{"id":181448,"date":"2013-12-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=181448"},"modified":"2021-11-11T13:44:21","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T18:44:21","slug":"auto-insert-181448","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-181448\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues – GA resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 11 December 2013<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
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68\/79.  Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues<\/strong> <\/p><\/div>\n

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

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 <\/span>Recalling<\/i><\/span> its resolutions <\/span>194 (III)<\/span> of 11 December 1948 and <\/span>36\/146<\/a> <\/span>C of 16 December 1981 and all its subsequent resolutions on the question,<\/span> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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 <\/span>Taking<\/i><\/span> <\/span>note<\/i><\/span> of the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to its resolution <\/span>67\/117<\/a> <\/span>of 18 December 2012,<\/span>1<\/sup><\/span> <\/span>as well as that of the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine for the period from 1 September 2012 to 31 August 2013,<\/span>2<\/sup><\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

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 <\/span>Recalling<\/i><\/span> that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/span>3 <\/sup><\/span><\/a>and the principles of international law uphold the principle that no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his or her property,<\/span> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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 <\/span>Recalling in<\/i><\/span> <\/span>particular<\/i><\/span> its resolution <\/span>394 (V)<\/a> of 14 December 1950, in which it directed the Conciliation Commission, in consultation with the parties concerned, to prescribe measures for the protection of the rights, property and interests of the Palestine refugees,<\/span> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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 <\/span>Noting<\/i><\/span> the completion of the programme of identification and evaluation of Arab property, as announced by the Conciliation Commission in its twenty-second progress <\/span>report<\/a>,<\/span>4 <\/sup><\/span><\/a>and the fact that the Land Office had a schedule of Arab owners and a file of documents defining the location, area and other particulars of Arab property,<\/span> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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 <\/span>Expressing its appreciation<\/i><\/span> for the preservation and modernization of the existing records, including the land records, of the Conciliation Commission, and stressing the importance of such records for a just resolution of the plight of the Palestine refugees in conformity with resolution 194 (III),<\/span> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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 <\/span>Recalling<\/i><\/span> that, in the framework of the Middle East peace process, the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Government of Israel agreed, in the <\/span>Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements<\/a> of 13 September 1993,<\/span>5 <\/sup><\/span><\/a>to commence negotiations on permanent status issues, including the important issue of the refugees,<\/span> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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 1.  <\/span>Reaffirms<\/i><\/span> that the Palestine refugees are entitled to their property and to the income derived therefrom, in conformity with the principles of equity and justice;<\/span> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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 2.  <\/span>Requests<\/i><\/span> the Secretary-General to take all appropriate steps, in consultation with the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, for the protection of Arab property, assets and property rights in Israel;<\/span> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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 3.  <\/span>Calls<\/i><\/span> <\/span>once<\/i><\/span> <\/span>again<\/i><\/span> <\/span>upon<\/i><\/span> Israel to render all facilities and assistance to the Secretary-General in the implementation of the present resolution;<\/span> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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 4.  <\/span>Calls<\/i><\/span> <\/span>upon<\/i><\/span> all the parties concerned to provide the Secretary-General with any pertinent information in their possession concerning Arab property, assets and property rights in Israel that would assist him in the implementation of the present resolution;<\/span> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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 5.  <\/span>Urges<\/i><\/span> the Palestinian and Israeli sides, as agreed between them, to deal with the important issue of Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues within the framework of the final status negotiations of the Middle East peace process;<\/span> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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 6.  <\/span>Requests<\/i><\/span> the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session on the implementation of the present resolution.<\/span> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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1<\/sup><\/span>A\/68\/343.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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2<\/sup><\/span>A\/68\/335, annex.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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3<\/sup><\/span>Resolution 217 A (III).<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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4<\/sup><\/span>Official Records of the General Assembly, Nineteenth Session, Annexes<\/i><\/span>, Annex No. 11, document A\/5700.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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5<\/sup><\/span>A\/48\/486-S\/26560, annex.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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