{"id":186226,"date":"2002-07-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=186226"},"modified":"2019-03-11T22:02:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T22:02:20","slug":"auto-insert-186226","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-186226\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian women, assistance – ECOSOC resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2002\/25.   The situation of and assistance to Palestinian women<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>The Economic and Social Council<\/i>,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Having considered<\/i> with appreciation the report of the Secretary-General on the situation of and assistance to Palestinian women, 1<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling<\/i> the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, 2<\/u>\/ in particular paragraph 260 concerning Palestinian women and children, the Beijing Platform for Action 3<\/u>\/ adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women, and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly, entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”, 4<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span><\/span>Recalling<\/i><\/span> <\/span>also<\/i><\/span> its <\/span>resolution 2001\/2<\/a> of 24 July 2001 and other relevant United Nations resolutions,<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Recalling further<\/i> the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women 5<\/u>\/ as it concerns the protection of civilian populations,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span><\/span>Stressing<\/i><\/span> the need for compliance with the existing Israeli-Palestinian agreements concluded within the context of the Middle East peace process and the need to resume peace negotiations, as soon as possible, in order to reach a final settlement,<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Concerned<\/i> about the continuing dangerous deterioration of the situation of Palestinian women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, and about the severe consequences of continuous illegal Israeli settlements activities as well as the harsh economic conditions and other consequences for the situation of Palestinian women and their families, resulting from the frequent closures and isolation of the occupied territory,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>Expressing its condemnation<\/i> of acts of violence, especially the excessive use of force against Palestinians, many of them women and children, resulting in injury and loss of human life,<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>1.\t<\/span>Calls upon<\/i> the concerned parties, as well as the international community, to exert all the necessary efforts to ensure the immediate resumption of the peace process on its agreed basis, taking into account the common ground already gained, and calls for measures for tangible improvements in the difficult situation on the ground and the living conditions faced by Palestinian women and their families;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>2.\t<\/span>Reaffirms<\/i> that the Israeli occupation remains a major obstacle for Palestinian women with regard to their advancement, self-reliance and integration into the development planning of their society;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>3.\t<\/span>Demands<\/i> that Israel, the occupying Power, comply fully with the provisions and principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 6<\/u>\/ the Regulations annexed to the Hague Convention IV, of 18 October 1907 7<\/u>\/ and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, 8<\/u>\/ in order to protect the rights of Palestinian women and their families;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>4.\t<\/span>Calls upon<\/i> Israel to facilitate the return of all refugees and displaced Palestinian women and children to their homes and properties, in compliance with the relevant United Nations resolutions;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>5.\t<\/span>Urges<\/i> Member States, financial organization of the United Nations system, non-governmental organizations and other relevant institutions to intensify their efforts to provide financial and technical assistance to Palestinian women, especially during the transitional period;<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>6.\t<\/span>Requests<\/i> the Commission on the Status of Women to continue to monitor and take action with regard to the implementation of the Nairobi Forward-looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, 2<\/u>\/ in particular paragraph 260 concerning Palestinian women and children, the Beijing Platform for Action, 3<\/u>\/ and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century”; 4<\/u>\/<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span><\/span>7.\t<\/span><\/span>Requests<\/i><\/span> the Secretary-General to continue to review the situation and to assist Palestinian women by all available means, and to submit to the Commission on the Status of Women at its forty-seventh session a report on the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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38th plenary meeting<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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24 July 2002<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

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

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\t<\/span>1<\/u>\/ \t<\/span>E\/CN.6\/2002\/3.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>2<\/u>\/ \t<\/span>Report of the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievements of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development and Peace, Nairobi, 15-26 July 1985<\/i> (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.85.IV.10), chap. I, sect. A.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>3<\/u>\/ \t<\/span>Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995<\/i> (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annex I.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>4<\/u>\/ \t<\/span>See General Assembly resolutions S-23\/2 and S-23\/3.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>5<\/u>\/ \t<\/span>See General Assembly resolution 48\/104.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>6<\/u>\/ \t<\/span>General Assembly resolution 217 A (III).<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>7<\/u>\/ \t<\/span>See Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907<\/i> (New York, Oxford University Press, 1915).<\/p><\/div>\n

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\t<\/span>8<\/u>\/ \t<\/span>United Nations, Treaty Series<\/i>, vol. 75, No. 973.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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