{"id":185693,"date":"2012-08-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=185693"},"modified":"2019-03-11T21:57:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T21:57:05","slug":"auto-insert-185693","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-185693\/","title":{"rendered":"Mideast situation\/Palestine question – Resolutions & Decisions of the Security Council (1 Aug. 2012-31 July 2013) (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Resolutions and Decisions
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1 August 2012 – 31 July 2013<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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NOTE<\/strong><\/span> <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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The present volume of Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council <\/i>contains the resolutions adopted and the decisions taken by the Council on substantive questions during the period from 1 August 2012 to 31 July 2013, as well as decisions on some of the more important procedural matters. The resolutions and decisions are set out in parts I and II, under general headings indicating the questions under consideration. In each part, the questions are arranged according to the date on which they were first taken up by the Council, and under each question the resolutions and decisions appear in chronological order.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The resolutions are numbered in the order of their adoption. Each resolution is followed by the result of the vote. Decisions are usually taken without a vote.<\/p><\/div>\n

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India<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Pakistan<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Part I. Questions considered by the Security Council under its responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security<\/strong><\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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ITEMS RELATING TO THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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A. The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question<\/strong><\/span>1<\/sup><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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Decisions<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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At its <\/span>6824th meeting<\/a>, on 22 August 2012, the Security Council considered the item entitled “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council decided to extend an invitation, under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure, to Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At its<\/span> 6835th meeting<\/a>, on 17 September 2012, the Council considered the item entitled “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council decided to extend an invitation, under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure, to Mr. Robert H. Serry, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At its <\/span>6847th meeting<\/a>, on 15 October 2012, the Council decided to invite the representatives of Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Ecuador, Egypt, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Maldives, Malaysia, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) and Viet Nam to participate, without vote, in accordance with rule 37 of its provisional rules of procedure, in the discussion of the item entitled “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council also decided to extend an invitation to the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, in response to his request dated 12 October 2012 to the President of the Council,<\/span>2<\/sup><\/span> in accordance with the provisional rules of procedure of the Council and its previous practice in that regard.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council further decided to extend invitations, under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure, to Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Mr. Abdou Salam Diallo, Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council decided to extend an invitation, under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure, to Mr. Thomas Mayr-Harting, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At its <\/span>6863rd meeting<\/a>, held in private on 14 November 2012, the Council decided to authorize its President to issue through the Secretary-General the following communiqué, in accordance with rule 55 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Council:<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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At its 6863rd meeting, held in private on 14 November 2012, the Security Council considered the item entitled “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The President, with the consent of the Council, invited the representatives of Algeria, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, the Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, the Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, at their request, to participate in the consideration of the item without the right to vote, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and rule 37 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Council.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The President drew attention to a <\/span>letter dated 14 November 2012<\/a> from the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations,<\/span>3<\/sup><\/span> in which he requested to be invited to participate in the meeting, in accordance with the previous practice of the Council. In accordance with the provisional rules of procedure and the previous practice in this regard, the President, with the consent of the Council, invited the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations to participate in the meeting. In accordance with the understanding reached in the Council’s prior consultations, the President, with the consent of the Council, extended invitations under rule 39 of the provisional rules of procedure of the Council to the representative of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations and the Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the United Nations.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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The Council heard a briefing under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure by Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Council heard statements by the Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations and the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Statements were made by the representatives of Azerbaijan, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Morocco, Pakistan, Portugal, the Russian Federation, South Africa, Togo, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At its <\/span>6869th meeting<\/a>, on 21 November 2012, the Council considered the item entitled “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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At its <\/span>6871st meeting<\/a>, on 27 November 2012, the Council considered the item discussed at the 6869th meeting.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council decided to extend an invitation, under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure, to Mr. Robert H. Serry, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At its <\/span>6894th meeting<\/a>, on 19 December 2012, the Council considered the item entitled “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council decided to extend an invitation, under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure, to Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At its<\/span> 6906th meeting<\/a>, on 23 January 2013, the Council decided to invite the representatives of Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Djibouti, Egypt, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Namibia, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) to participate, without vote, in accordance with rule 37 of its provisional rules of procedure, in the discussion of the item entitled “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council also decided to extend an invitation to Mr. Riad Malki, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Observer State of Palestine to the United Nations, in accordance with the provisional rules of procedure of the Council and its previous practice in that regard.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council further decided to extend invitations, under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure, to Mr. Robert H. Serry, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, and Mr. Abdou Salam Diallo, Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council decided to extend an invitation to Archbishop Francis Assisi Chullikatt, Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of the Observer State of the Holy See to the United Nations, in accordance with the provisional rules of procedure of the Council and its previous practice in that regard.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council also decided to extend an invitation, under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure, to Mr. Ioannis Vrailas, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At its <\/span>6926th meeting<\/a>, on 26 February 2013, the Council considered the item entitled “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council decided to extend an invitation, under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure, to Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At its <\/span>6940th meeting<\/a>, on 25 March 2013, the Council considered the item entitled “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council decided to extend an invitation, under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure, to Mr. Robert H. Serry, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At its <\/span>6950th meeting<\/a>, on 24 April 2013, the Council decided to invite the representatives of Bahrain, Botswana, Brazil, Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) to participate, without vote, in accordance with rule 37 of its provisional rules of procedure, in the discussion of the item entitled “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council also decided to extend an invitation to the Permanent Observer of the Observer State of Palestine to the United Nations, in accordance with the provisional rules of procedure of the Council and its previous practice in that regard.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council further decided to extend invitations, under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure, to Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Mr. Abdou Salam Diallo, Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council decided to extend invitations, under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure, to Mr. Ahmed Fathalla, Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the United Nations, and Mr. Thomas Mayr-Harting, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At its 6<\/span>969th meeting<\/a>, on 22 May 2013, the Council considered the item entitled “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council decided to extend an invitation, under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure, to Mr. Robert H. Serry, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At its <\/span>6986th meeting<\/a>, on 25 June 2013, the Council considered the item entitled “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council decided to extend an invitation, under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure, to Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At its <\/span>7007th meeting<\/a>, on 23 July 2013, the Council decided to invite the representatives of Bangladesh, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Japan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Peru, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) to participate, without vote, in accordance with rule 37 of its provisional rules of procedure, in the discussion of the item entitled “The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question”.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council also decided to extend an invitation to the Permanent Observer of the Observer State of Palestine to the United Nations, in accordance with the provisional rules of procedure of the Council and its previous practice in that regard.<\/p><\/div>\n

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At the same meeting, the Council further decided to extend invitations, under rule 39 of its provisional rules of procedure, to Mr. Robert H. Serry, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, and Mr. Abdou Salam Diallo, Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Endnotes<\/u><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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1 <\/sup><\/span>Resolutions or decisions on this question were first adopted by the Security Council in 2000.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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2 <\/sup><\/span>Document<\/span> S\/2012\/762<\/a>, incorporated in the record of the 6847th meeting.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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3<\/sup><\/span>S\/2012\/841<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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