>Invites <\/i>Member States, the organizations of the United Nations system, governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, and the mass communications media to continue and enhance their support for the Palestinian people;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>8.\t<\/span>Requests <\/i>the Secretary-General to examine the present situation in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including Jerusalem, by all means available to him and to submit periodic reports thereon, the first such report as soon as possible.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>1<\/u>\/\t<\/span>United Nations, Treaty Series<\/u>, vol. 75, No. 973.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>2<\/u>\/\t<\/span>S\/19443.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>3<\/u>\/\t<\/span>S\/21919 and Corr.1<\/p><\/div>\n

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RECORDED VOTE ON RESOLUTION 45\/69:  141-2-3<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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In favour<\/u>:  Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Byelorussia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Syria, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Against<\/u>:  Israel, United States.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Abstaining<\/u>:  Costa Rica, Dominica, Honduras.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Absent<\/u>:  Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Malawi*, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia*, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu*.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>*Later advised the Secretariat that they it had intended to vote in favour.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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