{"id":178114,"date":"1996-07-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=178114"},"modified":"2019-03-11T20:37:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T20:37:01","slug":"auto-insert-178114","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-178114\/","title":{"rendered":"Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli settlements – ECOSOC resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1996\/40.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Economic and social repercussions of the Israeli settlements<\/strong><\/p>\n

on the Palestinian people in the Palestinian territory, including<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jerusalem, occupied since 1967, and on the Arab population<\/strong><\/p>\n

of the occupied Syrian Golan<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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The Economic and Social Council<\/u>,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Recalling<\/u> General Assembly resolution 50\/129 of 20 December 1995,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Recalling also<\/u> its resolution 1995\/49 of 28 July 1995,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Reaffirming<\/u> the principle of the permanent sovereignty of people under foreign occupation over their national resources,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Guided<\/u> by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, affirming the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force and recalling Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 and 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Recalling<\/u> Security Council resolution 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980 and other resolutions in which the Security Council affirmed the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 1<\/u>\/ to the occupied Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Recalling also<\/u> Security Council resolution 904 (1994) of 18 March 1994, in which, inter alia<\/u>, the Council called upon Israel, the occupying Power, to continue to take and implement measures, including, among others, 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,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Aware<\/u> of the negative and grave economic and social repercussions of the Israeli settlements on the Palestinian people in the Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, occupied since 1967, and on the Arab population of the occupied Syrian Golan,<\/p><\/div>\n

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Welcoming the ongoing Middle East peace process started at Madrid, in particular the signing at Washington on 13 September 1993 by the Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people, of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, 2<\/u>\/ and the signing at Washington on 28 September 1995 of the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and Gaza Strip,<\/p><\/div>\n

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1. Takes note<\/u> of the report prepared by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia; 3<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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2. Reaffirms<\/u> that Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied since 1967 are illegal and an obstacle to economic and social development;<\/p><\/div>\n

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3. Recognizes<\/u> the economic and social repercussions of the Israeli settlements on the Palestinian people in the Palestinian territory, including Jerusalem, occupied by Israel since 1967, and on the Arab population of the occupied Syrian Golan;<\/p><\/div>\n

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4. Reaffirms<\/u> the inalienable right of the Palestinian people and the population of the Syrian Golan to their natural and all other economic resources, and regards any infringement thereof as being illegal;<\/p><\/div>\n

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5. Requests<\/u> the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session, through the Economic and Social Council, a report on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Notes<\/u><\/p><\/div>\n

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

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2<\/u>\/ A\/48\/486-S\/26560, annex.<\/p><\/div>\n

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3<\/u>\/ A\/51\/135-E\/1996\/51, annex.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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